Role - Cutscene Artist
Shot 1
Ruby walking through the forest (Side view)
Shot 1 was the first and most challenging shot I had to do. I needed to create a fluid organic walk cycle with an inorganic overlapping animation of Ruby's cape.
First Pass
Half walk cycle
Clean Up
Full walk cycle with flowing cape
Line Art
Clean lines ready for color
Flat Colors
With a subtle gradient to her tights
Rendered Shot
Shading to the cape
Shot 4
Ruby looks to her mother’s grave.
Initially, the shot was going to have Ruby turning to face what's behind her, but do to time constraints we had to cut it.
Clean Up
Rough cape animation
Line Art
Refined the cape animation
Flat Colors
With a subtle gradient to her tights
Rendered Shot
Shading to the cape as well as a subtle blue shading
Finished Shot
Added an in-between layer to create a more fliud animation
Shot 5
Ruby with her back turned.
One of the "easier" shots I worked on
First Pass
Only the cape and hood needed to be animated
Lineart
Refined Lines
Flat Colors
With a subtle gradient to her tights
Rendered Shot
Shading to the cape and hood
Final Animation
Added a few in-betweens to help the animation flow
Shot 6
Ruby facing the camera with Grimm lurking behind her.
Was a final addition to the scene as the plan was to reuse an asset but none were fitted for this shot.
First Pass
Animated the cape, hood and Ruby's hair
Lineart
Refined Lines
Flat Colors
With a subtle gradient to her tights
Rendered Shot
Shading to the cape and hood with
Miiverse
A fun pixelated illustration to cheer on Ruby (the player) during gameplay!
After Credits Shot Weiss
We wanted to create a "Thank You" image at the end of the credits of the trailer so each of the artists picked one of the girls from Team RWBY to draw. The character I chose was best girl Weiss!
Rough Sketch
Using the adorable group shot as the inspiration, I sketched in the rough design for Weiss
Linework and Color
The linework is always the most challenging part but once I was happy with the overall shape I then began to lay down the colors.
Rendered Weiss
I am so incredibly proud with how she turned out! I really hope I did the character justice and I wish you could see more of her ponytail in the group shot but here she is in her fully rendered illustration!
Finished Group Shot
Working on this project was such a blast! As a big RWBY fan who's been watching the series since the beginning I'm so grateful for the opportunity to have been able to lend a hand on this amazing project. Thank you for reading and enjoy the trailer and try out the mod yourself today!