Class 3 - Week 11 - Design Applied to Animation

So the lecture for week 11 was a bit tricky to get my head around.  Lots of pausing and considering the information going in.  Wrote lots of notes.  Some of it was easier to access - like what things within a composition can tell you about the mood of that shot, etc.  He used very basic shapes to convey these points but it worked!

Also, had to refine my shot some more... It's the last assessed week on animation for this guy! Next week it'll just be my progress reel, and the week after - class 4! Intro to acting!  With some brand new video ref fun to delight your eyes! ;)

(Of course I can carry on refining this, revisit it later on in class 6 should I choose for it to go on my showreel.  I've already got other ideas about my first animjam shot that I'm thinking about doing.  And I have to build this guy a real set!)

So here ya go, my final assessed hand in for class 3!

Class 3 - Week 10 - Walkthrough & Theory - Advanced Timing and Spacing

This week... with Eric Goldberg!! The man, the myth, the legend. He's awesome. And he animated in 2D.  With a dope sheet.

Basically it was a more advanced walkthrough, going through everything from start to finish concentrating on timing and spacing.  Good lecture.

However, here is my shot, with mainly some spacing issues, and a little bit of timing troubles ;)

Nearly done!

Class 3 - Week 9 - Walkthrough: Blocking to Final

with Jason Ryan!

Check this video out for a taste of his awesome: Jason Ryan: Weight Lift (opens in a new window)

I really like his workflow, and the fact he keys everything in blocking/blocking plus is pretty reassuring for the way I work as it is.  And his absolute control over all his animation is a little bit rockin'.

Taking that into consideration, here's my blocking plus for this last shot!

Bye bye!

Class 3 - Week 8 - Clarity and Overlapping Ideas

Remember - Keep It Simple, Stupid.

Here's my blocking for my final AnimJam shot:

See ya!

Class 3 - Week 7 - Phrasing

Finishing up this shot, planning the final one of this term and the AnimJam.

Here ya go.

Final of shot 2:

Planning for Stewie's faceplant:

Thank you idiots with video cameras, total wipeout, and youtube, for providing some stellar reference ;)

Class 3 - Week 6 - Advanced Overlap and Anticipation

Class 3 - Week 5 - Walkthrough: Animating Physicality

This was another work-flow walk-through, with a little peppering of ideas to make your shot have more life and physicality ;)

Mainly what I learnt is that I need to speed up my workflow, start using keyboard shortcuts and set up my own hotkeys.  David told us that a lot last class, to work more efficiently, reduce your clicking about time... But I still haven't sorted that out yet.  I'm resisting it just like I resisted the graph editor.  But I'll get there!

Anyway, here's my blocking.  I had tonnes of feedback this week as I actually managed to get my PR's up.  I'll show you what I started with, and then what I handed in... It's changed a fair bit!

Original blocking:

Hand-in blocking:

Class 3 - Week 4 - Locomotion

This weeks lecture was mainly to do with balance, and how our bodies will always try to stay balanced over a centre point.  If we pick up a heavy object, that weight becomes part of our own and we readjust our balance to compensate.

Here's my final assignment, and the planning stages for the next.

Class 3 - Week 3 - Advanced Arcs and Path of Action

Had to redo my shot again.

Went from stepped to splined in a week.

Got referred to student care for extra help.

Had a special q&a with Sandy Christensen this week. Good q&a!

Eventually watched the lecture!

Here's my stuff.

See ya next week!

Class 3 - Week 2 - Walkthrough - Blocking to Final

Okay, so I received my critique, and my first shot idea got a little bit... rejected. Too much running, bit dull for audience, bit dull for me to animate.

SO! I ran with one that my mentor gave, and here is the video reference I shot for it and my thumbnails.

And now, for the blocking!

Our lecture was about working in spline in copied pairs, essentially.  I don't understand it.  Luckily, my mentor told us to stay in stepped mode for as long as possible, so I'm happy ;)

Laters!

Class 3 - Week 1 - An Introduction to Staging and Composition

Hello again!

Christmas break is over, and I'm now in Class 3. My mentor this term is Jay Davis, and I've picked the AnimJam option for my assignments this term. So this time, my shots are going to link together!

The lecture this week was with Carlos Baena on staging and composition.  Lots of learning that I made notes on, because it's what I will forget! But pretty useful for composing shots, better get remembering this stuff!

Anyway, planning for the animjam began this week, my theme is:

Stewie's Holiday!

Here's my planning, complete with lunatic video ref.  We had to costume pick for Stewie, and plan our first shot, along with the ideas for the next two shots.

I've modelled a hat (flowerpot), a passport, and some flipflops (under instruction from Karoly, who also kindly made me Stewie's suitcase).  Getting some digital tutors on the go, feel like I should probably learn a little about this modelling lark...

Sarah, I hope you enjoy this ;)

Bye!

Class 2 - Week 12 - END OF CLASS 2!

It's the end of Class 2 this week! Time for the progress reel!

I er, messed up a little bit of the placement of the title cards.  I thought I'd fixed it, just saw I hadn't!