An entire assignment has passed and from how things are going so far, the evil kind of stress is over and the good kind of stress is beginning. Before a Q&A a couple weeks ago, my class and I were discussing how none of the AM blogs seem to capture the soul-sucking agony you go through at times. We theorized this is because you don't have time to update your blog while you're going through that. So, if any future AM students are reading this: the weeks of no updates are weeks of tearing your hair out, going without sleep, and feeling like the rig wants to see you suffer.
But this is an update! Which means that things are back to normal and happiness reigns once more!
My otter final:
My velociraptor/utahraptor blocking, reblocking and final:
This one gave me so much trouble (see: the weeks of no updates). WEEKS of battling the rig and it generally just NOT coming together. Then enter this week. Suddenly, everything is working. Overlap is playing along. My edits are actually looking good.
Just convinces me more and more that animation is 25% skill, 50% time, and 150% magic. Next week's assignment! I'm doing a monkey! This one looks to be really, really fun.
My reference:
My sketches:
