It's finally done! I know I said that in the last post as well, but in this post is the final version of my senior project. Looking...

My project is done!! Or at least I think so. I've re-rendered everything that I needed to after making necessary changes. The only...

After the Class 15 review, I had a few things I wanted to fix/change. The camera angle when it focuses on the electric bass The floating...

Since the last post, I've actually made changes to my workflow. I thought I had a pretty good understanding of the USD workflow in...

I've resolved all the issues with the bandshell and instruments, and it's finished rendering. I've also finished rendering the audience....

I've resolved the issue with the bandshell texture not moving. I've also figured out that the render farm doesn't like the expression I...

Rendering has been progressing, but I've run into a couple of issues. Namely, my animated texture wasn't working. The render farm...

I've got the final cut for my project! It's a flipbook, but I also have a sample render to show what the entire video will look like....

I finished animating the electric guitar and electric bass! Now, all that's left are a couple minor changes and I'll be ready to render....

I've started animating the guitar strings! I've finished the acoustic guitar. The workflow is the same for both the electric guitar and...

Professor Pasquale recommended I do a render test just to make sure that the volumetric lighting and materials work. While I couldn't get...

After getting critique, I made changes to the environment and lighting. The biggest change I've made is that I've made the lighting...

The synth animation is almost done. I just have to refine the beginning of it, and it'll be ready. By Class 5, I'll have the synth and...

I refined the lighting setup, adding in almost 20 more lights to illuminate the stage. I also worked on the moving texture for the stage....

I've finished the basic lighting setup. I figured out how to create instanced lights on a point group, so my efficiency greatly...

Over Spring break, I addressed one of the major issues I faced during finals last week: File efficiency. Without caches, my file couldn't...

The environment is nearly finished. By class 20, I'm gonna have the camera angles adjusted to include the amps. I'll try rendering as...

I've finished texturing the amps. I've also started creating the environment with heightfields. Because of the scale, I'm thinking of...

I've finished texturing the electric bass and acoustic guitar. For next class, I'll have the amp textured and environment modeling...

I've finished texturing the electric guitar. Goals for next week are to have the other two instruments textured. By Class 20, I would...