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We had a refresher on UV mapping which offered a more in depth and surprising guide to making good UV maps by practicing on a watering can. UV Mapping is usually represented by a square on a quadrant, and whatever image you give will be comvered in that quadrant. The better you retopologise your model,Continue reading Week 5- UV Mapping
We met with someone who worked on Guardians of the Galaxy 3 among many other shows and movies in his portfolio. Guardians 3 was a massively complex film, having 230,000 assets submitted in the 1 and a half work added to the film. 50 animators could be working on Rocket Racoon, who was conceptualised atContinue reading Week 5- Walk Cycle Improvements and Nathan McConnel’s work
We did an exercise in retopology today. Our teacher asked us to try to retopologise the face of a sculpted head by using polygon build. getting a plane and snapping it on to the head’s surface, we tried our best to make a low polygon version of the face. This was as far as IContinue reading Week 4- Retopology
Today we worked on an exercise task set by our teacher, we had to finish off animating a walk cycle in which the character double bounces. The teacher posted a ref to help us fill in the blanks. In addition, for our coursework submission, we have to do four different walk cycles- A vanilla WalkContinue reading Week 3- Walk Cycle Double Bounce
We blocked out a model of a generic creature to fashion into a model of a horse. we first followed a diagram for a generic animal and used primitive cubes to block out its features. Then, looking at the skeleton and musculature of a horse, we re- positioned the blocks and then created a lowContinue reading Week 2- Blocking out a Model
We had to download Toon Boom Harmony and learn about walk cycles for 2D animation class. When it comes to walk cycles, we should start by animating the body and how it goes up and down first, then the legs, and then the arms. Arcs plat a huge role in walk cycles. When a characterContinue reading Week 1- Walk Cycles- Toon Boom Harmony
Our first class on Character Creation introduced us to general designing a character for a given environment. We were asked to: Define and understand the theoretical requirements of Character design Explore various approaches to designing characters and creatures Explore various ways to visually communicate a narrative through a still character create a character that makesContinue reading Week 1- Character Creation
During the summer, I worked on several models of characters for my own personal work. I first made a model of an OC of mine, Notch the Blacephalon, and rigged it for animation. I created a few animation tests of Notch, including a walk cycle and an idle animation. I then modelled a small sceneContinue reading What I did during the summer
Over the course of my first year in my Animation Course I connected with so many people who were also interested in making art and animations like I was. I learned a lot about using 3D software such as Blender and how I can create stunning effects on my models using tutorials and learning throughContinue reading Animated Narratives- Reflection
This semester I had to do a 30 second animated project focusing on escape with several other collegues. We first settled on an idea concerning ghosts escaping from a ghost hunter. My ghost is inspired by fantasy creatures and sea butterflies as well as the pokemon Flutter Mane, a paradox Pokemon from prehistory, with aContinue reading Animated Narratives- Portfolio