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Avery Buffington
Aug 23, 20243 min read
Colorado Wildlife Photogrammetry
I began a new project with Logan Schwartz to create a texture library based off natural landscapes with photogrammetry using Reality Capture

Avery Buffington
Mar 28, 20248 min read
Mothman Thesis Production Blog Week 36-38
Thesis Work: Week 36: Master and Shot Lighting 3/09/2024 - 3/11/2024: I went through the current rendered version of our film and looked...

Avery Buffington
Feb 28, 20242 min read
Mothman Thesis Production Blog Week 34-35
February 24th, 2024 - Mothman Sculpt Work I worked some more on the details of the Mothman character model. I connected the neck and the...


Avery Buffington
Feb 22, 20245 min read
Mothman Thesis Production Blog Week 31-33
Mothman creature design sculpt work, environment asset layout and shot cam layout, as well as Painter character texture work from 2/6-2/22


Avery Buffington
Jan 4, 20244 min read
Winter Break Project - Mary the Toymaker: 1/1/2024 - 1/14-2024
Over Winter break I decided to work on a personal project for my demo reel to expand my character modeling skills with more diverse...

Avery Buffington
Nov 3, 20232 min read
Thesis Production Blog Week 22
This week I focused on redirecting my attention to the surfacing look development for textures. Reference Board Style Guide: I...

Avery Buffington
Oct 20, 20232 min read
Thesis Production Blog Week 20
I made some progress on the moth wing sculpt. My next step is to connect it to the character model to see how the size and the shape...

Avery Buffington
Sep 22, 20232 min read
Thesis Production Blog Week 17
Animatic Revision Notes: Animatic notes that I made on the recent proposal animatic changes, mostly cinematography notes for framing....


Avery Buffington
Apr 14, 20234 min read
Thesis Production Blog Week 11 & 12
4/14/2023: This week I worked on the hall illustration and then worked on the hair for the character sculpt. While working on the hair...

Avery Buffington
Mar 17, 20231 min read
Thesis Production Blog Week 8
3/17/2023 This week I worked on the character sculpt for the painter. I received some helpful notes on Friday to smooth down some of the...

Avery Buffington
Mar 17, 20231 min read
Production Pass #2
March 17th, 2023 Deliverables presented: 3D Blocking Animatic: CHARACTER MODEL: Painter Model First Iteration by Avery Buffington SET...

Avery Buffington
Mar 4, 20232 min read
Thesis Production Blog Week 6
This week I worked on making the first iteration of the base mesh for the painter character in ZBrush. He's looking pretty rough but for...
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