One of the many projects I had the pleasure of working on with the lovely people at Orange Comet was a unique concept inspired by Joe Whale, famously known as The Doodle Boy. The Remarkables are a set of characters that make up their own fun and whimsicle universe, and are the keepers of Rhe Playful Spirit. As a team member bringing these fun-loving characters to life, I got to rig, animate, and even integrate them into unreal engine for realtime gameplay prototyping and facial pupetteering.
Each character was based on a doodle by Joe Whale, and then brough into 3D where we imbued them with their own personality and flourish, making each one a fun and unique challenge to rig and animate.
Towards the end of the project, I was tasked with further worldbuilding by bringing a select few characters into Unreal Engine and turing them into playable characters. This also included creating facial blendshapes that allowed anyone to jump in and puppet their faces via an iPhone.
Credits:
Dante Ferrarini - Cheif Creative Director/Co-Founder
Rebecca Blair - Animation/Look Dev
Maria Del Mar Miquel - Creative Coordinator
Jordan Ariel - Rigging, Animation, LookDev, Unreal/Interactive Integration