Arrogant Knight spider

My final submission!

Now with just a few adjustments I think I am ready to do my final render, I have just made sure no arms are going through anything, and I have moved the sofa and spider to the left a little because they were abit too on the right of the screen and I like the result.

This is my second to last render which I think looks great and I am almost ready to submit, I added motion blur to the render and I think it looks good, I really like what I have achieved, just a few more minor adjustments and trying to get the paleness out of the render.

This is now my 6th update on my knight spider and I am just working on those little parts to make the poses look cleaner, I am now quite confident in my final pose and I think all the arms work well, I did end up taking away the the arm bracing for a fall as it distracted from the pull and I like it, I also added the feet kind of going on its tippy toes to show the spiders body pulling and trying and I like the way it looks a lot.

A big thing I have changed is the sofas movement before it was completely still but I think it actually looks better with a little movement but not enough because it shows that he was trying but it didn't work. I have also exaggerated his face during the pull which works well for the story I want to tell.

Another thing I have changed is adding to the spiders little arm movement when it holds its lower back as if its pulled it back so the spider shows a bit of a pained expression before it sits down and gives a sheepish expression, I like the way it works and I think it makes the spider more human.

This is my most recent test render. I am not sure why the export has come out very pale but I will try to change this. Between this update and the last is that I have finally done the rotation of the spider on the main control to be in line with the sofa and I actually prefer this look because it's not as straight on with the camera and just adds to how dynamic the shot looks.

I did have an idea to have the bottom arm reach out to break a potential fall during the pull but I don't know if its worked very well, I might try and work on it and see what people think.

For the eyes I have learned about locators and used them with the eye controls to make sure that they focus on the camera and it's worked very well for me.

This is now my 4th update for the knight spider, I have now done the stress wiggles for each arm for the first two poses and I really like how it looks, I also found a place for the final arm to go for that final pose, I definitely have to work on the arms during the transitions between poses as they are often rotating very quickly and going through the body.

Another update on where I am with this project, I have added changed a couple things, I have decided to keep the spider facing forward as it is angled in my reference until I decide that I am done with the reference. I am still working on the strength of the poses and the the slight shaking of each arm, I am definitely focusing on the top pair of arms first then moving down the pairs as I want them each to have their own stories rather than having them just follow the top arm.

Additionally I have changed the rotation when my spider turns to the couch from the master to the spiders main control so it looks more natural as I was having too many issues with the feet sliding and it seems to have worked well for me. I have added some bounces to when he rebounds back from the stretch to show how fast he snaps back and I think it works well for the spider, it makes sense that he has to take a second to regain himself before he changes position.

I have also changed the final pose which I like much more I just have to find something for that bottom arm on the left to do since all the limbs are very close to each other so it looks a little bit complicated.

This is my second update on the Knight spider. Recently I have just been adding to the bodies movements to really portray the spiders attitude and personality especially in the first two poses. I have now put the sofa at an angle so its more obvious what the object is, I think it also adds to the whole look of the shot that I really like so now I am contemplating rotating the spider completely or just moving the arms to hold the sofa again. I definitely want to work on the final pose since it still seems a little weak to me.

This is my first update showing where I am so far with my entry. This is a playblast showing that I have done all of the key poses taken from my reference and I am happy with the timing of everything. Now I'll just be continuing to be adding to the spiders human movements and the naturalness of how they move.