Matthias Lappe – Character Animator
3D Render Test #2 – Pool House

3D Render Test #2 – Pool House

Hello and welcome back to another blog post. The last week I was working on my second visualization project. The reason I chose an outdoor scene by sunset was to get a better understanding of V-Ray lights. For texturing the concrete blocks I used a mix of V-Ray blend and dirt maps. In case you […]

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3D Render Test #1 – Living Room

3D Render Test #1 – Living Room

Hey everyone, a few years ago I worked as a 3D Artist for a company building props for all kind of visualizations. As I started to shift my focus more towards animation I stopped the prop modeling and rendering for a while. Now as I have some time on my hands I thought it would […]

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Forest Hunter Run Cycle – Test Animation

Forest Hunter Run Cycle – Test Animation

Hey, the last days I was playing around with some cycle animation. I tried out a new rig from Animation Mentor. The Stewart rig is also free to download for none-students. Getting back into a body mechanic test is really nice after animating more realistic acting shots lately. I hope you like the small clip.

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Wolf Run Cycle – Test Animation

Wolf Run Cycle – Test Animation

Hello, after I finished the human run cycle which I posted earlier, I tried myself on the first quadruped animation. I wanted to get into the foot placement and the hip shoulder relation while the animal is running. to break things up a bit I also animated a small jump. I hope you like the […]

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