John Rice sent us a still of one of the characters from the short he has been working on. This is Al the Alien, in one of his more annoyed moments. John used Maxon's Cinema 4D r10 and was able to use Bodypaint for his head. Very cute alien!

John says, "I designed and textured him, but my buddy Stew Burris modeled him, using Maya, and my fiance Katie Cheang animated the shot that the still was pulled from. We animated a 2 1/2 minute short and pitched it as a potential series to the Sci-Fi channel. We're currently waiting to see if they will pick up the show and hire us to produce a pilot."

Good luck to John, Stew, Katie and of course, Al.

Labels: 3D, Film Short