Ben Fletcher

I am a Sheffield Hallam University Ba (Hons) Animation graduate.

My passion is in 3DCGI character Animation, with a hobby in VFX.

[Ben Fletcher @IcarusAnimate]

Just some turnarounds of the astronaut, the cat beetle, and the scanner that the astronauts use.

#Blender3d #3dturnarounds

[Ben Fletcher @IcarusAnimate]

Finally finished rendering, just got to wait for my composer and the short film is ready to show.
#shortfilm

[Ben Fletcher @IcarusAnimate]

Rendering of the first scene has begun, not long now till we find out the fate of the crew of colony 7 in 'Barren Salvation'.

#Blender3d #BlenderCycles #scifi #shortfilms

[Ben Fletcher @IcarusAnimate]

@fergemanden In the avatar the last airvender aninated series, there's a creature which has a tongue that paralyses people. Maybe it could have something similar to catch its prey.

[Ben Fletcher @IcarusAnimate]

Reference videos are done, gonna do some final touch ups on the scenes and arm rigs, then it's time for animating.

[Ben Fletcher @IcarusAnimate]

@fergemanden @br3nd4z I like the detail around the neck. How much of him are things like bump maps and displacement, and how much is sculpting/modelling?

[Ben Fletcher @IcarusAnimate]

@fergemanden Thanks, I googled what a slug is classified as and following it with molusk just felt like it fit. Can't wait to see the environment and other pieces.

[Ben Fletcher @IcarusAnimate]

The team is fully rigged and ready to make some discoveries. All done in #blender.

[Ben Fletcher @IcarusAnimate]

Now that I'm nearing animating my short film, I thought I'd share some of the work I've been doing. 1) Rigged Cat Beatle. 2) 1 of the Astronauts. 3) The scene I refer to as "Cave". 4) The scene I refer to as "Salvation". They're screenshots so the final renders are low quality.

[Ben Fletcher @IcarusAnimate]

@himajin19820110 We have both sent friend requests

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Think I'm closing in on what I want the environment to look like for my short film. These renders all look the same but I'm very picky and I wanted to show what I'm considering. #b3d

[Ben Fletcher @IcarusAnimate]

Getting close to final lighting and textures for my VFX project.

[Captain Disillusion @CDisillusion]

As long as the number of likes & RTs of this tweet remain exactly equal, EARTH SHALL BE SPARED.

[Ben Fletcher @IcarusAnimate]

Need help deciding which is a better look for my VFX model. I think the right one looks better as it is brighter, but the left one shows the light is contained within the glass tube and not just one big tube emitting light. Any critique at this stage would also be helpful.

[Ben Fletcher @IcarusAnimate]

@MatthewLuhn In my first year of university, my tutor for storyboarding lessons had us draw maps of the location, we then had to draw where the cameras would be, it's definitely a helpful thing to get into doing.

[Matthew Luhn @MatthewLuhn]

When stuck on a #story or set of #storyboards it’s always helpful to draw up a map. “I wisely started with a map and made the story fit.” -JRR Tolkien. Hand-drawn ‘Annotated map of Middle-earth’ by British author J. R. R. Tolkien.

[Ben Fletcher @IcarusAnimate]

@Crunchyroll Unlucky loner, wild monster

[Ben Fletcher @IcarusAnimate]

The character and alien designs and poses for my personal project.