Rendering Scenes from my Previs

As I have mainly image planes for most my scenes, using Maya Software to render will be more useful to me. Rendering with Maya Software will help with my scenes because everything in my world is flat. I also don't need any shadows because I'm not trying to create "real life."

Here's an example below. Even Moom (my placeholder character) looks flat and 2D: 

'S' Shape Scene

@Alan Rendering Tiff, Diffuse Planes

I am having trouble with rendering my scenes as most my objects have a transparent diffuse/tiff textures on them. I've tried looking up tutorials and most have said to turn off 'opaque' in the Arnold drop down menu but this still isn't working for me? 

Rendering

Previs and Art of Progression

This is my unfinished Art of. I need to add my writings and some additional images. I also attach my Previs. This tells my story using Moom instead of the Mountain King.

The Call - Previs from Jennifer Ball on Vimeo.

Part 10: Squash & Stretch (Left Side View)

Final outcome

Grouping in the Outliner

Editing the attributes - adjusting the minimum and maximum movements

Node Editor - making the scale right

Scale now updates live 

Scaling to original size

Coloring the controls

Part 9: Body Rigging (Left Side View)

With help from my tutor Alan, I have managed to correctly rig my character and create some controls too. When animating the Mountain King these controls will make it easier to select the right joints to move.

My progress so far:

Controls

Body Rigged

Test Run for shapes spinning around the king (Pre-vis)

How I compiled this shot:

Layer 1: 

• Clockwise
• 20 frames between each movement
• The top layer

Layer 2:

• Anticlockwise
• 40 frames between each movement
• 2nd layer

Layer 3:

• Clockwise
• 40 frames between each movement
• 3rd layer

Layer 4:

• Anticlockwise
• 30 Frames between each movement
• Bottom layer

Playblast:

Shapes_around_king_test_run_final from Jennifer Ball on Vimeo.

Test Run Shot for Pre-vis

I am coming towards the end of my Pre-vis and trying to achieve some more complicated shots by layering my scenes to create more depth. The camera shows the scene flat on at first, it then zooms through the environment and hopefully creating a more interesting to shot.


Swirley_Shapes_Test_Run_Final from Jennifer Ball on Vimeo.