Week 3!

It's going really well! Woo! It's currently week 4 actually, and I'm in the process of polishing, but this is my assignment from last week.

I followed the otter reference instead of the human reference for the gallop at the start and it made it soooo much better. This is with only about an hour of tweaking after going into splined. I didn't touch the gallop splines at all yet. (I know right?!)



The run is still a bit slow and floaty, and there are lots of other things to tweak. But it's going nicely. And I'm happy.

This week I'm finishing this one and planning my next shot: RAPTORMAN!

:D

Term 3! Weeks 1 and 2!

My mentor this term is Dave Vallone of RealFX. He really seems to know his stuff, and he's been in industry for ages. I'm really excited for the rest of the term.

I've chosen to have one theme for this whole term and it's human animals. As in, what does it look like when humans pretend to be animals.

Good news? It's pretty original and fun.
Bad news? I am uncoordinated and bruised from my attempts.

Here's my reference and blocking:





My planning didn't photograph well, so I'll skip that for now. I might actually scan it later on.

Onward to more otters!

End of Term 2, Assignment 3!

I am de'd.

Refining:




Final polish:



One more week where our only assignment is to compile our work so far. Then term 3 starts.

1/3 of the way through! omg

Term 2, Assignment 3, Week 3

Here's the Blocking Plus of my dance from the previous weeks!





Still rough around the edges, but that's why this week is for polish! Yaaaay!

End of Assignment 2 and Beginning of Assignment 3 -- the last!

My final sneak! I am generally pretty happy with where I got it. If I have time this week I may do a revision.





Here's the reference and planning for the final assignment of Term 2! I chose to do a dance, and I'll be working on it until the end of the term. (Warning: The sound is a bit loud on these.)

The song is Run Devil Run by Girls' Generation (SNSD).

Here's my blocking with and without the music (because I couldn't resist):

Sneaky Walk! Week 6

Okay! Back to normal! Since the shenanigans with my laptop, I've been flipping through three different computers and it has taken a toll on the organizational system I had in place. I had been waiting to update until I got everything back where I wanted it, but then I figured I should just go ahead and post things out of order.

So this is my current assignment. It's a sneaky walk! It's our first assignment moving away from Ballie and it's been great.




I am pretty happy with it. It was originally way more cartoony, as I've been wanting to experiment with that, but my mentor is right in pulling me back in. There's time for that later; this class is about body mechanics.

Overall, I'm excited to finish it up this coming week and move on to the next assignment! :)

Term Two! Weeks 1 and 2

The second term of Animation Mentor started on the 2nd and it has been awesome. My mentor this term is Ray Ross who works at Blue Sky (Horton Hears a Who, Ice Age, etc). He is kind of amazing. I've gotten both e-critiques back on Sunday so far (zomg) and he answers all the questions he can. So happy. :D

Our first assignment this term is actually due in Week 4. Last week we shot reference and did planning, this week we blocked. This coming week is for roughs, and next week... we finalize. I really like this method of animating. I feel like I've finally gotten a hang of blocking in stepped mode, and the extra time makes me feel like I actually am doing my best, rather that the best I could do in the amount of time given.

Without further ado... my assignments:

 

I'll post my reference later. My laptop decided that it needs a new DC in port, and so Dell is having me ship it back to the lab to get it replaced. Thank goodness for warranties, but it's still a pain. I'm using my boyfriend's laptop for most things now, but my reference is still on my broken computer. ;-;

This week's assignment was blocking!

Ray is a bit tougher on grading than Anthony was, but he still really liked it and gave me some helpful tips. Looking forward to this next week. :)