Animation Mentor - Class 1 Progress Reel

basicwalk_revision.mov

Polished Vanilla Walk

revision

This walk cycle looks much smoother. There is less pop in the body and the knees. I think it is pretty close to done.

Walk cycle polishing...

Walk cycle polishing. I think it is looking pretty good here.

Walk-Refining-Side View

Refining the side view of a vanilla walk cycle. Added in-betweens.

Walk Cycle Blocking

Blocking out a walk cycle for two full steps. Next phase is to do some in-between frames.

Pendulum test

Testing a pendulum to show overlapping and follow-through action. I think that I can lose the last settling action at the end. It seems to go on for too long.

Animation Mentor- Class 1 - Obstacle Course

There are a couple timing issues from frames 45-49, and again at around 55- 60 I think it hangs too long in those spots. Thing is, I kind of like the cartoon-y hangtime.

The purpose of this exercise is to show weight, timing, and anticipation through the squash and stretch technique by making a ball go through an obstical course. The ball is is to use its own inertia to begin the proces

Bouncing Ball- Revision

Animation Mentor - Excited Pose Revision

Animation Mentor - Pose 1 Revision

Altered the escalator pose a bit. Made the character look over the rail as if he/she is looking at something down there rather than looking at the camera.

Animation Mentor - Class 1 - Basic Foundations - Simple Bounce Revision

Bouncing Ball Revision.

Edited the amount of bounces and the rotation. It seems more realistic now.

Animation Mentor - Class 1 - Basic Foundations - Week 3 Assignments

This week I had to do a bouncing ball and an "Excitement" pose with the STU character.

1st Assignment for AM Update

Had to do some gesture drawings and pick one pose for 3d.

Here were some options

Assignment 2 Part 2 ... Posing

I am supposed to pick one of the gestures from below and pose the figure in maya. so here is what I have so far.

Oldie but Goodie

Really bad timing and animation principles... I think we spent more time devloping characters, learning Soft Toons. Larz and I had only a couple weeks to throw this together. It is still remotely funny.

Some sketches for my first assignment at AM

Assignment: Using a physical sketchbook, go to a public place and do some quick sketches of what you see in your surroundings. Be rough – even simple stick figures work well to communicate ideas of posture, attitude, weight, balance, etc.

I have not drawn gesture in forever...

Added some more detail... ears, nose ...

Frog Warrior gets some more details

I added a lot more detail to the frog warrior today. The mouth and eyes are starting to show some progress. It is slow-going, but I have not made any major mistakes. This effort is going pretty smoothly compared to the last model. I am taking much more care in where and when I add more geometry. It looks like this character will work out. My goal is to complete this model before my class starts Monday.