Ok, so, that went well.

Right. Update time. Things have not been going to plan recently. Not being able to have weekends off has been a HUGE bummer for me now, as I've lost literally weeks of work time.

I'm trying desperately to catch up while helping one or two people. Also, realising that I myself am not the best at certain aspects of Maya, I;ve enlisted the help of Aimee Hibberd. She basicly did a rig for Doug, which I have then modified to suit my own needs. This has saved me days and days of time and it's great being able to modify it for the animations my character will need.



I was going to use The Setup Machine, but tests with this program proved too much trouble getting it to blend with a facial setup. So I did lose a day of that. Not only that, I lost a day due to the Police not showing up at my place, and my PC at the same time deciding not to work for that day. Joy. That's 2 lost days I won't be getting back.

Right now I've got his head skinned. It can move. Joy. The only good thing recently, is that I have taken the last 3 weekends off work as paid holiday. That's about an extra week I wouldn't have had before, so that's good news. I've also been in contact with my sound guy which is good. I hope I can get Doug ready for animating by the end of Friday, otherwise it will be doubtful if I will be able to finish in time, never mind handing in a '1st Cut' this Wednesday.