Mega Mighty Mecha Transforming Robo-Horse

Based on some concept art provided by Alt.vfx, I designed and modelled this robotic horse for a Chevrolet commercial. Since it would be transforming into the car as well as going through a believable gallop animation cycle, the functional design of the model was very important. I sculpted a 3D sketch in Zbrush, then modelled all the various component parts in Maya. Overall this took about a week. Alt.vfx then lookdeved, rigged, lit and animated everything. Looks sweet!

I also modelled and lookdeved the CG tunnel which appears later in the spot. I designed it as a repeatable chunk so that the anim team could make the tunnel as long/bendy as they like.