Quick tests using leaves with bump and texture maps, plus some water droplets with different mia material finishes, and presets of glass, water, chrome.
I particularly like the effect of a bright yellow directional light, pointed straight at the leaf...it reminds me of the vivid technicolour of Powell and Pressburger films
The cinematography and camera angles are brilliant...even a simple mid shot of the character smoking, is shot low....every detail has been thought about and the lighting is fantastic.
Timelapse too. Script is very real (I particularly like the 'yapper' female lawyer's retorts) and the edits are swift..
A few screen shots of numerous attempts to apply a pole vector, without the joints moving themselves automatically out of line.
Check out these tutorials by Jennifer Conley, for simple help with troubleshooting the problem...
I used the polygon tool to create a polygon plane between the three joints (shoulder, elbow and wrist) to create an exact point for my 'E' controller to snap too...in following the tutorial I discovered that I had a rotation on my elbow joint....it meant recreating the arm joints but progress and no attibutes in the rotation channel box (bad juju - technical term)
Using the polygon tool to create a polygon between all three joints. Change from object to vertex mode (modelling toolkit) and extend out the vertex towards the 'E' elbow controller. Then snap the controller (select and 'V' key) and move and snap to vertex on polygon.
Playing with simple image planes and lighting for the forest environment...
Good to see compared to an early concept Photoshop image for the storyboard...
