The Sum of Parts

Jobless, but with plenty of free time.

Ed Whetstone — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:48:55 +0000

I’m now unemployed, which means I’ve got plenty of time on my hands to work on SOP!

Today I got started on an architectural design morgue that will guide the construction of all the environmental assets for the short. I’ll be documenting that process as it happens!

Rrrrender

Ed Whetstone — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:33:25 +0000

Ed Whetstone — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:22:10 +0000

Doing a few test renders before articulating.

Finally Putting it all together

Ed Whetstone — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:42:02 +0000

first full-body test

full body, more details

Continuing the design

Ed Whetstone — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:33:53 +0000

leg design

Optical geometry

Smells like Torso

Ed Whetstone — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 06:44:57 +0000

Continuing the slow march down the body

torso wireframe

torso render

Continuing the Arm

Ed Whetstone — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:20:22 +0000

Slow going, but here’s the latest.

arm redesign

robot hand

completed arm render

drastic redesign, woop

Ed Whetstone — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 01:16:48 +0000

so, decided to scrap the arm and start from fresh. Sure, he’s a little more derivative this way, but I think the overall feel of the animation will be better with a slightly simpler, more “friendly” protagonist.

Musical New Year

Ed Whetstone — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 04:40:23 +0000

A new year and a little something different. I’m learning a few different music softwares in preparation of scoring “the Sum of Parts.” As I do, I’ll be posting some of my musical experiments and thoughts along the way.

This piece tests out a Balinese Gamelan library for Kontakt, a sampler that I’m using with FL Studio. The pattern I’m using is classically Gamelan — a lower part that is repeated, at a doubled pace, one octave higher. I wish I had a library of Indonesian or even Indian percussion, but this piece instead uses a Battery techno drumkit.

moving on down the arm

Ed Whetstone — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:07:59 +0000

continuing the Unit Seventeen model.

Unit17