Still trying to realise that the holidays are over, I started to plan my new assignment for Animation Mentor. We could decide ourselves whet...
We could decide ourselves whether we want the three assignments of this term to be 3 episodes of one character (all thre about the same topic and within the realms of one distinct world) or 3 different exercices which aren't connected to each other. I decided to go for the first approach and thought up that little story about my character beeing a prrstious, arrogant astronaut, who at the same time can't get the things right.
Here I show some of the planning that went into the first scene and also the character in his environment. I struggled a lot to get things working in Maya, as I wanted the flag to react to his movements ( I need it in the second scene) and also his antennas to move in a believable floppy way. I also post some sketches I did recently and a sketch for a background which I started to paint already, but the colored version is far from being final, of course- it's just to show a work in progress. That said, thanks for taking the time to look at my stuff, have a great time, Claudi
He there, I hope you all had a nice, relaxed and joyful Christmas together with your most beloved ones. I definitely had. No animation, no s...
Through my last post I learned a very important lesson- if you ask for honest but gentle comments, you won't get any at all ;) So this time I only ask for honest and I really hope to get some feedback as it is your comments, views and insights that make me improve and keep me going.
This said, here is my final Tennis shot and my progress reel of term 2 at Animation Mentor.
Have a happy new year everybody and thank you for making 2009 as amazing as it was :)
Progress Reel
Tennis Final
Hello everybody, hope you all had a smooth start into the Christmas season without letting yourself getting stressed out about shopping and ...
So now it's time to show what I've been working on the last few weeks and I have to admit that this was/ is a hard one. As I spent the blocking week working in Las Vegas, I couldn't plan everything as thoroughly as I usually do and this keeps on bugging me ;) I have the feeling that I'm still trying to fill the gaps that I left out during that phase which gets quite frustrating, but I guess the best thing I can do is put it out there and hope for constructive criticism and feedback. So here's my baby- be gentle but honest (the honest part being the more important of course ;D )
Sitting here at my desk, it's already really, really dark outside and I'm slowly getting in the mood for hot chocolate, cookies and ...
....stays in Vegas! That's how the saying goes, so I can't really tell you anything about my trip there, can I?!? ;) Just as much: I...
I also did the blocking for my new assignment, but as I only had one day I could spend on it, I want to refine it a bit more before showing it here ;)
Thank you all for leaving comments and feedback, it's great to know that someone is actually looking at this.
See you soon, Claudi
Hello everybody, this week was hectic. Fulltime-job, 3 freelance projects and Animation Mentor... didn't get too much sleep ;) I started...
Today I want to show some designs I did recently. The character is ment to be a bank robber of the early 20th century. I did more of those, which I'll show in my next post. Let me know what you think. I'm off to bed now, next time I'll write more.
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