Category: Animation Strategies

Walk Animation     Run Animation     Body Mechanic Animation

Walk Animation References I started by gathering references of people walking and looked at still images of animated walks as this helped me figure out how the limbs swing as well as how the head dips.  After I gathered my references, I decided to go for the teenage hooligan walk as I liked the motionContinue reading Assessment 2 – Animation

Bin – concept and model   Sconces – concept and model   Candle Holders – concept and model   Candles – concept and model   Ink pot and quill – concept and model   Textured Props in SketchFab  Observatory Room Props by Danielle_Thompson on Sketchfab   Room Model – concept and model     Textured Observatory Room in SketchFabContinue reading Assessment 1 – Portfolio

Concept phase  For this assessment I was tasked with working in a group to create an observatory scene. I started by designing my room layout, I made some thumbnails to figure out the feeling I wanted to convey. I designed both grand rooms and smaller, cramped rooms. I preferred the look of the smaller roomContinue reading Assessment 1 – 3D Environment

This week we showed our presentations that showed our progress on the room models. Here is my presentation:   This is the feedback that I received from Henry and Michael: Reduce the height map on the dirt on the moon candle holder Up the poly count on the models that look low poly Try toContinue reading Week 12 – Presentations / Module Feedback

Morning Class – Alec This week, the class was split between Alec and Sorcha. In the morning I had Alec and was tasked with completing 6 different tasks to do with blocking out and animation and fixing common issues with the graph editor. The first task was to make a ball move from one sideContinue reading Week 9 – Walk Cycles

This morning Alec showed us the boxing scene he had made and explained how key poses could be used to animate a scene. He also gave us the clip he used as a reference and asked us to time the animation and add any inbetweens we thought were necessary to make the animation flow better.Continue reading Week 8 – Body Mechanics continued

Morning Class – Alec: This morning we talked about assessment 2 and watched some examples of walk cycles, run cycles and body mechanics from previous students. After this Alec explained how the Jack Rig works, he showed us how to move it the limbs and change the rig from IK to FK.  Alec then setContinue reading Week 7 – Body Mechanics Animation

This week we had studies advice with Henry, mine was not until 3:20 so I worked on my assessment 1 assets until my meeting. The meeting went well and was helpful. This is what I got done for assessment 1 this week. I finished all the texturing for the assets.     In preparation forContinue reading Week 6 – Studies Advice

Morning Class In the morning class we were tasked with picking a tree that Michael had made and texturing it in a style we had picked. He also asked us to answer these questions about our trees.   1)What kind of emotion are you trying to convey?  2) Any clear rules for the art style? (Gradients, softContinue reading Week 5 – Texturing Strategies