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During Week 3 of our Animated Narratives module, we had continued on work to develop our character designs for our 3D animated shorts. Over time, my group had been steadily working on our characters with 4 people modelling Dust Bunnies and one modelling a vacuum. This week, I wanted to lock in the design conventionsContinue reading Week 3- Dust bunny Character Design Turn Around and Blocking
During week 3’s group discussion after our pitch presentation in week 3, another group member and I had discussed the narrative flow of our 3D animated short and had come up with a final narrative that works with our time frame. As the final idea had shot ideas that weren’t in any of our previousContinue reading Week 3- Extra Storyboards
For our Animated Narratives module, one part of our project that we were recommended after our Pitch Presentation was to show existing media such as movies, shows or games that have given us inspiration for our animation idea. Here are a few examples I had in mind when creating the idea for our art style. Continue reading Week 3- 3D Animation Style Inspiration
his week for our Animated Narratives module, we had moved on to further developing our animation ideas through drawing up storyboards for our narrative, which we will then share with our groups and compile together into a complete storyboard. My process for storyboarding starts with writing out a Shot List for a scene, detailing theContinue reading Week 2- Dust Bunnies Storyboards
Below is the completed animation I had created for my segment in Group 7 for our Animation Studio Module which I have already uploaded for the submission. Additionally, below are some work in progress versions of the animation to show my process, including the in betweens for the animation and the coloured stages. Final Animation-Continue reading Group 7- Completed Animation + Work in Progress versions
Below is my Assignment 2 prop model fully textured in Substance 3D Painter. Additionally, I have also included images of the stickers seen on the suitcase which had been drawn in Krita. They include simple shapes to save on time, including two that resemble devil horns and an angel’s halo, but also feature stickers depictingContinue reading Assignment 2- Textured Prop Model
Below is my Assignment 2 character model with his finished pose. The armature being set to be visible in front of the model to show his posing better in this post. Initially, his pose was meant to be different, but due to complications with how his model has been constructed, there were several errors thatContinue reading Assignment 2- Posed Character Model
In Week 11 of our 3D Digital Lit. Module, we moved on to learning how to properly rig our finished models in order to animate them. This is done through the use of armatures that the model is parented to, allowing them to be moved with the armatures when manipulated. Below is the model weContinue reading Week 11- Armature & Posing Workshop Task
In Week 8 for our Animation Studio Module, we were given two tasks during our lecture for both furthering our understanding of the 12 principles of Animation, and for our group worldbuilding project as we are now entering the main production of the animation. The first task we were given was to animate a flourContinue reading Week 8- Workshop Tasks- Timing and Storyboards
During week 8 for our 3D Digital Lit. Module, I was unable to attend the lecture that week due to personal reasons. However, I decided to do my own practice for character blocking and sculpting as seen below. I had found a design for a small animal-like creature online and had decided to try blockingContinue reading Week 8- 3D Character Blocking and Sculpting Practices