Office Hours: more pre-production images

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Office Hours: location design

A pre-production still from one of the locations to be used in Office Hours. It is a side street somewhere in the city. Lots of work still needs to be done but you should be able to get a sense of the mood which we are aiming for throughout the film.

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Office Hours: skin texture

Heres a still of Office Hours lead characters' face. The aim is to give him a realistic skin texture as opposed to the extra rough (intentional) unrealistic texture of the lead character from our previous short film To Shoot A Rurf.
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Office hours: Facial animation rigging

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Office Hours: clothed model

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Office Hours: character in underpants

Here is a test render of the lead character in his underpants and vest. Why? Well, it is to be used during an important scene in the movie, thats why!

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Office Hours: female character

Another image from Office Hours, this time the female character (who is actually a mannequin).
A number of costume designs are being worked on for her in various styles. Also skin tone textures are constantly being updated and revised.
Office Hours is the latest film from directors Shane Sheils and Paula Sheils.

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Office Hours: animated gif

This is a 3 frame animated GIF of the lead character from Office Hours. This was used as a test for how the characters facial rig would be set up and also to fine tune movements in the eyes, mouth and eyebrows areas.

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TO SHOOT A RURF: view a low resolution version of the film here

This is a low resolution version of TO SHOOT A RURF designed for 56k modems.

Office Hours: male character hairstyle test

This is a test render of the male character with a different hairstyle. It's not right yet and requires more experimentation to find the correct hair and length.

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Office Hours: pre-production screen grabs

Here are some screen grabs of pre-production work on the 3D animated short OFFICE HOURS, directed by Shane Sheils and Paula Sheils.

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3D female character

3D model of female character from Office Hours, directed by Shane Sheils and Paula Sheils.
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OFFICE HOURS: female character

Female character model from Office Hours. Still undergoing many refinements.
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Office hours: male character with hair

Male 3D model from animated film OFFICE HOURS
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Office hours: location images

These images are untextured work-in-progress screenshots from Office Hours.
Top image is a dark back alley. The other image is of the city street location.
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OFFICE HOURS: Male character NEW

This images are the latest rigged version of the lead male character from OFFICE HOURS. As you may notice, the models face has changed a bit. The previous version's face was simply not practical to animate, whereas this one has edge loops which should enable expressive animation that is easier to pose.

Check out more news from OFFICE HOURS on this blog and stay tuned for updates and plenty of brand new images.

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Office Hours: location models

Here are some pre-production designs for the office location from Office Hours. Though un-textured and not yet properly lit, you can get a sense of the films style.

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New website for TO SHOOT A RURF

To Shoot A Rurf now has its own official website!

You can view it at http://toshootarurf.blogspot.com/

Office Hours: updated character design

Here are some pre-production character design images from "Office Hours".

They are the newest versions of the male lead.As you can see the mesh has undergone some changes with lots of unnessessary vertices being removed and the characters hands being enlarged.Hair and clothing have yet to be added also.

More pictures will be added very soon.

To Shoot A Rurf: Completed

"To Shoot A Rurf" is completed.

Directed by Shane Sheils and Paula Sheils the film follows the trials of a man suffering a hangover from psychadelic drink "Rurf". Lets just say a lot of strange things happen to this guy both in the bathroom of his rundown city appartment and inside his own head!

You can find more stills and information about To Shoot A Rurf on this site and we'll keep you updated with any further news on the film too.

Back in Action after freak accident

Due to a power surge during a fire at a local electicity station Dwarfed Films computers were out of action for a couple of days( even depite the presence of surge protectors).
But we're back again and hopefully no more freak accidents like this will happen in the future!