Animation Blog
Author: Danielle ThompsonClass In the morning class we watched through everyone’s presentations. They all were great and unique. During our presentation we received feedback on our character, story and animatic. For the character they said that we must keep in mind the length of the arms as they will have to reach his face, or we don’t need arms at all. We also discussed theContinue reading Week 5 – Animation and 3D Previs
Class In class we were tasked with watching 3 videos about SketchFab an how to upload a model. The first video explained how to export a model as an fbx file and how to create a SketchFab account. The model we had to export was premade and had all the textures added to it. I then uploaded it to SketchFab and added a ground shadow byContinue reading Week 5 – SketchFab
Research and References: I went for the Magic Witch / Wizard Staff, as this prompt interested me the most. I then started to look into themes that I could do, I made a list things I liked things could be turned into a wand. Here is the list: When looking back at the listContinue reading Assessment 1 – Wand Project
Class This week in class we were tasked to watch 3 videos about Substance Painter. The first video talked about the basics of the software and how to apply colours and textures to a model. We were told to experiment by adding textures and colours to the model, this was a very fun task to complete as we got to be creative with the textures and effects.Continue reading Week 4 – Texturing
Class This week in class we were tasked with complete a 3D ball bouncing animation. This involved making a ball bounce into the scene, hitting it off a wall and bouncing it till it stops. I struggled with using the rig but once I got the hang of it, it was not so bad. I started the animation byContinue reading Week 4 – 3D Animation
Class This week in the morning class we looked at all the presentations and received feedback on what was good and what could be improved. During my section on Mise-en- scène I was told I could have talked a bit about composition of the shots and made it more visually clear what image I was referencing. They also said that theContinue reading Week 3 – Animation Pipeline and Planning a Short Animation
Class This week in class we looked at importing textures into Maya, sewing and cutting edges and how to unfold a model. We were given different tasks to complete that ranged in difficulty, the first was to add a texture to a die, I found this to be very easy. The next stage was to sew someContinue reading Week 3 – UV Mapping
This week I continued to work with my group on our analyse of the stop motion ‘Negative Space’. I finished off my research on the mise-en-scène section and collected screenshots from the stop motion that correlated with my points. I then added my information in bullet points onto the PowerPoint and added the screenshots. After this I recorded my section and sent it toContinue reading Week 2 – Animation Analysis
Class In class we learned looked at the modeling pipeline this involved the importance of references, how to break objects into simple shapes and the importance of modeling in phases. Homework Bottom of the leg This week for homework the class were tasked with 3D modeling a table. Here is the reference: I started with modeling the legs; the legs lookedContinue reading Week 2 – Table
In class we discussed what will be taught during this semester. We also learned about the Hero’s Journey and the difference between the plot of a movie and the armature of a movie. After this the class were split into groups of four, I ended up with Danya, Daniel and Jennifer, we were tasked with create a short story using a random story dice generator,Continue reading Week 1 – Module Intro