Wow, week 8 already! Now, it feels kind of emberassing to put this out on the internet where it will be up for everyone to see for errm.. forever!! Well, but this blog should serve as a document of my progress at Animation Mentor, so whatever. Here's how far I got with the monologue shot so far:
It's still very rough around the edges, but I'm happy with the overall performance. The next steps will be all about working the arcs, adding more poses and really get the body language to convey what the character is saying. So this is what I'm going to work through the next few weeks.
After that -at the beginning of class five-, we're getting to do the facial animation.
Ok, time to watch this week's lecture.
Cheers C
Monday, February 28, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
fantastic shark movies
Beeing sick has it's good sides after all. I'm still able to browse around the youtube site (it can't be that bad then), and I didn't even realize how many gorgeous shark themed b-movies exist! I should start a weekly shark movie screening followed up by a series of ninja movies from the 80ies at home (a set of dedicated trailers will follow). Give a shout if you want to join in. And check out these lovely trailers:
These sharks can even roar like lions!
These sharks can even roar like lions!
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Animation Mentor Week 5
Wow, I finally finished my pantomime shot. Overall I guess I'm quite happy about how it turned out, but there are still bits and pieces I feel like I could do better. Well I'm still a student after all, so no hard feelings..
Most of the body mechanics work pretty fine, but here's the major thing I'm not happy about. Check out the second part where he runs in: It's all; run in - grab smoke - light the smoke - stand up - sight down - smoke/breathe/relax. These are really separated actions whereas they should work together as a unit.. I think I succeded in the first part to create a believable set of movements as they are the result of what the character's thinking. In the second part though you can really "hear" the animator behind it. "Ok, first I have him run in, then he grabs a smoke and lights it. Next I'll make him stand up, and then he sits down on the drawer...etc".
Jeez, so this means week 6 is going to start, already half of class 4 is over. Now we're entering the real acting stuff, a monologue piece. We'll have to pick a line of a movie and make our character act accordingly. Wohoo, this sounds like fun, right?
Check out this example made by fellow Animation Mentor student Albert Barba:
Albert did a really great job on this, hope I can keep up with him;)
ok, back to watching the lecture now. See you around
Cheers
C
Most of the body mechanics work pretty fine, but here's the major thing I'm not happy about. Check out the second part where he runs in: It's all; run in - grab smoke - light the smoke - stand up - sight down - smoke/breathe/relax. These are really separated actions whereas they should work together as a unit.. I think I succeded in the first part to create a believable set of movements as they are the result of what the character's thinking. In the second part though you can really "hear" the animator behind it. "Ok, first I have him run in, then he grabs a smoke and lights it. Next I'll make him stand up, and then he sits down on the drawer...etc".
Jeez, so this means week 6 is going to start, already half of class 4 is over. Now we're entering the real acting stuff, a monologue piece. We'll have to pick a line of a movie and make our character act accordingly. Wohoo, this sounds like fun, right?
Check out this example made by fellow Animation Mentor student Albert Barba:
Albert did a really great job on this, hope I can keep up with him;)
ok, back to watching the lecture now. See you around
Cheers
C
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