This week in class the lecturers discussed art styles and I had to go to my animation for the creative industries team to discuss different art analysis styles in different shows and movies. I got together with Sean and Luca and we discussed different options for media that we could choose from A list ofContinue reading Week 2
This week in class it was cut short by a networking event but I still managed to meet up with the group to discuss the presentation. Corey was in today so we had a chance to discuss which section he would like to research which was good. I continued to read through the journal andContinue reading Week 2
the first slide explained the style we wanted to achieve which was ‘Saturday morning cartoon’, where characters had smaller torsos, short stature but bulky legs and armour along with an oversized head covered by a helmet. including games that I found with similar styles including From space, Mouse, Jetpack Joyride, Guns of rage and DoomContinue reading Art Style Guide and Research
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 week in class I was introduced to zbrush. Unfortunately, the student license is not available at the moment so I downloaded zbrushcore mini. I really enjoyed this class, getting a whole new perspective on sculpting! I used to find it really difficult to sculpt on blender but its gotten easier the past few months,Continue reading Intro to Zbrush- Week 2
This week we began to learn how rigs work and were set different tasks on what objects to rig. animation-task I started off with three cubes, making them go at different speeds. this task reminded me a lot of the work we did in 2d animation and I loved how much faster I could getContinue reading Rigging -Week 2
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
for homework, I had to draw 3 different perspectives from tv shows with different vanishing points.
This week for our homework we had to create a tie fighter from star wars on blender. Once I saw this week’s homework task I was so excited to get started. I thoroughly enjoyed the process of this animation but I did run into some difficulties as well. I found the window to be aContinue reading Star Wars Tie Fighter
This week in class we had to further develop our world concepts, make props and even design some characters. I got straight to work and had to ensure I didn’t spend too much time on the drawings which unfortunately I did. I found a way to download new brushes to blender and spent a longContinue reading World Concept Development- Week 2
