Patrick Byrnes

This is the first render of Patrick Byrnes, the father of the main character Gertrude Byrnes.  The model is fully rigged and ready for animation.  the second Grim short will show how protective Patrick is of Gertrude due to the dangerous environment and events from the first short.

Gertrude and Dana

Having some fun with renders and I thought I'd do one with Gertrude from the Grim along with Dana from Suicide Friends.

Gertrude Poses

Here are more poses of the Grim's red riding hood, Gertude Byrnes. The cloth physics of her cloak and skirt are following her moves with no issues so far. Now it's on to co starring characters and then props.

New Gertrude model complete.

The model for the second Grim short is complete.  I've been testing the rig by posing her.  I believe I've ironed out all the issues the last model had.  This one is simpler to move and I've also changed her hand controls from being buttons on the side to controls attached to the finger joints.  This way I can get up close to the fingers to get them in position much like a stop motion puppet, which I'm far more used to.  It also gives me a wider range of hand position (she can make shadow puppets...maybe I'll render a photo of that).

sound effects completed

Sound effects have been completed by Clemens Wijers and applied to the first short of the Grim.  Now all that's needed is music!  a copy of the film with completed sound effects has been sent to composer Ego Plum.

gertrude texture test

testing out subsurface scattering on Gertrude's skin.

Gertrude clothing test

A quick test of cloth dynamics on Gertrude's clothing and to see if it can follow her movements.

Grim sounds underway!

The first Grim short is moving along wonderfully! I received this message from sound designer Clemens Wijers:

I got things going pretty well - already have a good basic
wind sound consisting of three different layers.
I also worked on footsteps of Gertrude and the fox.

Textured cabin

A look at the cabin with textures.  Some work still needs to be done but it's on its way.  taking the time of season the story takes place, I plan to add a little frost to the windows.

First short is nearly to completion

Clemens Wijers has started work on the sound for the first Grim short today!

There's no place like home.

Here's a look at the cabin set (Gertrude's home) for the second Grim short.  A lot of care has been taken to make this set look functional.  There are even hinges on the door.

Gertrude clothing models completed

With the completion of the cloak model, Gertrude's clothing only needs texture and she's ready for animation.  after this it's on to secondary characters (or at least characters that don't need separate models and clothing changes) sets, and props.