More groovy mummy action.

First rendered shot, not comp'd properly yet, but still looking really good!

A Winning Smile

Sexy Mummy Render

AO!!! Finally!!!!! And then it crashes...boo.

Another animated WIP for everyone, we're getting a bit faster now.

A rendered shot of the mummies making trouble. A combined effort from the team and Alan. Thanks!

A WIP animation from Reaver, again featuring the tall mummy in action. 

A diffuse render with lighting of the background and the tall mummy. Got it working and then his head textures started screwing up, so it took a bit longer than it should have to get here, but it's looking good for not being comp'd yet.

Lighting

A test render for what should be the final lighting for shot 2 background.

The lighting progression for one of the shots, where I've put together all my test renders to record how I created the lighting.

The Cleaning Lady - Creating a Character

Concept sketches of the Cleaning Lady. Final model takes on traits from all stages of design, and really brings it in line with the film's art style.

Short Mummy Render

Production report / behind-the-scenes video now online. Check it out here.

Ambient Occlusion Test

The object they're fighting for, reputed to give eternal life, the 'Book of the Dead'. Without textures in this image.

Another lighting render for the museum set.

A couple of renders of the mummy statues with different materials.

These are character models made by Nicole. We really wanted the characters to contrast, and Nicole did a wonderful job of concepting and modelling the two.

This is our first animatic and we have changed A LOT since we made it. It isn't the finished product, but helps us get a feel for the story and timing etc. We have newer one, but I don't have it with me. 

AO renders done of the museum set.

Lighting Test With Props

 

Museum Lighting Tests

Character Statues

Character Sketches

Couple more sketches of the characters by Nicole

Museum Model

 Below are some images of our museum almost complete done by Juliana and Adam D.

Tablet and prop concepts

Below are prop sketches and a design for the tablet telling the backstory. Done by Juliana.

Lighting concepts

So these are our lighting concepts at the moment...still working on them, and experimenting with different types of light. We're thinking blue moon light and a dark look, but still light enough to see the action, to show that it's night. Done by Maddy and Juliana.

Character concepting

Below are various character concepts, from character size to sillohuettes to the top mood piece. All done by Nicole.

Our team and roles

Below is a list of our great team members and our assigned roles at the moment. 

Nicole - character modelling, texturing and storyboards

Paul - lighting, VFX and dynamics

Juliana - prop and environment modelling, concept art and cameras

Adam N - animation, VFX, texturing, sculpting

Adam D - animation, comp, rigging, pre-vis and sound

Maddy - rigging, storyboards, animation

Dan - writing, animation reference, animation and comp

Concept Images

Below are concept images from our lovely artists. The bottom one is the current design for out characters, a tall weedy mummy and another short stocky one. They have anger issues. 

In the middle is a design for a hieroglyphic tablet which is going at the beginning to tell some back story. 

And at the top is a coloured set design, aiming for a museum look while still having a cartoony feel.

Concept Image By Nicole

Tablet Image By Juliana

Character Concept Image By Nicole 

The Mummy Project

So we are of group of students from Academy of Interactive Entertainment Sydney and are currently working on our short film project for Year 2. Given a two minute time limit and with a team of 7, we have 5 months (one already gone) to create a stunning masterpiece. So at the moment we are in pre-production. Look forward to seeing our progress!