vfx final - https://vimeo.com/72646840

So here it is - the completed version I handed in last monday.  I have a few changes to make so it can go on my reel.  My inspiration was my allergy/sensitivity to eggs. - nuf said. https://vimeo.com/72646840 https://vimeo.com/72646840

Close up of face and shaders

I ended up just using a Normal Map for the Lizard, but I did take my Displacement Map into photoshop and used it as a paint layer on top of my other colour layers to give more depth to the scales.  It worked out really nicely and I'll probably do this again in the future.

I also used a misss fast skin shader plugged into an mia material x shader to get the depth in the skin as well as the shiny wet look.

some images of my lizard exploding out of the egg, It's the same three images but I've added motion blur.

Images of Creature

Spiny like a lizard and slippery like a snake

Production Timeline

Amber Mills – Production Schedule

Filming – May 24 to June 3

Tracking – June 4 – June 10

Modelling Assets - June 10 – June 24

Lizard

Egg

Egg cup

Rigging – June 25 - July 2

Lizard will be doing simple squirmy movements, but will require almost full rigging.

Animation – July 3 to July 9

Dynamics – July 9 to July 23

Egg shell particle effects

Lighting and Rendering - July 24 – July 31

Compositing -  Aug 1 to Aug 14

Rotoscoping and tracking

Colour correction

Surprises

Set and Prop Reference Images

The image of the lizard comes with permission from here - http://bipolargenius.deviantart.com/art/lizard-2-148809982

The set is my own dinning room

Story Board for my Student VFX Project