Wisemen figurines acting

For this "wisemen acting animation" i rig and animate the three characters.
For the first time we use at Akama studio my new the "Picker" interface on production.
Picker is very usefull to :
- select the character controls,
- switch arms ik/fk and keep the pose of the arms.
- reset the characters controls
- do the symmetry of arms or leg poses
- copy and paste poses

Final result is here CADEAU ROYAL

Volkswagen Making Off online

Akama studio post today the making off of the Hedgehog I built for the Volkswagen commercial :

MAKING OF VOLKSWAGEN Hedgehog by Akama

Rig and animation was made with 3dsmax.

Commercial for Volkswagen

I am very proud of my last project : the VW commercial.

Here is a pictures of the hedgehog rig , I have done at Akama Studio.

The mesh with the controls shapes :

The mesh with the rigged bones inside :

In the same time I continue to develop my maxscript interfaces "Picker" and "Rig Creator", these allow me to create characters rigs more faster on 3dsmax.

a "Picker" for 3dsmax animators

I am actually working for commercials as animator and rigger. In the same time, I begin to develop a maxscript interface that allow to easily select controls, reset them, make the symmetrical pose.
I named it "Picker"

Demo Reel

My demo reel is on Vimeo

I am still working on the animated feature film "La mecanique du coeur". We are now at the middle of the production.
To be continue ...

Please have a look on the website of the 3d cg feature documentary "Searex 3d" :
http://www.searex-thefilm.com/
I animate some swimming dinosaurs and other skeleton ...
It was in 2009, time go fast !

Sorry for the lack of news, but my work at Duran takes me all my time.