Animation Strategies, Assignment 1 | Leave a Comment on Animation Strategies: Animation Walk and Runs – Walk with Personality

Animation Strategies: Animation Walk and Runs – Walk with Personality

  Having completed my vanilla walk cycle, now came the fun part; moving beyond just making my animation technically correct, to giving it personality and character which would add interest, and hopefully elicit an emotional response in the audience. I’d learned that human motion contains a wealth of information about the actions, intentions, emotions, socialContinue reading Animation Strategies: Animation Walk and Runs – Walk with Personality

Character Creation | Leave a Comment on Character Creation: Module Overview, Initial Research and Ideation

Character Creation: Module Overview, Initial Research and Ideation

    The aim of this assignment was to design and develop a character or creature that, when presented as a static image within a chosen environment, embodies either a series of actions performed for a movie script, or represents a thematic criteria related to a topical subject, and while navigating the creation process, gainContinue reading Character Creation: Module Overview, Initial Research and Ideation

Animation Strategies, Assignment 1 | Leave a Comment on Animation Strategies: Animation Walk and Runs – Regular Walk Cycle

Animation Strategies: Animation Walk and Runs – Regular Walk Cycle

  Master Animator Ken Harris: ‘A walk is the first thing to learn. Learn walks of all kinds, ‘cause walks are about the toughest thing to do right’ (Williams, 2001).   Walk cycles are notoriously difficult to animate correctly, but good animated examples which really bring a character to life all showcase the same fundamentalsContinue reading Animation Strategies: Animation Walk and Runs – Regular Walk Cycle

Animation Strategies, Assignment 1 | Leave a Comment on Animation Strategies: Animation Walk and Runs – Introduction and Preparation

Animation Strategies: Animation Walk and Runs – Introduction and Preparation

  The aim of this, the first assignment in our Animation Strategies module, was to enhance our methods and understanding of biped animation through the creation of two walk cycles: one regular or so called vanilla cycle, and one walk with personality and character, as well as one regular run cycle, and finally a runningContinue reading Animation Strategies: Animation Walk and Runs – Introduction and Preparation

Animated Narratives | Leave a Comment on Animated Narratives: Portfolio

Animated Narratives: Portfolio

Character Concepts:   Initial Design: Final Design:   Models:   Initial Model:   Final Model:   Animation Tests:   Additional Assets:   Background:   Landscape (Clouds: Hannah McNaul):   Hearts:   Sunglasses:   Lightbulb:   Question Mark:   Planet Mars and Spaceship:   Astronaut and Balloons:   Satellite:   Other Unused Assets: Astronaut with HeartContinue reading Animated Narratives: Portfolio

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Animated Narratives: Post-Production

‘Music in animation is like a story within a story. It can intensify emotion, accentuate action and give a sense of completion to the total narrative’ (Richard E. Williams)   The post-production process was the final stage in the creation of our animation, where everyone’s individual segments were combined into one, and music which hadContinue reading Animated Narratives: Post-Production

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Animated Narratives: Production

  Production, the next stage in the 3D animation pipeline, is where all of the aspects already envisioned take shape, and includes the 3D layout, modelling, texturing, rigging, lighting, animating and rendering processes. Layout: Finding visuals help inspire my creative process, and hoping it might assist in the idea generation and story creation phase ofContinue reading Animated Narratives: Production

Animated Narratives | Leave a Comment on Animated Narratives: Pre-Production

Animated Narratives: Pre-Production

  ‘Pre-production is where it all begins, including story development, script writing, production design, storyboards, and animatics’ (Glebas, 2014).   In this module, I was teamed up with three other students, Hannah, Gillian and Kirsten, and together, building on our knowledge from semester one, we were tasked to create a 30-60 second 3D animated short,Continue reading Animated Narratives: Pre-Production

Assignment 2, World of Animation | Leave a Comment on World of Animation – Group Research Poster and Reflection

World of Animation – Group Research Poster and Reflection

  Module Brief and Synopsis: The objective of this our second World of Animation assignment was to collaborate in a small group to create a research poster which, from a specific perspective, demonstrated our understanding of the history or development of a nation’s animation. My choice of American animation saw me teamed up with Josh,Continue reading World of Animation – Group Research Poster and Reflection