A 3D animation created for my Advanced Animation class. The animation is a dual between two robots, a ronin who abondoned their shogun and a samurai sent to hunt them down.
Inspired by series like Afro Samurai, the animation is a sword dual atop a mountain clearing
The characters, props, and environment were all modeled and rigged in Autodesk Maya.
The characters were all designed by me for this project.
I storyboarded the sequence in Adobe Photoshop then animated all the 3D characters in Autodesk Maya and added 2D effects in Adobe After Effects.
Before modeling, I sketched out a concept design for the ronin and samurai robots. This design was used as reference for modeling the character.
Based on the concept art, I modeled and rigged the robot model. To differentiate them I textured one blue and the other red. The characters had to move like robots while being able to engage in the fluid movements of a swordfighter.
In addition to the character models, I modeled the mountain clearing, katana for the robots, a futuristic pistol inspird by matchlocks for the samurai when they become desparate during the duel, and a gate that the ronin prays under.
Before animating, I storyboarded the sequence using Adobe Photoshop. Due to time constraints the storyboard was not followed completely, but it still acted as a reference for the character movements and sequence.