Gjenta :

Download the DIVX codec (necessary to play the animation)

My newest work is a short animation called "gjenta," involving a desert, giant mechanical stone spheres, and a race of blind "sphere dwellers". The story revolves about one of the sphere dwellers who is different - he can see...

The final animation is complete! It is currently available only in DIVX format, but other codecs will be available soon. Download the movie, or see some still frames below...

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Technical info:

gjenta has been a project I've been working on for the last 7 months (as of Jan '02). I made it alone, all in AW Maya. Being responsible for all facets of the animation has helped me to hone my skills in all areas required to complete a short animation. These include modeling, animation, cloth simulation, character rigging, technical/character/camera animation, lighting/rendering, texture painting, matte painting, and compositing). I had a lot of fun with the cloth sim and Paint Effects within Maya, and plan to use these more in the future.

Altogether, it was a great project, and I learned a lot. I look forward to doing more short animation in the future, hopefully not alone next time! Please send feedback my way - I look forward to hearing what you think of gjenta...