This week in class Rachel gave us a lecture on Material/UV Optimisation. I was a bit confused starting up but I followed along. I started with making a plank of wood, pretty simple but she was showing effective ways of saving time when modelling. Instead of sculpting and including the steps of retopology I usedContinue reading Material/UV Optimisation – Week 4
This week in class I learnt a LOT about facial animation. Alec put up files to download which included a rain rig with preloaded assets of face animations, an audio clip from Parks and Recreation and slides that had reference mouth shapes. I watched the tutorial on how to add the audio file in, IContinue reading Facial Animation lip Sync and face – Week 10 & 11
This week in class it was focused more on jumping and getting the key poses right. Alec, in the morning, put up a file and asked to first block out the main key poses. I really like these exercises because they show a good example of a jump and what I would need to doContinue reading Body Mechanics- Week 9
This week in class I learned more about shading in unreal and bringing files from substance to unreal engine. There was a lot to learn about how exactly to export the files. I started by taking the exercise file of the watering can Hnery provided for class a few weeks ago and taking those materialsContinue reading Shading in Unreal – Week 9
This week was the intro to Unreal Engine and oh my gawd was it confusing. I couldn’t get Epic games downloaded on my laptop due to space but I was able to access them on the uni computers. It surprised me how big the files were and how long the computers took to load andContinue reading Intro to Unreal Engine – Week 8
This week, Henry was teaching about uv mapping and put a water can on the blackboard. I started by adding seems to the can and also learnt about marking sharp corners. It had been a while since I used substance so I had to try and get the hang of it again. I did aContinue reading UV Mapping, UDIMS, Texturing – Week 5
This week I went back to basics in class, retopology. The worst part of 3D animation which every animator can agree on. I actually did need this class though, I struggled with reto a lot last year and was glad I could relearn some vital points. With the example above, I was given a meshContinue reading Retopology, Poly Editing, & Customising Brushes – Week 4
This week I learned about the 2D and 3D walk cycle. This first half of the day was 2D walk cycle. Over the summer I purchased ‘The Animator’s Survival Kit’ By Richard Williams and it proved itself very handy as that’s where the whole class went for guidance. I began drawing on Harmony 22, usingContinue reading Walk Cycle- Week 2
This was my first week in this module and originally I was nervous it would be just 2D but to my surprise it was our choice! I was delighted to hear this and looking forward to starting off. Like always, we began with bouncing balls to ease ourselves back into animation. This week we wereContinue reading Animation Stratagies – Week 1
This week Henry discussed blockout meshes that will come in handy for us in the future. He discussed how we can use a blockout dog and turn it into a horse or a cow, or any similar animal. I began by downloading the blockout dog he had made available on Blackboard. With this blockout thatContinue reading Blockout Meshes- Week 3
