Tohkann toa of arts

Thank you for still wishing to see some more 3d art from me. I work on Matoro Inika in my spare time. EDIT: Here's a quick look at his organic kanohi! That mouth is an interesting one to rig. In the set, it is sealed shut. But in my version, it will open up to lip movements as best as I can possibly do with that mask. --Tohkann T.O.A

Inika Matoro is next~ And thank y'all for the nice comments! --Tohkann T.O.A

That is correct. It is the Modeling, texturing, and rigging phase that takes the longest. But once you have done that, you don't have to do it again (except when modeling other characters of course). Animating is my specialty, so that doesn't take much. But then rendering... now that can take long. It all depends on the scene you are trying to render and how many passes you have to go through (diffuse, AO, Alpha, etc). And thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I'd like to thank BZPower for featuring this on the main page! It has always been a dream of mine to see my artwork featured since I joined this site 10 years ago! So thank you! And thank you all for the lovely comments and support. I am glad that when it comes to voice acting, I can always find a helping hand here. I might add a better look at Mahri-Nui later on. Thank you for also checking out 'The Arrival'. I only really intend to work on the years we didn't get any sort of story animation for those years (2006 - 2008). 2001-2002 had the flash animations and then the Miramax movies came out for 2003-2005. But never say never! I've had requests to see the Toa Mata in movie form. I used 3DS Max for the Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, and animating Matoro. Zbrush for modeling the platform of Mahri Nui, and After Effects for compositing and sound design. Thanks for also checking out my other stuff as well! It took me about 3 months for "The Arrival", and 1 to 2 for "Downfall" --Tohkann T.O.A

Thank you all for the nice comments! I am glad you are enjoying it! I've added some turnaround renders in the main post for a full view of the character -Enjoy! --Tohkann T.O.A

After working on "The Arrival" short, I immediately had many ideas on what to do next. Truly I would love to make a 30-40 min movie of the Toa Inika, but so far I have not yet reached a conclusion on how I will approach attempting that. Instead I decided to create another short in the meantime. The idea for this new animation came about because of my love for the ice toa. Matoro is one of my favorites, if not most favorite ice toa from the original generation. I wanted to create a piece that would highlight what the mood and mystery of the underwater location of Mahri Nui, and incorporate Matoro in it. And since he had a major role to play during this saga, it was a perfect fit. I hope you enjoy my latest video! --- Turnaround Renders Here are some renders of the full character, including his weapons. With these you can now see details on the character that I couldn't fully show off in the animation. Also, If you haven't yet seen the first animation I did with the Miramax style, please see the following link to check it out. Along with turnaround, Toa Jaller Inika, and Toa Hahli Inika renders/screenshots! -Enjoy! --Tohkann T.O.A

Thanks guys! It's nice to see a lot of you are willing to help out providing voices. Yes, it was always a dream of mine to have movies with these already known characters continue on and follow their new adventures. Btw, I began modeling Toa Hahli and rendered some new still frames. The main post has been updated with em'! -Please take a look! --Enjoy

If I began making this into a whole thing, I would change things to make it more accurate to the books. With this short, I was just testing out the waters, based on said scenes, but weaving it together in a matter that would make sense for the short amount of time I had to work with. I appreciate your comment. Thanks you so much. I'm glad people liked it.

Thanks you, to the new people who commented. Oh wow. Awesome. Thank you guys so much for the exposure on this. It's that that will help me see if there is enough suppport to make this into a full length thing.

Thank you all for the nice comments! I'm glad it was nostalgic for you all as it was for me. All by myself looking at various references. Some parts were more difficult to get than others, and some I kinda just had to guess. lol A full turnaround of the Matoran Jaller model has been posted on the main post, so check that out as well!

So for the past few months, to keep it in my head and practice on my 3D modeling/animation skills, I work on a few fun projects on the side. I thought to myself "Why not practice, but also create some cool Bionicle artwork?". Which led me to work on creating MoL / LoM / WoS styled characters! I always wanted to see a movie about the Inika, but unfortunately it was never made. So I decided to make it for myself. With how busy I am, of course I only made a short (lol). This one took me around 2-3 months to make, but I am glad on how it turned out. I actually started everything by creating Matoro Mahri in MoL style. He is fully modeled, rigged and everything! Just need to get some good renders. But the idea of this short (which is focused on Jaller) halted everything else because I wanted to get an animation done first. Look out for Matoro in the near future though! And without further ado, here it is: -Enjoy! --Tohkann T.O.A EDIT: A Turnaround of the Matoran model: EDIT 2: Some more renders I created. These would take place in Karzahni and Voya Nui respectively.

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Here is my entry for the Journey to Netflix Contest. I went with the original Bionicle comic look, but with the new 2015 characters. I hope you all like it! Deviantart link(It is at a higher resolution over here): LINK

Have you tried looking on Vimeo instead of YouTube? https://vimeo.com/2255269 I have. It was the first place I tried and it will not work. I checked the code and it seems it may something to do with what version of flash was in when uploading the video. I checked the first episode and it had "shockwave-flash" on the player which might be the prob. Newer videos don't have that. Do you know if you can play Shockwave Flash files(.swf) on your browser? There is a difference from Flash Player and Shockwave player. Try downloading that second one.

Hey, guys. I recently worked on animating a few scenes that would take part in the Toa Mata vs Teridax fight, and also included a post credits scene that was originally going to be at the end of Episode 6 of my series: Re-Birth Chronicles. But I added it to the beginning of this video instead. If you are unfamiliar with it, BRC is a fan-made animated web series dealing with an alternative story of Bionicle with humans. The idea might not exactly be your cup of tea, but please take a look at it. You may be able to find out which characters are which by their style and weaponry. Alright, Enjoy everyone! [FLASH] [/FLASH] --Tohkann T.O.A

Thanks for all the awesome comments guys! I'm glad ya'll like it. I don't have plans exactly to make another one, as I am getting busy, but It's not off the table I suppose ^^ It took me 3-4 full months(not including breaks) to produce this one. I'm open to any fan work, do note though, that I actually am in the process of doing a full prelude story myself in a comic book format. I hope you can look forward to it though! ^^ If I do decide on making more episodes and you still want to voice your character, send me a pm with an email address of yours so I can reach you at anytime, not just when logged in to bzp.

Yo. Hey guys. It has been a while. Years actually, haha. I just wanted to show you a recent animation I made for my Bionicle fan series. A lot has changed around here, so hopefully I am posting this in the correct place~ For those of you new to this, I used to work on an animated series and post it here on BZPower. It is based on the Bionicle storyline with a human twist and other changes of min. I started around 2008 or so but then I went to college in 2011 and so I had to take a break on working on it to focus on my studies. The past few months I produced episode 6, and while I'd like to make small changes to it here it is for ya'lls viewing pleasure: [FLASH] [/FLASH] Voices are thanks to awesome BZPower members listed here: Vakama: SPIRIT Kenji: SkullKid Sonia: Isabella Dona. Tiara Kaire Mysterious Man (Kenshin): SPIRIT And if you want to see the episodes previous to this one they are locted here: https://vimeo.com/channels/115028/2255269 --NOTE: The animation, scriptwriting and all of that on these episodes is outdated, as these were made years ago and with limited resources, just to keep in mind. ( ^_ ^ ) -Enjoy! And thanks for stopping by.

Here are my entries for the contest! --Tohkann T.O.A

Member name: Tohkann toa of artsEntry Category: TuragaEntry URL: http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/6741/vakamaentrytohkann.jpg--Tohkann T.O.A

Member name: Tohkann toa of artsEntry Category: ToaEntry URL: http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/5127/tahuentrytohkann.jpgMember name: Tohkann toa of artsEntry Category: MatoranEntry URL: http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/4126/jallerentrytohkann.jpgGonna upload Turaga entry soon.--Tohkann T.O.A

Aww. XD You guys are awesome.Scene 1 is nearly complete!Would you guys rather have it released in scenes? Or wait until the whole thing is done?I planned to release it in scenes. At least this one to try it out. What do y'all think? X) (Got in contact with the VA's so never mind looking for them )--Tohkann T.O.A

:)Heya guys. Been a while.Sorry for yur wait. ^^ Progress goes on and off these days. It's looking so swell. though. Thanks to my animation classes.Anyway, I've been trying to contact some VA's. Anyone know where I can contact Terakk other than BZP?And also thank you so much for the comments, subs, and patience. --Tohkann T.O.A

Well... umm I kinda wanted the line to be released after the episode... Cause the dialogue is kinda of a spoiler... >.>

Heehee ^^There seems to be some interest in the British accent Lord Koji gave em huh? XDAlright I'll provide it to you all after the ep is released. ^^And thank you guys! That is some nice perspective you get there on yur drawing Tekulo. Good job --Tohkann T.O.A

That I cannot say... :-/
 Yes. You have sent me Ryu's part from this episode. But for some reason... you gave Ryu a british accent >.> so um.. could ya resend that line again with his normal voice. X) lol.
 My thanks Tekulo. And great artwork! 
 So fanart cannot be posted in this topic anymore huh?
 Aw. <:-) And lip flaps? Well I actually have the audio of the VA's first and synch their dialogue and it automatically creates the flaps. Afterwards I go in and tweek them out so that they fit them best.Thanks for the suggestion though ---------There are already two factors that you guys may know take most of my time now. School. But another factor is now present. Someone special has entered my life and I dedicate plenty special time to this person.In any case, they support my work and such I will work hard to make this media so that all could enjoy!