Office Hours: even more particle hair

You can never have enough pictures of hair, so heres some more! Styling 3D hair particles in Blender can be a headache sometimes but it's worth the effort.
Office Hours is the latest 3D animated short from directors Shane Sheils and Paula Sheils of Dwarfed Films.

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Directors Notes interview

Dwarfed Films recorded an interview with Marvin Belle of Directors Notes earlier today.

Directors Notes is a great website dedicated to the work of independent filmmakers.
Each week a director discusses the making of their particular film which is then put on the site as a podcast.
All round nice guy Marvin Belle, who runs the site, is a writer who ran the Directors Notes section of Showreel Magazine and edited the UK Filmmakers Bulletin for Shooting People.
Directors Notes is a great idea and Dwarfed Films were only too happy to discuss the making of To Shoot A Rurf.

The interview should hopefully be going out in the next few weeks. We'll keep you posted.

To Shoot A Rurf: Final Cut screening

To Shoot A Rurf is screening next month, Sunday April 01st, at Final Cut Brighton.
Final Cut is a great event organised by Richard Harris and they have always supported Dwarfed Films, so we like them :)
For more information check out it's website finalcut.gb.com/month.html

Office hours: more hair

More hair style tests for Office Hours.
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Office Hours: adding hair

Check out these hair tests from Office Hours.

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Office hours: new test still

New pre-production still from Office Hours. Lots of missing incomplete textures and the lighting is basic but , hey, thats what pre-production is for!

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Office Hours: custom bones

Custom bone shapes are a great feature in Blender. Click on the image to view it full size.

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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.

As always you can click on the images to view them full size.

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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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