Drink yer grog, Matey!

My sons and I were really inspired by the fantastic Jonny Duddle Pirate books. Heres a Pewter tankard modelled after one used in the book. I used a great feature which allows you to import shapes drawn in Photoshop into Maya. The skull emblem was then extruded and wrapped around the tankard using a Bend modifier

Blake on a Goldstar

goldstar from oliver brown on Vimeo.
Here's a  little animation of Blake clambering aboard his Goldie. Animated in Maya with an After Effects pass to add the exhaust smoke