Stuffed Duck, for Melody's Flight

Stuffed Duck, for Melody's Flight

This was a cute stuffed duck I created for Melody's Flight, an animated short. You'll find this toy lining the shelves of the prize booth. I created the Maya procedural shaders and aimed for a furry-like texture without having to resort to using Maya Fur (which would've been render-intensive). This was based off of Carolen's Gund duck. It's gotta be Gund. From far away, the duck don't look too bad, but up close, it looks like FrankenDuck or something equally monstrous. Those staples are actually supposed to look like stitches. Thanks to James Liu and Greg Niemeyer for their texturing guidance. :)

  • Art 175 (Advanced Computer Animation) class project
  • Tool: Maya
  • Completed: April 2004

Hi, I'm Steve. I'm a medical student at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. I’m interested in visual communication, social networking and interaction design, and neuro/psychiatry.

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