Transcription:- Laurent UVs

Laurent Torso UV

Laurent Jeans UV

Laurent UVs

Now onto rigging...

Transcription:- Larry UVs

Afro Uv

Headphones UV

Headphones w/Grill UV

Hood UV

Torso UV

Jeans UV

Larry UVs

Back View

Transcription:- Speaker Headphones

I 've made the speakers on the outside of the headphones which is where the docks music comes from

Speaker grill

Headphone cord

Mp3

Transcription:- Laurent

I've basically made Laurent off of Larry, for obvious reasons ;)

Maya Caustics Tutorials

Glass

Final Outcome

Ocean

Final Outcome

Transcription:- Larry Progress 3

Front

Top view, as you can see I've added his headphones

Back

Top

1/4 Side

Larry is now almost ready to be rigged, skinned & textured. I just need to add the grate on the speakers (the outer side of his headphone)

Transcription:- Larry Char Progress 2

Larry is nearly done now, just gotta do the hands, headphones and a few other details.

Transcription:- Larry Char Progress

Since I am modelling the twins, I thought it would be better to model the basic shapes of the face from pictures of them, and then make my own changes and do the body from my designs.

Transcription: The Twins Design

So I've finished the prop robot model, now for the designing of the twins.

My idea is to have the twins as merchandise in an electronics shop (like HMV for example) and have them on the shelf. They essentially are a new brand of speaker docks just released under Les Twins new branding line, so of course this means they are made of plastic.

As you may be able to tell, I have decided to now merge my first idea of the boy character with my second robot character idea in order to make a better transcription. The transcription is of Les Twins dancing, only here my characters are a product of Les Twins. Im making both Larry & Laurent. Les Twins docks will be playing their own iconic music which they have made specific choreo's for.

Above are all the most obvious influences of the character design. You have a picture of Les Twins being the main focus behind character design, some funky ipod docks and a steve jobs action figure. The ipod docks are what I am utilising to make my characters into, the environment the panda dock is in is also where I plan to stage my animation. The steve jobs action figure is an example of the finished product, which is essentially a middleground between the real thing and the object. Another good example of what I'm strive for with my characters is Buzz Lightyear, but a Larry & Laurent version.

Here is a secondary Influence Map detailing all the other things I'm gathering reasearch and ideas from. I found that the characters in The Boondocks have a good likeness to Les Twins, I have been looking at them to help me get my ideas across in my sketches. The other hip-hop style pictures also help in the same way.

Character designs.

Transcription:- Robot Redesign Complete

Desided to take the 3rd option and use a ball and joint on the waist, now it just needs rigging & skinning.

Might have to do this slightly differently to the usual way in order for it to do what I want it to, lets see how that goes...