Week 7

Ok, so this is the final version of the "Fall" animation. If you're wondering why no week 6 post, I can explain (hehe): Week 6 was this same animation in rough spline, so I decided to wait a little more and show the final version instead. Hope you like it! Here it is:

Week 5

So, in one single video, the week 5 assignment aaaand the Kick Ball revision:

Week 4

So here it is, the polishing pass:

Week 3

So this is my week 3 assignment:



As you can see, I changed the camera and worked the poses more. I have a lot more poses now which is gonna make the transition to spline a lot easier. Still some things to adjust before doing that though. Hope you all like how it's coming along! Any suggestions, leave a comment! =D Thanks!

Hey Blog! Week 2!!!

Oh! Yes yes... the BLOG!! Class 2 is at full speed now and I should be posting something already!!! My apologies for that... Actually, week 1 was practically just the Progress Reel that is already here... so, I think it's ok to start off with WEEK 2!

In week 2, we get to pick from a list of several different options to animate. I chose "Kick a ball".

So here it is, first blocking pass for the "Kick Ball" Assignment:

Week 12

So, without further delay, here's week 12 assignment: The Progress Reel!

Alan Starship AM Progress Reel - Class 1 - Basic Foundations from Alan Starship on Vimeo.

Week 11

So here it is! The final assignment for this term: The Personality Walk!

Week 10

Week 10 was the blocking for the personality walk. Also we had the EXHAUSTED pose. So here it is:

Aaand the blocking:

Follow Me!

Since my friend Jerry Matsko told me he was following my blog, I realized I have never used this "follow" feature here. So today I did two good changes in this blog: I removed all ads (who needs them anyway? hehehe) and added the "followers" section! So, if you check out here every now and then, I invite you to be a follower! Welcome!

Thought Of You

Well, you probably already heard about this animation by Ryan Woodward in some other blog or site, if not, you're so missing out, go check it out right now! Anyway, if you did see the animation, it's also cool to check out the making of:

link

Awesome stuff!

Cheers!

Week 9

Ok, so here's the final version of the walk:


And the pose for this week was CONCERN. My first idea was the classic "Thinker", but of course I needed to experiment a bit, so here's the planning:

Then, I tried the one in the middle:

But, in the end, decided to go with the classic instead:

Can't go wrong with the classics, right? hehehe

So that's all for my week 9! See ya in week 10!

Week 8

So, week 8 was the first of a two week assignment. The Vanilla Walk! At first, I thought it was easy to do a vanilla walk, but I noticed that it's really hard to find just the right balance in everything. If you put something a little too much or too less, it looks like a character walk. Also, it's kinda subjective what's vanilla and what's personality in walks because everybody walks differently... The thing is, in real life, there are no "vanilla" walks... Also, we had to do a pose again this week. The Physical Strength pose! Here it is:

And here is the blocking for the walk:

It's pretty bad, but it's just a blocking, it will look better in the next post! =)

Week 7

Wow! Week 7 is late, so let me post this QUICK:

And of course there was the planning too:

No poses this week, tho... See ya next week!

Week 6

Wow! Week 6 was really a rush! I'm posting from Brazil now! Woo!!! I was traveling in the middle of the week, and I took 3 flights! (and missed one of them cause I was late...) I even tried to animate during the flight, but the result was far from great... hehehe In the end, I went back to the basics and finished the assignment in the last minute... So, of course, I wasn't very happy with the result. I also didn't have time to do the revisions I wanted, so I promise they'll be here in the future posts. For now, this is it:

Week 5

So, my assignment for week 5 was another bouncing ball. But this time in an obstacle course, which makes it a lot more fun! And a lot more challenging also...

This week we also had to do another pose. This time communicating DEVASTATION. So here it is:

First, some sketches to experiment with the idea:

And the pose:

There are some small issues with this pose, but you'll see them addressed in my next post with the revision. Overall, I kinda like it!

Now the obstacle course animation! Here's the planning:

The biggest problem was the frame limit. We only have 120 frames for this assignment, and my animation was 150 frames long! So I had to cut out the final settle... sigh.

Here is the final assignment:

And that's it, week 5! See ya next week! Cheers!