Summer Shenanigans - [Stylized 3D Animation]
An OC animation for a change! I have been experimenting with different 3D art styles lately, so I tried to go for a painterly look this time, featuring some old characters of mine. Let me introduce you to Rachel and Jerry, two porcine siblings who often don't get along. :')
Rachel is on the technical side of things and is overconfident in her abilities, while Jerry is anxious and likes to keep things simple for that reason. I made these characters for a non-animation, 2D webcomic project, but I wanted to make a short comedic skit with em, so I made this animation inspired by the local weather over here.
The painterly shaders were a great way to learn more about handpainting normals and creating simple, procedural textures with Blender's node system. I used a mix of texture-painting, nodes and animated lighting for this and put a subtle kuhawara filter on top to push the chunky look. Animation-wise, I tried using a simulation for the pigtails but it still produced a bunch of glitches and intersections so I did some frame-by-frame cleanup. I don't recommend animating long pigtails, it was a huge pain to make them look right haha!
These two dorks were one of the earliest rigged character models I have made with Blender. I have rigged them with a custom rig back then because at the time, I didn't know how to use rigify. It felt weirdly nostalgic to see these two in action again.
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Programs used: Blender 4
All characters, models, rigs, animation and lighting/rendering/sound editing in this animation by me.
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