Author: Jordan Kearney / Assignment 1 Animation Strategies Protfolio
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Animation Strategies – Assignment 1
Assignment 1 During our first week back into the second year of university, we were given an assignment to create a short cinematic film using an environment as the storytelling medium. We were then asked to make up group of 4 – 6 people choose what kind of theme we’d want our environment to beContinue reading Animation Strategies – Assignment 1
Professional Practice – Assignment 1 & 2 (w/ Feedback)
Assignment 1 Part 1 For this assignment we have been tasked with creating a blog post with our research into a job role or roles within either the animation, gaming, VFX industries. When going over the roles I most find interesting, I mostly gravitate towards seeing fluid and compelling character animation so I looked towardsContinue reading Professional Practice – Assignment 1 & 2 (w/ Feedback)
Professional Practice Week 1 / Week 2 Showreels
Task 1 Job roles in animation: Within animation there are many different roles needed to be taken up in order for an animation to be completed successfully, and typically these roles are broken up into production management roles who raises funds for the animation though a publisher or other means, hire workers for the projectContinue reading Professional Practice Week 1 / Week 2 Showreels
Assignment 2 – Cute character
Intro: For this assignment we were tasked with making our own cute character using soft modelling techniques, in addition to that we also had to design the model learn and use retopology, map the UV’s for the model and finally go about texturing the model. Design: When coming up with the design for my characterContinue reading Assignment 2 – Cute character
Reflection
Module reflection: Overall for this module I’m pretty happy with what I’ve learned, I felt that I’m now able to get a good grasp on what the basics of 3D and can see what makes an good in 3D it also gave me a glimpse into the production of animation and what’s needed from peopleContinue reading Reflection
Animated Narratives | Assignment 3 – Preproduction
Assignment 3 | Group Animation – Group 5 Prison Break Group Members: Darren, Ben, Rory, Cathair and myself Initial ideas: For assignment 3 of the animated narratives module our class went into group and were tasked with making our own thirty second animation. Right off the bat we began discussing various different ideas of whatContinue reading Animated Narratives | Assignment 3 – Preproduction
Animated Narratives | Assignment 3 – Animation
(Disclaimer: For some reasons we weren’t able to figure out my the body rig of the Main character always skipped a frame forward or backwards depending on which way the scene was playing and that translated to the play blasts as well. Meaning that the final renders will look slightly different and the body willContinue reading Animated Narratives | Assignment 3 – Animation
Portfolio
Portfolio: Storyboards: Character Design: Environment Design: UV Mapping / Model Edit: Ben’s Model: Environment Modelling: Bens Model: Animations: Scene_1 Playblast Scene_1 Pre-Clean Scene_2 Playblast Scene_2 Pre-Clean Scene_3 Playblast Scene_3 Pre-Clean Scene_4 Playblast Scene_4 Pre-Clean Scene_6 P1 Playblast Scene_6 P1 Pre-Clean Scene_6 P2 Playblast Scene_6 P2 Pre-Clean Scene_6 P3 Playblast Scene_6 P3Continue reading Portfolio
Assignment 2 – Portfolio (Jordan)
MP4 Playblast: Ball Run Playblast 1 Ball Scare Fin Gif Playblast: Gif Rendered: