Claudia Kleinheinz

break and sleep :)

15:03

Hello again, last week was break week at Animation Mentor and I also took some days off at work so I slept for hours (had to catch up a bit...

9/28/2009

Hello again, last week was break week at Animation Mentor and I also took some days off at work so I slept for hours (had to catch up a bit ;) ), spent time with my tiny nephew (3 month) and relaxed. So there is not too much I can show this week, but I decided to put up my progress reel I did for AM and also some sketches I did last week (the only creative thing I did)... But now I'm back, filled to the top with fresh energy from Austrians mountains, so expect to see more in the near future :D

Have a great time, Claudi

PS: I just updated my progress reel. It should have a better quality now (at least regarding image quality ;D )

Animals and Animation

04:17

Here it is- the blocking as well as the splined draft of this weeks Animation Mentor Assignment. There is some sound as well, so turn the sp...

9/12/2009

Here it is- the blocking as well as the splined draft of this weeks Animation Mentor Assignment. There is some sound as well, so turn the speakers on ;)
Also some more zoo drawings I did on Tuesday. As I didn't have much time I spend all my time at the animals closest to the entrance which were strange chickens, bunnies and cows. What was great was a kid standing in front of the chicken incubator and said to her mom:" The eggs are being boiled in there and after that the baby chicken hatch ;D So sweet!!

just some drawings....

13:04

Good evening, everybody :) I didn't have time to go to the zoo this week- Animation Mentor comined with a full-time job and a weekend tr...

9/07/2009

Good evening, everybody :)
I didn't have time to go to the zoo this week- Animation Mentor comined with a full-time job and a weekend trip to the family living at the other end of the country was enough to tackle ;)
However, I want to show some drawings I did a few weeks ago. Let me know what you think!

Last week I started blocking my personality walk for Animation Mentor and this week I'll spline and refine it. I decided to go for a fred astaire musical kind of a walk and I'll post it as soon as I revised my blocking. Would be great to get some feedback then, especially before I start splining it. And I've made a mental note to start sketching everywhere I go (I just have to get rid of my shyness and the panic that my "models" will get mad with me when they realise that I'm drawing them) ;)

animals and more

14:20

Hello everyone, I spent another evening at the zo o, doing some animal sketches again. I'm still trying not to focus on trying to do a b...

8/30/2009

Hello everyone, I spent another evening at the zoo, doing some animal sketches again. I'm still trying not to focus on trying to do a beautiful drawing but to capture the essence of an animal (or person). It's really hard to find what makes them unique and then get that into your drawing. And man, they are moving constantly... maybe I shouldn't start with a cheetha.... a turtle might be more suited ;) The other sketches were an assignment I did for the Stephen Silver course. We were supposed to first take the photo and draw what we saw, then put photo and drawing aside and draw it again from memory, using different shapes but keeping what makes the character. Which is the same concept as the one I'm trying to incorporate in my zoo sketching. Hope that makes sense in a way (if not- it's late and I'm a bit tired ;) )

Sketches and Speedpainting

07:14

Hey there, just to keep posting and make it some kind of a weekly routine I wanted to share a few quick sketches with you and also some spee...

8/23/2009

Hey there,
just to keep posting and make it some kind of a weekly routine I wanted to share a few quick sketches with you and also some speedpaintings I did lately. I did these to improve my photoshop painting skills and also to sharpen my eyes for cinematography (camera angle, composition, colours,...). So this is the result after about 30 minutes of painting in photoshop for each. I didn't want to make it an exact copy of the movie still ( I had it open next to it as a reference) but to analyse the image structure in general. Another thing I want to talk about today is the book "Drawn to Life: 10 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures" which comes in two volumes and was/ is such an eye opener for me. I got my copy a few weeks ago and just keep reading. Its a unique mixture of drawing instructions, philosophical snippets, art history and so much more. I can't recommend it enough, check it out, it's more than amazing. That said, I hope you all had a great weekend, take care, Claudia

Tailor in Love

06:26

Hey all, thanks a lot for all the encouraging comments! Highly appreciated they are. Last week I've been working on Tailor, another Ani...

8/19/2009

Hey all, thanks a lot for all the encouraging comments! Highly appreciated they are. Last week I've been working on Tailor, another Animation Mentor character, trying to improve my overlap animation and also to tell a little story. There are loads of things to improve, and I also exceeded the given frame range, but actually I'm not too unhappy with the way it turned out.

This week I'm focusing on walk cycles and right now I'm studying reference material and trying to figure out the essence of a plain walk. I might share some of my research in one of the next posts.

I also want to show some sketches I did recently when I tried to analyze basic body shapes using magazines, books and Rockwell illustrations as reference. I'ld really love to spend more time sketching and oserving but the day has just too little hours (I think another 30 would be just fine ;) )

Take care everybody and don't hesitate to share your thoughts about my stuff, Claudi

Some Animation

11:50

Hey all, I thought as this blog is called clouanimation it is time to actually put some animation on it ;) Unfortunately, I'M not allowe...

8/09/2009

Hey all,
I thought as this blog is called clouanimation it is time to actually put some animation on it ;)
Unfortunately, I'M not allowed to show the stuff that I'm recently doing at work (which is mainly 2D hand-drawn and flash stuff), so I decided to start by uploading this week's assignment I had to do for Animation Mentor. The idea behind it (which you are hopefully able to notice when you whatch it) was overlapping action and I tried to also tell a little story.

In addition to that I want to show some life drawings I did recently. I really tried to get rid of the "outliny" style that I usually have and to focus on three dimensional shapes and depth, however I was told now that I started rendering the drawings too early and that I should focus on the linework firts. So I'm a bit confused right now ;)

As always- pleeeaaase, leve me feedback, it helps me grow :)