ArtWork Production - Michael Dominic Sauer

(working title: 3D FightStudio)

The Name "MoDojo" is a combination of the term Motion Capturing and the Japanese word for a training room or school (Dojo) and stands for an interactive game project working with MoCap and Virtual Reality Glasses.
Samuel Paul, Michael Dominic Sauer, Maximilian Büchler, Björn Frechenhäuser and Johannes Szabo created the MoDojo as fighting game or training application in a fully virtual environment using sterescopy for a highly immersive experience.
The project was planned and realised in the 4th semester of Digital Media - Animation and Game at Hochschule Darmstadt.

Modelling/sculpting/rendering/character setup by Michael D. Sauer
Concept Art/Texturing by Maximilian Büchler

Motion Capturing Test Video (Vicon IQ/Motionbuilder)

At the moment we are working on our latest movie project "Kwendolin" - based on a story by Michael Dominic Sauer. The animated short will be realised completely in 3D with the latest technology. After a Preproduction Phase of 2 years we jumped now straihgt away into the animation process. The movie will be finalised and released in October 2010 hopefully.

All 3D Modelling/Character setup/Rendering by Michael Dominic Sauer
Concept Art/Character Texturing by Maximilian Büchler (Art Director of incredibleART)

For an animated short called "Wolfman" based on a story by Michael Dominic Sauer we planned a 30 sec trailer. As the first project at Hochschule Darmstadt (Digital Media - Animation and Game) we did a character design reel to show the way our wolfman made from the sketch to a 3D modelled creature.