Animated Robot in Blender 2.5

All modeling, rigging, animating, and rendering done by me. I made this short, rough animation to test out the animation rig on my robot model, which makes heavy use of IK solvers, value drivers, constraints, and action drivers. This video uses vector blur added in Blender's compositor.

I will be uploading more videos shortly of a walk cycle and a realtime demonstration of the rig itself. I will probably also make a short film with this model.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• animation
• cg
• animated
• blender
• 3d
• rigging
• modeling
• render
• robot
• short

[guidingdark]

next year ill be a freshman and im taking a computer designing class which uses the blender so im getting in to video games and all of that amybe even start a company when i grow up im not sure im hoping to produce my first game in college

[AlexanderLee1]

@guidingdark Sounds like a good plan to me! Download Blender now and try to practice as much as possible, that's the key to getting good. Start by following tutorials on BlenderCookie and BlenderGuru.

[EpicCookie7]

how to make perfect armature like this one? i juts can't get it right.

[AlexanderLee1]

@EpicCookie7 To make this armature I used lots of constraints and IK-switches. I recommend watching the rigging tutorials on Blender Cookie.

[kadeemreid]

hey nice work what did u use to render it

[AlexanderLee1]

@kadeemreid Blender internal renderer. (I'm fast on the replies, aren't I? :P)

[RaveriusMax]

that was good, very nice man

[masterxeon1001]

I love this video still. I've watched it like 40 times. I always come back to it. Keep up the good work bra.

[AlexanderLee1]

@74Gikkio Yes, it is rendered internally. Lights: 1. a white RayShadow spot for the main light. 2. a pair of 3/4 power fill spots, NoShadow, one tinted blue and the other orange. 3. negative point lamp in lower corner. 4. 1 3/4 power hemi lamp pointing up from behind and below, for rim lighting. It uses approximate AO, multiply, at 100% power, and 35% power white environment lighting.

[kadeemreid]

@AlexanderLee1 yh u are lol, ive been using blender fora couple of months now gonna do this in uni

[kadeemreid]

@AlexanderLee yes u are lol i didnt no blender was so good with renders ive just started using it and looking to do this sort of stuff in uni