This is Jeff’s concept for the first flying machine, I think it’s pretty much perfect!

Here’s an update on Icarus’ body model.

This is the rough blocking so far for a dialogue animation I am doing. I have Icarus’ head all rigged up with blendshapes and a simple bone rig. I am doing this animation as a test to see how the blendshapes and general face rig are working.

Here is the completed bird model. I now need to unwrap, get started on the texturing, and rig him.

Here is where I am at so far with the bird model.

This is a first pass on facial expressions for Icarus. They still need a lot of work, but here is where I’m at.

Here is some more progress on Icarus. I have not started texturing yet, I just dropped in some color to differentiate the forms as I model them. I have everything blocked in, now I’m working on adding details and polish.

Here is where I am at with Icarus’s whole body so far.

Here is where I am at with the head model so far, I hope to have the head model completed by the end of the week. After the model is done I will start building the facial expressions.

I have started on the Icarus model!! Here are some screenshots showing my progression so far. The first has some quick sketches over the face model sheet to get an idea where the muscles and the facial landmarks are. The second is the beginning phase of building the model.