Senior thesis

I have finally designed my Kirin character for my Senior Thesis class. 

Since my Kirin's characteristics are strong, powerful and yet gentle and kind, I have been studying fallow deer, elk and red deer for the body structure. 

While the Kirin's body will be more bulked up/muscle, I will animate him similar to how deer move, which is more graceful to give off the gentle aspect.  

For those who do not know, Kirin is a real mythological creature in Asian mythologies. The common description of their appearance is: body of a horse, deer, or ox covered in scales of a dragon and tail of a lion or ox.  

Don't Bite Off More Than You Can Chew

So at first, I was planning on animating a completely different story for my Junior Seminar class. However, my work load got to be too much and regretfully I had to admit defeat. Now, rather then doing two separate things, I am combining my Junior Seminar class with my Senior Thesis class (yes I am taking both during the same semester, do not ask me why). Now I'm currently modeling my yokai character, Gashadokuro.

Modeling

So I'm currently working on the modeling of my Cat character in Maya

Concept Art for my spin on the fable tale of The Chinese Zodiac

Research for Character Design:

Siamese Cat Ref.                                       My Siamese Character

        

Rat Ref.                                                                                          My Rat Character

                 

Storyboards:

    

Leopard Gecko

Here is a character rig of a leopard gecko that I recently did.

      

Temple

This is actually a real place in Baltimore, Maryland. When I say real, I mean the building, not the setting.

Reference:

   


Modeling:

   

Test Shots:

     

Playing with Lighting:

     
Finally decided on this lighting.

Playing with Compositions: