Detailing my experiences with BDes Animation
Author: Jennifer CaptainFor this assignment, I was tasked with creating two 3D animations with a pre-made rig, each of which should convey the weight of physical motion and the unique personality of the character respectively. _______________________________________________________________________________ The first step I needed to take was deciding what actions I was going to animate with the rig. To makeContinue reading Animation Studies – [06/04/2021]
With the sculpt of the 3D model completed, it was now time to move on to unwrapping and mapping the UVs in Autodesk Maya, which will then lead on to the texturing phase in Substance Painter and the rendering phase in Sketchfab.
With the design stage completed, the next stage of development will involve utilising Autodesk Maya to create the full 3D model of this design through the use of planes and polygons.
For my 3D model, I decided to create a magic staff.
Over these past couple of weeks, I have dedicated a majority of my time to polishing my animation for the submission date. One of the biggest overhauls was the background, where I received feedback to allow light to shine through the trees, as that is what actually happens in real life with even dense forests.Continue reading Week 11, 12 & 13 [Final Animation and Self-Reflection]
This time, I was focused on making the animatic based on the storyboard for the Bioluminescent world animation. I wanted to figure out how long my shot was going to be, the pacing of each section, and how the background and foreground elements were going to move. I was also testing out how I wasContinue reading Week 9 & 10 [Biolum Animation Progress]
This week, we had to animate a flour sack, with a specific focus on key frames and character acting! I wanted to convey a character who is cautious but clumsy, tripping over themself and accepting defeat as they sigh at the end. I used very few in-betweens here, wanting to focus on emphasising the posesContinue reading Week 8 [Animation Exploration]
This week, we started learning about the principles of animation, that we will then use for our world group project. We were tasked with animating bouncing balls and emphasising the weight of each ball with timing and spacing. I chose to do an exercise ball, a tennis ball and a bowling ball as my examples.Continue reading Week 7 [Animation Introduction]
This week, we had to create a few different character designs that would fit into our developing worlds. I was switched into group 8, which was developing a world where a scientist accidentally brings plants to life and shrinks himself down to explore the new world that was in his own garden. One of theContinue reading Week 5 [Character]
This week, we had to study colour combinations and implement them into a couple of different practical colour studies. The first task was to redraw one of our previously drawn black and white thumbnails and integrate a colour scheme/combination. I chose to go with an analogous colour scheme consisting mainly of purple and blue, chosenContinue reading Week 4 [Colour]