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The Audio Picks

Daniel — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:34:16 +0000

Sorry! Here’s the backlog of turn ins:

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Here’s what I turned in:

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Learning to Act

Daniel — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:33:13 +0000

Acting…

I has it.

[qt:http://animation.redforty.com/uploads//2008/10/cut01.mov 640 480]

The Leap Over the Chasm pt2

Daniel — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:53:59 +0000

Here are the sketches I turned in from the video reference on [post=212]. I’ll be blocking out a rough pass tonight. And, oh yeah, the model I’m using this time is Stewie. He has no arms. Seriously. I’m being spoon-fed “complexity”. It’s awesome.

But in a lighter note, I’ve been reading up on different animator’s preferences for reference footage. This is a good one to check out.

If you’re still reading, there’s also a book by Wayne Gilbert called Simplified Drawing for Planning Animation. I ordered a couple copies for myself and my friend.

Lecture Notes – 2.5

Daniel — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:30:12 +0000

There needs to be so much more time spent on enhancing the contrast and rhythm in animation. The action from pose to pose is just as important as the key poses themselves.

Really work with timing as much as possible before splining. If you need to hold a pose, make sure you duplicate the keyframes for the end of the pose from the beginning.

The Lecture references tonight:

The Leap Over the Chasm pt1

Daniel — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:32:13 +0000

So, we have another week to refine [post=184 text="The 180º Turn"]. While I’ll take this last week to address the changes and adjust the animation, I also have the new assignment to prepare for – The Leap Over the Chasm. I could have done one of four assignments: A run cycle, a simple leap, jumping onto a box and then down off the box, and a leap from one pole to another pole (old school kungfu style). I’ve chosen to blend the leap and the pole-leap.

As you can see in my reference footage, my character cannot use his arms for balance. In fact, Stewie, the character I’ll be using, has no arms. This is the footage:

[qt:http://animation.redforty.com/uploads/2008/07/danieljump4.m4v http://animation.redforty.com/uploads/2008/07/danieljump4.jpg 640 360]

The Better 180º Turn

Daniel — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:24:20 +0000

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Well, I got my critique from my Mentor, so-and-so. The main note was that the hop was a bit of a cheat. I needed to actually use my weight-shifting-action to turn around. He wanted to see the muscle of the scene, not the end-result. Not a bad decision.

So, I re-shot my turn and this is now approved. I even sketched it out a helluva lot better than my other boards. No, I did not upload them before because they were aweful for showing. These new ones are detailed. To the point, that if someone else needed to take over my shot, they would actually have a helping hand.*

*In “the business”, if you are working with other people, you must be diligent about organization and notes, clear and concise naming conventions, and leave them with a project that won’t take a week just to figure out.

Walking Reference

Daniel — Thu, 22 May 2008 02:12:58 +0000

Me… Walking… for Reference.

A Real Basket Ball is Really Bouncy

Daniel — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:40:06 +0000

So, I animated a ball from memory. It felt “ok”, but not really.

Today during my lunch hour, I went and picked up a new basketball. This is me and my friend filming it:

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[qt:http://animation.redforty.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/ballagainstwall_01.mov http://animation.redforty.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/ballagainstwall_01.mov 320 240]