Countdown to CAF deadline!

 

 The countdown has begun. Only 28 hours until the Computer Animation Festival (CAF) contest through Indiana Uploaded has its deadline. Here's a teaser image from my animation. I've been pulling an all-nighter and finally need a few hours before I start up again. Things are looking positive so far, and I think I'm on track. But now I sleep. 

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The majestic Girraphalant...

I was so thoroughly inspired by  "Indie Game", that I really feel a new fervor to become more active online and get my work to more eyes.  So without further ado, Here is a current work in progress.

This is an experiment with hand painted textures. The model and sculpt were Zeb Wood's and the original concept of the Elephant/Giraffe hybrid was that of Deb Schoolman, a classmate of mine at the Art Institute. Right now it's a bit shiny, but I was happy with how the texture was able to combine the two skin patterns.  I need to re-render it with a slightly higher poly model and tweak the setting a bit. This was painted in zBrush.

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