In class this week, Mike showed us how to create a milkshake in Maya. I found this model much more difficult to complete than others so far. I learned how to extrude and smooth edges which I found easy enough to follow along with. I also learned how to bevel an edge and change the […]
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Week 1 – Assessment 1 Development
This week, I started thinking about my design for assessment 1. The two designs that appeal to me the most are the windmill and witch/wizard staff. I plan on doing a windmill inspired by the Weasley’s burrow from Harry Potter, however, intend to do concepts for a wizard staff as well as I feel a […]
Week 1
This week was my first time ever using Maya. I learned a few short cuts such as using “W” to move objects, “E” to rotate them and “R” to scale them. I also learned how to group objects together and how to move the stage using the right, middle and left mouse keys. We started […]
3D Cactus
Before classes started this semester, we given the task of creating a 3D cactus in Maya. I was nervous to begin this task as this was one of my first times using Maya and there were many things with which I was not yet familiar. Once I started the tutorials, I found using Maya easier […]
500 word reflection
I feel as though my skills in all areas throughout this module have improved and I have learned new things along the way that have helped make me more confident in the animating process. Character design was my favourite part of the module as I learned so many new things about how to use basic […]
Final Animation
I am very proud of my final animation. I felt a little short on time near then end, however, I finished it with enough time to make corrections where needed, which was the most important thing to me. To create the headmistress’s poses, I made the poses myself in the mirror and watched how my […]
Christmas work – Animation Progress
So far, I have completed 2 shots of my animation, both being 4 seconds each. Shot 1 took me longer than expected to finish as at that point I was still getting used to using Krita. Shot 2 took me around the same length of time to complete (around 2 days from start to finish) […]
Week 12 – Presentations / Module Feedback Survey / Semester 2 info
This week our homework was to prepare a short presentation on our animation/blog progress. Last week during my one to one feedback tutorial with Sarah, she told me to include my storyboards and my progress with my animatic. I talked about my first storyboard versus my final storyboard and the feedback I was given to […]
Week 11 – One to One Feedback Tutorials and Animating 2D Effects
This week, I had a one to one feedback tutorial with Sarah where we talked about my progress so far with by blog and animatic. I finished putting my animatic together for this session using Premier Pro. Sarah gave me some very useful advice on my animatic, both how to make it better, and how […]
Week 10 – Animating Rough/First Pass
This week, I finished the final draft of my storyboard and completed drawings for a rough animatic. After receiving more feedback on my storyboards, I decided to take more panels out. Now, instead of Fern standing up to the headmistress, she remains scared and backs out of frame before the zombie attacks the headmistress. The […]