AN04 - First Assignment Wk.3&4

Well hello there!  So it appears I forgot to make a post last week...I'm going to blame it on moving to a new place and going through all of the things that come with that.  For this week I'm going to show you guys my blocking plus pass that I submitted on the 20th and the final spline animation that I submitted on the 27th.

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Alright, so for the blocking plus pass, my mentor wanted us to have the animation turned in converted to spline.  So it was kind of like first pass spline as well.  Here's the animation that I submitted for that week...

There were definite timing, spacing, and weight issues with this one.  Also, the bug was coming into the frame pretty fast and things were happening at the same time so it was difficult for the audience to catch everything that was going on.  My mentor also suggested that I take out the wall scooting at the end in order to give more time to the bug entering the frame at the beginning.

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Now for this past week.  I added all the things my mentor and peers suggested and I think it came a long way from the blocking plus pass.  Taking out that wall scooting at the end was very helpful too, even though I was a little sad to chop off a chunk of my animation, haha!  So here's what I submitted...

There still seem to be some timing and spacing issues, especially when he's getting on the couch in what looks like slow motion.  The bug is a little more noticeable but not quite enough still.  My mentor also suggested I take out the pulling his head back part from the reaction so we'll see how that goes when I revise this one later in the semester.

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Well that's all folks, have a great week!

AN04 - First Assignment Wk.2

Hello everyone!  So yes I'm making this post in the middle of the week, but at least I got it down before the weekend!  Last week we had to create the first blocking pass of our animation.  Here is what I submitted...

I'm going to be changing a bit of the beginning part, based on my mentor's critique, for this next pass of animation that I will be creating this week.  I have quite a busy week ahead of me.  I hope you guys all have a great week though!

AN04 - First Assignment Wk.1

Hey guys!  So last week was the first week of AN04 Intro. to Acting.  My teacher seems pretty cool as well as the rest of the students in my class, so I'm pretty excited!  For this first week we had to begin planning our pantomime acting test or animated pose test.  I chose to do the pantomime acting test because I feel like I could use some more practice with large amounts of body mechanics and I didn't want to focus on facial animation quite yet.  I also have to work a lot in the next few weeks as well as pack and move so I figured it would be best not to take on facial animation while trying to juggle all of that. 

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In the assignment, it said to "have two distinct and contrasting beats that tell a basic story" and to "choose a scenario that fits your personality, something that speaks to you."  Well here's my reference video and sketches for the basic story that I chose...

If you know me at all, you know that I am terrified of cockroaches, so it wasn't too difficult for me to imagine what a terrified reaction to one would be.  We also had to pose out two of the main story beats with our character and set...

Well I hope that I can make this one as entertaining as I'm sure my reference is to everyone!  Have a great week guys!

AN03 Progress Reel

Hey guys!  So I wanted to post my progress reel from AN03 so you could all see the revised versions of all three of my assignments.  I went back and revised parts of them based on critiques from my peers as well as additional critique from my mentor.  This reel will have all of my assignments from all of Animation Mentor so far just because that's how we had to set up the reel, but I think it's cool to see the progress that I think I've made! 

Well I've had a great relaxing week break and am now ready to get back into animation!  Yesterday was the first day of AN04 - Intro. to Acting and my mentor this term is Joseph Antonuccio.  I'm really excited to learn all about acting this semester, I can't wait!  Have a great week everyone!