Princes and the Frog
Tiana
This is a 3D animation of one of the scenes inspired by Disney’s 2D movie “Princes and the Frog”
3D/2D versions of the Scene
Credits
3D Character and Props Design/Modelling/UV layout
Aleksandra Miteva
3D Animation/Rigging
Aleksandra Miteva
Lighting/Texturing/Rendering
Aleksandra Miteva
Video Editing
Aleksandra Miteva
Story
from the author
“I have always loved Disney’s movies and Princes and the Frog 2D version was the perfect movie for me to try and create in 3D. I have chosen a segment from it which is about 15 scenes long. I like working on this personal project in my spare time. “
2D Disney’s pictures of Tiana
3D Model of Tiana
ZBrush Turntable
Closer view of the 3D character model sculpted in ZBrush, not textured.
Rigging and Animation
FK/IK rig built from scratch.
Test rig
Programs used
3D Character and Props Design/Modelling/UV layout
Maya/ZBrush
3D Animation/Rigging
Maya
Lighting/Texturing/Rendering
Maya/ZBrush/Arnold
Video Editing
Blender
Planning the project
It was used Disney’s 2D movie as a storyboard separating the scenes along with the audio with Blender’s Video Editor.
3D Modelling
Tiana , clothes and accessories were sculpted in ZBrush and textured in Maya/Arnold.
Toys were sculpted in ZBrush, the UV, texture and normal maps were exported from ZBrush to Maya.
The furniture and the environment were created in Maya. The details on the furniture were created in ZBrush.
Rigging/Deformers
FK/IK rig and blendshapes
Hair
Tiana’s hair was created with nhair in Maya using the sculpted ZBrush hair as a template to draw curve guides. The texture used was hair physical shader in Arnold.
