Thursday, 30 April 2009
Saturday, 4 April 2009
Monday, 16 March 2009
!!! ANIMATION !!!
Hi people.
Finally animating and its awesome fun. its nice to get away from the rigging and set up stage and finally make it to this point. Today me and Vykintas started a few shots and they are roughly finished, perhaps just a little polishing and all is well.
We decided to create play blasts for each shot created and then integrate them with the animatic to get a feeling of how the final animation would flow.
I'm now also at the stage when I'm beginning to pad out my dissertation. Just taking all the quotes Ive been gathering and placing them into a word doc according to the contents page. Hopefully this method will make the job of writing a little easier.
Anyways, here is one of the rough scenes so far.
Mike
:)
Finally animating and its awesome fun. its nice to get away from the rigging and set up stage and finally make it to this point. Today me and Vykintas started a few shots and they are roughly finished, perhaps just a little polishing and all is well.
We decided to create play blasts for each shot created and then integrate them with the animatic to get a feeling of how the final animation would flow.
I'm now also at the stage when I'm beginning to pad out my dissertation. Just taking all the quotes Ive been gathering and placing them into a word doc according to the contents page. Hopefully this method will make the job of writing a little easier.
Anyways, here is one of the rough scenes so far.
Mike
:)
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Rigging and dare
Hi people.
Currently just finished rigging properly, as there were a few minor issues i had to deal with regarding the rig. Other than that I have been focusing more on dare this week. Building, texturing and rigging a character to submit as possible artwork. I'm not allowed to show any pics at the moment but will as soon as i have the permission.
I'm going to do a bit more for my dissertation today and hopefully it'll help loosen of the tight schedule i have running now, 4th year is certainly a toughie.
That's all for today
Mike
:)
Update
Here is the model made for dare :D
Currently just finished rigging properly, as there were a few minor issues i had to deal with regarding the rig. Other than that I have been focusing more on dare this week. Building, texturing and rigging a character to submit as possible artwork. I'm not allowed to show any pics at the moment but will as soon as i have the permission.
I'm going to do a bit more for my dissertation today and hopefully it'll help loosen of the tight schedule i have running now, 4th year is certainly a toughie.
That's all for today
Mike
:)
Update
Here is the model made for dare :D
Monday, 2 March 2009
Rigging
Hi.
Right I've been spending the last couple of day's rigging up the human character for the animation. this includes blend shapes painting weights and all the lovely bits and bobs associated with it. I sped up the process by using a Mel script called Rigomatic. This helped a lot with the back and legs. However I rigged the rest myself for better control.
I've found I have achieved a better understanding of Maya going through this process even though the program often insists on playing up.
Any way enough waffle here's an image of the human posed.
Mike
:)
Right I've been spending the last couple of day's rigging up the human character for the animation. this includes blend shapes painting weights and all the lovely bits and bobs associated with it. I sped up the process by using a Mel script called Rigomatic. This helped a lot with the back and legs. However I rigged the rest myself for better control.
I've found I have achieved a better understanding of Maya going through this process even though the program often insists on playing up.
Any way enough waffle here's an image of the human posed.
Mike
:)
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Rigging
Hello.
Today I've been spending a bit of time rigging one of the characters. This also includes blend shapes and all the other bits and bobs associated with this part of the process. Id like to think ill be through this stage by the end of the week. I'm going to use a free Mel script called Rigomatic to aid in the rigging process. Hopefully this will speed up the workflow and soon ill be animating.
Mike
:)
Today I've been spending a bit of time rigging one of the characters. This also includes blend shapes and all the other bits and bobs associated with this part of the process. Id like to think ill be through this stage by the end of the week. I'm going to use a free Mel script called Rigomatic to aid in the rigging process. Hopefully this will speed up the workflow and soon ill be animating.
Mike
:)
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Still modeling
Hello.
Today I have been focusing more on my dissertation. This involved going to the library and picking up a few books on the subject matter i will be dealing with. Some of the books included, The great cartoon directors (Jeff Lenburg), Timing for animation (Whittaker and harris), Of mice and magic (Leonard Maltin), Acting for animators (Ed Hooks), The animated movie guide (Jerry Beck), Chuck amuck (Chuck Jones), Animation the mechanics of motion (Chris Webster) and animation from script to screen (Shamus Culhane). I think these books will keep me pretty busy on the literature front for the time being and hopefully they will help me when writing up my dissertation.
The problem just now is figuring out how to phrase this dissertation? I can't seem to get my head around it even though I know I should be able to. Its almost as if I deter myself every time I reach a point where I could possibly start. Always having the urge to change the subject area into something a little more appropriate because I'm afraid of treading on someone's feet regarding the content. In fact the very nature of writing a dissertation just seems a little alien to me right now.
I feel I'm more akin to the project work, however I wont let this detail take my focus away from doing both to the best of my ability.
In terms of project material, I have rendered a few scenes with different back ground colours to try and add more depth and purpose to the environments. More work will follow later in the week, myself and Vykintas will hopefully have the majority of assets and characters completed and ready for animation within a week :).
Mike
:)
Today I have been focusing more on my dissertation. This involved going to the library and picking up a few books on the subject matter i will be dealing with. Some of the books included, The great cartoon directors (Jeff Lenburg), Timing for animation (Whittaker and harris), Of mice and magic (Leonard Maltin), Acting for animators (Ed Hooks), The animated movie guide (Jerry Beck), Chuck amuck (Chuck Jones), Animation the mechanics of motion (Chris Webster) and animation from script to screen (Shamus Culhane). I think these books will keep me pretty busy on the literature front for the time being and hopefully they will help me when writing up my dissertation.
The problem just now is figuring out how to phrase this dissertation? I can't seem to get my head around it even though I know I should be able to. Its almost as if I deter myself every time I reach a point where I could possibly start. Always having the urge to change the subject area into something a little more appropriate because I'm afraid of treading on someone's feet regarding the content. In fact the very nature of writing a dissertation just seems a little alien to me right now.
I feel I'm more akin to the project work, however I wont let this detail take my focus away from doing both to the best of my ability.
In terms of project material, I have rendered a few scenes with different back ground colours to try and add more depth and purpose to the environments. More work will follow later in the week, myself and Vykintas will hopefully have the majority of assets and characters completed and ready for animation within a week :).
Mike
:)
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