When I look back on this module I can say definitely that I have learnt so much about animation. When I started this course I wanted to learn and develop on my strengths and I firmly believe I have. While studying the Animated Narratives module I have learnt how to properly analyse animated features, andContinue reading Reflection on Module and first year with Ulster University
Throughout this assignment I feel like my individual ideas and the collaborative group ideas have came a very long way. I have built up a portfolio through this assignment showcasing the journey from concept designs, to storyboards/animatics, all the way up to animating our ideas and characters and then the post production process. From theContinue reading Animated Narratives – Portfolio and Final Outcomes for Assignment 2
After the animation was finished, I shared it with the group to get any final thoughts and adjustments. Once I was happy with how both scenes looked I began the process of rendering each frame. This was the longest part of the production. I had to set up the lighting and make sure each characterContinue reading Animated Narratives Week 14 – Rendering the animation and export from After Effects.
This week it was finally time to start animating. Each member of my team completed our models and had our allocated scenes to animate independently. I had scene two and scene eight. Scene two was a small scene consisting of one of the swordfish swimming up beside the puffer fish and smiling. Scene eight howeverContinue reading Animated Narratives Week 14 – Animating on Maya
I have now finished the rig for my shark. I had some difficulty with the constraints working with the joints but finally got the issue solved. I made joints from the mid section of the shark down to the end of the tail. I got some advice from Alec who said about making the jointsContinue reading Animated Narratives Week 13 – Completed shark Rig
I got some advice from Alec about my UV and he helped me clean is up a little. My UV was finally done with the shark and it was now ready for rigging.
This week Mike gave us a short tutorial on rendering a Maya animation and compiling the rendered images into a sequence on After Effects. We were shown the importance of playing around with the render settings, starting with a low resolution for practice rendering and then heightening the resolution for the final render. When ourContinue reading Animated Narratives Week 11 – Rendering and Intro to Post Production
This week, Mike showed us some of the basics of lighting in Maya, with the use of the Arnold render. We learnt how important lighting was for animation, and how it can help your portfolio massively if you can light your models properly. Even if you are very confident in modelling and can have lotsContinue reading Animated Narratives Week 10 – Lighting and Shark sculpt progress
This week I was working from home as I was unwell. I followed along with a tutorial on Blackboard from Alec. He had posted a series of videos on how to animate a jump in Maya. This featured a helpful tool called Grease pencil. This was used to draw out the actions in the frame,Continue reading Animated Narratives Week 9 – Animating jump tutorial and shark progress
This week we were off because of Saint Patrick’s day so I had viewed the tutorials on blackboard about parent controls, simple rigging, intro to joints, paint skin weights, constraints and intro to IK. I went through each video and followed along in the hopes of better understanding rigging at this point in the course.Continue reading Animated Narratives Week 8 – Followed along with rigging, joint, parenting tutorials
