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Tasks

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General

- Tree instance scattering setup - ingesting foliage assets, then writing a script in Houdini to cache them to be instanced/scattered (python, Arnold)

- Godmothers crowd CFX setup and execution - this was a fun challenge as the number of godmothers I'd receive was unknown, so I set this up as a vellum for-each with some feedback scripts. 

- General trouble shooting for artists' problems

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Horse

- Horse groom - 10 days initial groom, initially created for mid-shot (lod B), then colour changes thereafter.

- Horse character package, including lighting ROP with AOVs and optimal settings setup for the lighter to use/reference. 

- Horse CFX setup. 

- The horse character package was passed to my colleague as a base for him to use when making his character (raccoon). Later he QC-d the horse when running CFX in shots as we distributed workloads.

- Added hou-python tool library to python modules on the HDA, for CFX caching, wedging and usability for the lighters/cfx artists to select cache/read versions easily over shots.

 

Dove

- Initially discussed with the team the workflow between rigging, modelling and groom.

- Created a dove groom using a cleaner version of the version 01 Pinocchio woodpecker feather system. Passed renamed flight/dynamic feather guides and proxy geometries to rigging to incorporate into the rig.

- CFX dove package created using charpkgtools library and passed to lighting.

- CFX for lod B wings was cloth-deformed proxy wings (taken from modelling) which was simulated, then deformed unpacked high-res feathers. For the feather fluttering, primuvs were used to deform high-res feathers.

This was a bit of a learning curve weaving rigging/groom together, but it worked well for an lod B bird! Next up, lod A... 

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Carriage

- Creation of asset package to be passed to lighters

- CFX setup of curtains and horse harness in CFX asset package which was ran through shots. 

- Unfurling curtains on carriage transformation (animated CFX, short timeframe). I passed the unfurling CFX to another artist (unknown, this was rushed, although turned out pleasantly well - good teamwork!) 

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Cleanup

- Groom setup tutorials (dove, horse, basic sphere groom/cfx setup) on OOU wiki

- Character package tutorials on OOU wiki