This week we looked an run cycles, they tend to have faster timing than a walk cycle usually 10 to 20 frames and also tend to be more forgiving than walk cycles because of how much faster they are. I am looking at a few different runs with personality I could do for my assignment,…Continue Reading Y2 Animation strategies W4

I did struggle to create the more ”Snooty” walk cycle and it did not turn out the way I wanted however with practice I am sure that I will be able to create something I am more happy with….Continue Reading Y2 Animation strategies W3

  This week we tested out Zbrush/Zbrush mini, I was using mini temporarily until I purchased the full program. I sculpted two random characters from spheres, some odd horse-like creature and a very strange-looking pigeon. I quite enjoy sculpting as it is fun to see the character begin to come to life….Continue Reading Y2 Character Design W3

This week we continued to expand on different creature ideas, the idea I chose to expand on was a shark that looks like it was made of kelp in order to lure in prey along with bioluminescence to ward off potential threats. I am still thinking of alternative more complex creatures to possibly create instead…Continue Reading Y2 Character Design W2

I changed my idea from a simple shark like creature made of kelp to a larger slightly more complex creature inspired by prehistoric aquatic reptiles and fish such as mosasaurs and dunkleosteus both large predators in there eras. The latter being a large fish who’s head was covered in thick bone plates which I may…Continue Reading Y2 Character Design W3

This week we looked at different aspects of walk cycles, I found using toonboom slightly easier this week however it is still a challenge to remember brushes and shortcuts because of just how different it is. It only being the second week I have used the program I think my first walk cycle turned out…Continue Reading Y2 Animation strategies W2

This week we tried out posing a pre-made model to refresh our skills using blender, it was interesting to use a model with so many controllers as the models we have used previously have been a lot simpler it was a challenge but I think I got quite close to the pose I was looking…Continue Reading Y2 Animation Strategies W1

This week we began to look at the basics of character design and what makes a good creature design, for example not having things like oddly sized body parts that would not make sense in the environment that the creature inhabits     We also begun creating sketches for the character that we will model,…Continue Reading Y2 Character Design week 1

During this project I did struggle quite a bit with certain aspects such as the UVs and textures, I remade and reanimated my Ghost model with some of the feedback from tutors and I had previously not put in as much effort into the details as I should have, I believe the new ghost is…Continue Reading Animated narratives reflective

This week we learned how to use shape keys to change the expression of our model without having to switch to a different model entirely….Continue Reading Week 7 Animated Narratives