VFS final project short film
"Ave Maris Stella"
Ave Maris Stella is Italian for Mary Star of the Seas.
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The story is based on a prayer to the Virgin Mary = Northern Star, that sailors use to pray for a safe path home.
My interpretation of the prayer regarding to my story was that through darkness and distress if you follow the north star (the Virgin Mary) she will help you find a way home, away of all danger.
Modeling
My mayor struggle doing the models was keeping the proportions from the character design and translating it to 3D, but I was really happy with the results
Grooming
I didn't really now much about grooming when I made this character so it's a bit rough around the edges, hopefully in the future I'll have the time to re do the groom and polish the character
Hair Sim
With little time and knowledge for the hair sim the results where not the greatest, the hair looks like it's floating. I also had a lot of problems rendering correctly the hair and it's sim.
Software Used
Maya
XGen
Bifrost
MASH
Substance Painter
Photoshop
After Effects
Nuke