This week we jumped right back into work. The next assignment was explained and the criteria were set out. I definitely am a little panicked about this one. There is a lot about animation that I struggle with and fluidity is definitely one of them. Today in the morning class Alec walked us through blockingContinue reading Body Mechanics Animation Weight Lift – Week 7
It took a lot of tries until I got the shape of my duck perfect. I talked to Alec about making the overall shape more natural and getting it to look like one single object. I was actually thrilled with the shape of my duck and how it looked so I decided it was timeContinue reading Duck Model Rigged and textured
The film I studied with my group was the ‘Attack of the Potato Clock’ (1) by JI Young and Victora Lopez. While studying this film I focused on the Mise-en-Scene which includes basically everything happening in front of the camera including set design, characters, actors, and lighting. (2) I really enjoyed how the use ofContinue reading Reflective Blog – Attack of the Potato Clock
This week for homework I had to work on the animatic for my group animation. I knew it needed to be 30 seconds and follow the storyboard we had agreed on. we decided on this final storyboard which was a mix of all of our work as we each had excellent parts but together weContinue reading Previs Groupwork -Week 4
Week 3 0001-0050 This week I worked on the introduction to 3D previs and was given another ball to animate but this time it had a tail. Initially, I made the whole thing without the rig and then realized I completely forgot to use it and had to restart. It was an excellent reminder toContinue reading 3D Previs – Week 3 & 4
The theme of our 30 second animation was ‘escape’ so I got a marker for the whiteboard and began brainstorming. We had several good ideas but focused on two main ideas. When a new toy is placed next to a broken shredded one, we follow the bunny as it tries to escape the same fateContinue reading ‘Escape’ Storyboards, room layout and research – Week 2
This week for homework we were asked to animate a ball on blender in three different forms. To begin we had to practice by using cubes, animation task Then we were asked to move onto spheres and create three different types of balls bouncing, a basketball, a tennis ball, and a bowling ball. I tookContinue reading Bouncy Ball – Week 1
for homework, I had to draw 3 different perspectives from tv shows with different vanishing points.
This week I learned about the 12 principles of animation which are as follows: Squash and stretch. Anticipation. Staging. Straight-ahead action and pose-to-pose. Follow through and overlapping action. Slow in and slow out. Arc. Secondary action. I will have to take elements from these principles and incorporate them into my future work so thatContinue reading 12 Principals of Animation
Starting off, knowing that animation studio would be one of the more tedious modules I had this semester definitely stressed me out. I had briefly touched 2D animation before and had never done anything digital so I was worried. I felt like I had been thrown into the deep end but now thinking back toContinue reading 500 Work Reflection
