Buzz Lightyear and Mira Nova of Disney's Star Command

Buzz and Mira are the Space Rangers from Star Command who are charged with tracking down the evil Emperor Zurg!    These animations were created for the computer game Disney Learning - 2nd & 3rd Grade, and served to establish the story background for the interactive portions of the game.

  Tech Notes
  • Markus used Maya to model and rig the characters Buzz Lightyear, Mira Nova, and Commander Nebula while he was working at Disney Interactive.  The models are constructed primarily using NURBS, with polygons for facial targets.

  • The Mira Nova and Commander Nebula characters were first introduced in the cel animated TV series, Disney's Star Command. Markus translated the flat character designs into 3 dimensional rigged models, to be used in the computer game.  

  • These rigs were used in dozens of scenes by animators at Disney Interactive and at external studios doing work on the Buzz learning titles. The scenes featured below were animated by Markus.

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