Almost complete suit

This is a turn around of space suit for the many dog fight sequences.

And here is the first lip sync test.

Plenty of tweaking to do. Plenty more morph targets to create to keep a brother from having ZERO expression on his grill. And I still gotta purchase some software to make this process fly. Things are looking good, though.

Blame it on the rain

Lip syncing. I never thought I'd be spending so much time on it. As an emcee, the thought of any performer ever lip syncing to music is somewhat distasteful. As a filmmaker, the process is always time consuming, precision oriented, and somewhat maddening. But when the two professions collide, I find that I must work diligently to create an effective set of visemes for the animated Rev1 so that his delivery is reasonably believable.

The question, do I make the L viseme recognizable to broad audiences as an L, or do I model it accurately, the way I say -- or swallow as it may be -- Ls?

Check back soon for another movie.

What Not to Not Wear (in Space)

Wow, there I am, less my dreads, in a snazzy space suit. The suit isn't as flexible as one might like, so I'm adding some more wrinkles and such. It's essentially finished, though.

Steady progress on the most complex of the character models. I hope.

I'm gonna have to adjust the padding in that helmet to accommodate my hair. Dang.

More progress on the flight suit model.

Isamu Dyson called and wants his space suit back

A quick pictorial history of one of several character models appearing in this project:

First look at my dome

Here's a quick sneak peak at the rough of the creepy yet awesome 3D animated Rev1 head.

You too can help me make this awesome thing

I've never done this before, so here goes:

Please help me to finance my awesome CGI music video. I won't be able to make this project happen without your emotional and psychic support, and it will be a heck of a lot more plausible with a little financial support as well. I am providing a secure paypal link which will allow you to donate a sum of your choosing to this project.

Please visit www.chebroadnax.com/blog.html and click on the donate button at the side of the page.

I'm not a non-profit organization (I'm just one man!) so I'm afraid I can't give you a tax write off receipt.

I will greatly, greatly appreciate any donation of any sum. It all helps. Due to the encryption technology paypal is using, I won't necessarily be able to tell who has donated, so if you want to see your name in lights, shoot me an email and let me know. Everybody who helps and has helped on this project will be included in the credits.

Thank you all!

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This is my production blog. I will be updating it with awesome information about the even more awesome CGI music video project currently underway. I'll post video clips, stills, works-in-progress, as well reflections on the process and all that sorta stuff, I guess.

This is where you get a tiny glimpse into what goes on when I get to work on whatever I want.