Brode, Brittany - Final Thoughts and Submissions

Hi all!

I'm sorry for the lateness of this post. I have to say that this has been the most enjoyable animation class I've had yet at the Academy. I felt like I learned a lot, especially in terms of acting. Dave, your critique was always constructive and incredibly helpful. My posing is better and I feel more comfortable with creature animation. I like how the class was broken down into two big projects; it really gave us a lot of time to polish our animation. There were a lot of good projects and my classmates had many good points to bring up during dailies.

If I was to criticize any aspect of the class, I would only say that during the second half of the semester, there were certain lessons during which I had a hard time paying attention, especially if there was a question of a more technical nature. I'm still struggling to grasp some of the more technical aspects of Maya.

All that being said, here are the final versions of the two projects I chose to do. I'm especially happy with the horse cycles.

Best to everyone and I hope we meet again!

Lip-sync Final



Creature Final

Tan, Liesl - Final Submissions

Hi all, this is going to be a pretty video-intensive post, thanks to the game animation assignment. :) I'm also going to post my first assignment here. I haven't made any changes to it, but I don't believe I've ever posted the current version before. So here goes...

1st assignment: "3 Times Bigger" lip sync


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Character description for 2nd assignment:
Stealthy, agile, deceptive.

Idle


Run


Idle to Run


Run to Idle


3 Strike Attack


Running Jump


Thanks everyone, for all the feedback during dailies. All the best for your finals, and happy holidays! :)

saw this on linked in

Here are his tips for staying productive:

1. Work backwards from goals to milestones to tasks. Writing “launch company website” at the top of your to-do list is a sure way to make sure you never get it done. Break down the work into smaller and smaller chunks until you have specific tasks that can be accomplished in a few hours or less: Sketch a wireframe, outline an introduction for the homepage video, etc. That’s how you set goals and actually succeed in crossing them off your list.
2. Stop multi-tasking. No, seriously—stop. Switching from task to task quickly does not work. In fact, changing tasks more than 10 times in a day makes you dumber than being stoned. When you’re stoned, your IQ drops by five points. When you multitask, it drops by an average of 10 points, 15 for men, five for women (yes, men are three times as bad at multitasking than women). 
3. Be militant about eliminating distractions. Lock your door, put a sign up, turn off your phone, texts, email, and instant messaging. In fact, if you know you may sneak a peek at your email, set it to offline mode, or even turn off your Internet connection. Go to a quiet area and focus on completing one task.
4. Schedule your email. Pick two or three times during the day when you’re going to use your email. Checking your email constantly throughout the day creates a ton of noise and kills your productivity.
5. Use the phone. Email isn’t meant for conversations. Don’t reply more than twice to an email. Pick up the phone instead. 
6. Work on your own agenda. Don’t let something else set your day. Most people go right to their emails and start freaking out. You will end up at inbox-zero, but accomplish nothing. After you wake up, drink water so you rehydrate, eat a good breakfast to replenish your glucose, then set prioritized goals for the rest of your day. 
7. Work in 60 to 90 minute intervals. Your brain uses up more glucose than any other bodily activity. Typically you will have spent most of it after 60-90 minutes. (That’s why you feel so burned out after super long meetings.) So take a break: Get up, go for a walk, have a snack, do something completely different to recharge. And yes, that means you need an extra hour for breaks, not including lunch, so if you’re required to get eight hours of work done each day, plan to be there for 9.5-10 hours.

Bachynski, Lana

It's the last day!
I'm so excited to see everyone's work.
I just 'finished' mine (Or as much as I'm going to do on it) but I'm not posting it so there's no spoilers before class.

See y'all in a few!

Finals booster-upper!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w40ushYAaYA&feature=related

So I'm going to say this is relevant because it might be awesome reference for some of you - But as an added bonus, it might be appreciated as a morale-booster.

Finals brings loads of stress and obstacles that seem inescapable. But it doesn't have to be a battle - you can't fight the rain, after all. So sing and dance like a goof-ball, and don't let those obstacles get you down. :) Anywho - this song sort of describes my mentality right now (has been stuck in my head since clear laast week!) and I'm posting it in the off-chance it might help you guys through at least this coming week - and because maybe it is useful reference for someone. << >> Be defiant! Enjoy where you are! And kick butt on your finals! :DD And thank David for being so awesome! ^.^

Tejano_Nicholis_Robo Battle

The ROBOTS are finally here

Jack - Fighting progress

I already fixed the camera movement, make it smoother with no cut. I start working on the thugs, only the last part is still a blocking for that muscle dude and there some details that I will add later.



And as you can see, the third guy still freezing after he fell down, I want to make him roll back a few times before he lay flat but still don't have time to do that. That's why I have this alternate version in case I couldn't finished it on time. I know it doesn't make any sense but.....that's the only way I can do right now, peace

Bachynski, Lana - Dance Progress #3

I started polishing my work on the root and feet. I've also begun adding in the arms.

fancy breakdowns and camera angles

Ivania Arguello- Creature

Hey guys! This is Ivania Arguello. 

Here's my progress for my creature animation so far. My main concern is that it's pretty simple but I hope it will do. Any input would be great, I appreciate all feedback. 

02684289 - Bachynski, Lana - Dance Legs

I hadn't copied any keyframes up through the spine at this point, so the torso movement was getting very distracting, thus the grey beam.

Bachynski, Lana - 02684289

I still can't comment for some reason, but Jason, I would use the dope sheet!

just wondering. if you have IK and FK switching and parentspace swtiching with other keys. what is the best way to shift the keys in the time line. graph editor?

More Fighting

Heres the fight so far. The robots are coming soon guys Just hold on.

Bachynski, Lana - 02684289 - Dance IP #1

I've only worked on the root and the feet of the Male, and the root and then some of the feet of the female, but it's a start! :)

Nick Tejano "Progress"

Bachynski, Lana - 02684289 - Dance Blocking #2

Just showing the progress I've made.

 

Tim Li - Game Idle Blocking

This is my blocking for my character idle. There are still a few things i have to fix, like the dagger. Feedback would be great. Hope i did it right.
I have a question, do we do a walk cycle and a run cycle? because in the assignment list it says run only but in class David said walk cycle.

My Reference

My bad guys I switched from dancing to fighting AGAIN because I found this schools demo and it gave me some prettty good reference
I changed from dancing to

Just a little FYI

On the off chance anyone is interested, I actually manage/maintain Tea Time Animation Club's (AAU's animation club) blog. Tea Time meets once a week - Fridays at 3:30 - in room 400a @ 180 NM.

We do critique, chat about upcoming things in the industry and we're doing a LOT of CTN coverage for those of us who are going.  If you can't come to the meetings, however, I post any important things we managed to cover on the blog. Think about it!

The only way to spend your Tea Time.

REF FOR DANCING

check it out -> Jeff Gabor work (http://jaganimations.com/)

http://www.frequency.com/video/walkthrough-videos-jeff-gabor/13650795

Bachynski, Lana - 02584289

Double post. Taboo, I know, but here's the animation with the completed lipsync.

 

 

------- Begin Edit -------

Alright, so instead of triple posting, I've opted to just edit this post. Here's the first few seconds of blocking for assignment #2!

 

 

Bachynski, Lana - Dialogue Progress

Apparently I'm the only fool in the class who heard "12, Thursday" and thought midnight (as in Friday morning). Many apologies, but better late than never, I suppose.

Here's the most current update on my animation progress. Clearly I never got the opportunity to finalize the lipsync, but ideally it will be done by the end of the semester. I've got to run right now, but I'll edit this post in an hour or so with my reflections on the first assignment -- enjoy!

--------  Begin Edit  --------

As promised, I've got a few words of reflection based upon the first assignment. I would post it under the discussion like everyone else, but sadly, blogger still doesn't allow me the permissions to comment on a post, despite allowing me to make posts of my own.

Anyways, for me, the issue was always finding the time to work between life and my other class work. Albeit this class always takes priority over all of my other classes, I still found myself struggling to reach the goals I had set for myself. That being said, considering we're in school I can't be too upset, as I know that the process of learning is what I should really be concerned with.

What I learned is a smoother, faster workflow, though it took me a few weeks to get into the swing of things. First of all, starting with stepped blocking sort of threw me off, as I've been using the layered approach for several semesters now. However, over time, I developed a work ritual that I feel rather comfortable in, and that helped a lot once I discovered it. I, personally (and though it's probably just from staring at it so much) can physically see the moment it really kicked in.

Addtionally, I've never worked with Morpheus before. Between parenting elbow constraints to the right part of his body, learning how to lock the elbows in the source file, not the reference, and knowing which of the two head controls to animate, I think I will be much more successful in my over all efficiency moving ahead to my next assignment -- a dance!





I know you' ve seen this Dave, but for those who haven't and were interested in what their peers are up to, here's the reference for my next assignment. Even if you don't care, the dancers are amazing and I strongly suggest you check it out just to marvel at your own jaw drop.

INSTRUCTOR POST - reflections on assignment 1

A quick place to post comments on what you'd do differently starting out this first assignment, and what you may be able to apply to the next animation.

By the way "Jar of Dirt" was by Nicholis Tejano

My bad I forgot to post my name

Nicholis - Fixed it "Jar of Dirt"

tried my best to show Morph didn't care about the jar so much until later on in the clip

Ivania Arguello - Not Typed Inbetweens

Hey guys! Here'a my inbetweens for my acting/dialogue assignment. I realized that some of the movements are a little slow (Especially at "An outline!") but I plan to polish this up until the end of the semester. Let me know what you guys think. Sorry for the small size, I forgot to change the settings of the playblast on the new computer I was working at.

Also, thanks to Brittany and Stephanie for your helpful feedbacks on my last post :) I really appreciate it!

Jack - Progress on my animation

The current state of my animation. I'm working on the computer guy now, already did some polishing on the boss, but haven't touched both characters face and fingers yet.

all comments are welcome.

Lana Bachynski - Jar of Dirt Critique

As with the last time I attempted posting a comment, I have again been denied. Not sure if there's any accesibility issues on your end David, but it might be nice to check out when if you have the time.

That being said, I shall not be silenced! Thus, here is a bit of crit for the post below:

It's nice to hear it with the audio. I find that the slow look between "Dirt" and "This is a jar of dirt" to be particularly successful. I think it really conveys the blatant skepticism in "Jack's" voice nicely.

That being said, I think my main note was touched upon last class: I believe it's important to not lose "Jack's" face when he turns to protect his Jar. I it would still have the same effect ( if not a better one) if you have him turn TOWARDS the camera rather than away from it as then we really get the opportunity to see him clinging to that oh-so-precious dirt.

Nicholis Tejano Jar of Dirt

Any comments or ideas will help

INSTRUCTOR POST

If you are posting on the blog remember to title it "Your Name - Topic" For example; anything I post as a student would be titled "David Latour - (topic)" Otherwise I cannot track your posting for participation marks. Be sure to put your name in the body text at the start of any comment as well.

Progress grades should be available end of day today, (thanks for your patience) check them out. If you have any questions about your grade you can make an appointment to go over them with me.


I'm now officially the full-time Animation Coordinator, (huzzah!) which means I have office hours starting next week. You can make an appointment with Monica or Brian in the office on the 3rd floor. If you make an appointment with me, be sure to have the following:

• a written list of what you want to discuss.
• paper and pen to write down what I tell you.
• any relevant files available on the AAU server.
• thumb drive/hard drive with the same.

I look forward to being able to serve your animation needs better. Comments, Questions or Suggestions are always welcome.


- David

Brittany - Morphy's tongue

Hi everybody,

I'm having trouble getting the tongue to work on Morpheus. I thought the controls were outside the head, next to the controls for the teeth, but when I moved them nothing happened. Then I found two controls on the tongue inside the head, but they don't rotate and in fact seem to have a very limited range of motion. I'm trying to get a nice 'L' shape in my lip sync. Any thoughts?

Lana Bachynski - IP #02

Lana- You Stole It - Animation

Rough animation for the 'you stole it' clip. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Jason - Pong Blocking

virginie found this script skAnim (http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/animation/c/dkanim)

That helped me transfer animation keys from on rig to another fast. After watching this i noticed my lipsync moves too fast it parts. But that can be fixed

Tim-Dialogue Blocking

Hey this is my blocking so far, hope to get some feedback.

Untitled from Tim Li on Vimeo.

Ivania - Not Typed Blocking

Hey guys! Ivania, posting. Here's an updated version of my blocking. I feel like I'm falling a little behind, but I wanted to get everything down before moving on. Let me know what you guys think!

Critique

For some odd reason, it's not letting me comment on  posts, but I just thought I'd pitch my two-cents on Jack's revised blocking:

Hey! Looks good.
The entry of the 'boss', as it were, definitely has an angrier feel.
One thing I would probably say is I'm not sure he needs the pat on the back before goes for the face grab.

Also, what's the attitude of the guy at the computer? I know he's supposed to be all "Not this guy again" sort of thing, but no matter how much I don't care about someone, if they grabbed my face and shook me around, I'd probably look a little shaken.

Nice work on the monitor grab. Great job.

๋Jack - Dialogue Blocking revisioned

The updated version of my blocking. I fixed some part of my scene based on every comments I got in the class, thanks everyone, hope it looks better. I would be happy for more input.

Pong Blocking

My Rig Went all wonky half away through. The Knee geo is suck at the origin

http://vimeo.com/30163839

Liesl Tan - 02848462 - Blocking

Hi fellow classmates! I was absent from the previous class and didn't get to show my blocking pass for critique, so I'm posting it here. Let me know how it can be improved, please. :)

The green guy will be holding a toy house in his right hand, hence its position.

You Stole It - Blocking

Hi all - just wanted to post the blocking for my animation. It's still in its fairly early stages, but I really wanted to make sure the blocking was solid before I moved on.

Lana Bachynski - 02684289 - Blocking/IP

A small start into IP!

 

Ok. So. My current class is all about fixing, changing, building and overall polishing up old work to make it as strong as it can possibly be - and I am in need of ideas. : )

I'm thinking of adding a second character (just a walkcycle along the sidewalk perhaps) and my kid either flattening against the wall or trying to look inconspicuous - cheezy - like in a cartoon, as they walk by. My current teacher was confused by his entrance at first, and suggested making it more obvious he's trying to be sneaky - although I was shooting for an obvious, conspicuous type of sneak - I now wonder if anyone else is unsatisfied with it. x_x

Any and every idea is welcome - this week is all about story boarding it out and building a decent set (below)

Maya trouble

Hi all,

I was having trouble with Maya, so I asked Dave for some help. Basically I was having two problems: First of all, every time I opened Maya, I would receive a dialogue box asking me if I wanted to create a shelf button. It wasn't so bad at first, but then it started causing Maya to freeze, to the point where I couldn't even open it. Secondly, since I work with dual monitors, I was opening my reference footage in one monitor and opening Maya on the other, but when I tried to play the reference footage on one screen it ended up taking over the other screen as well.

Dave told me that the first issue was caused by a script in the zooToolBox called zooAutoSave, and that I could remove it by simply deleting the script. Apparently working with dual monitors causes some issues with Maya.

However, I'm still having trouble with the reference footage issue. The problem is not that my reference footage is disappearing; the problem is that when I move my reference footage over to my secondary desktop, it takes over my primary desktop completely, so that I can't access my taskbar or anything. This is what's happening:

If anyone can help I'd be very grateful!

Thanks!

~Brittany

Jack - Dialogue assignment blocking

From 421_02 class. A blocking state from the first assignment, 2 person dialogue. I just start with some main poses to see the timing. I don't know why but the sound is a bit off after I playblast this clip from Maya.

Feel free to comment.

Changing namespace to A mel script

Hi, i was looking around the internet and i was able to piece together a mel script that changes name space, its not that great but it's a lot faster switching characters to namespace A in the reference editor.
So this is the script

file -e -namespace "B" -referenceNode "B" "C:/Users/Tim Li/Desktop/Animation3//scenes/morpheusRig_openReleaseCandidate_v02.mb{1}";

file -e -namespace "A" -referenceNode "A" "C:/Users/Tim Li/Desktop/Animation3//scenes/morpheusRig_openReleaseCandidate_v02.mb";

Namespace "  " is what you want to change the name space to be.
referenceNode " " is the name space you have currently set for that character.
The location is where the reference material is stored. So if you referenced two characters from the same file, maya usually just adds {1} to the end

You then make two mel scripts (or how ever many characters you have in the scene)

This is to change character 1 into namespace A

file -e -namespace "B" -referenceNode "B" "C:/Users/Tim Li/Desktop/Animation3//scenes/morpheusRig_openReleaseCandidate_v02.mb{1}";

file -e -namespace "A" -referenceNode "A" "C:/Users/Tim Li/Desktop/Animation3//scenes/morpheusRig_openReleaseCandidate_v02.mb";

This is to change character 2 into namespace A
file -e -namespace "AB" -referenceNode "A" "C:/Users/Tim Li/Desktop/Texturing and lighting/Animation3//scenes/

morpheusRig_openReleaseCandidate_v02.mb";

file -e -namespace "A" -referenceNode "B" "C:/Users/Tim Li/Desktop/Texturing and lighting/Animation3//scenes/morpheusRig_openReleaseCandidate_v02.mb{1}";

hope this helps

INSTRUCTOR POST - Dave Latour gone next week.

To all my students:

Sadly, I have to travel back to Canada to attend my father-in-law's funeral and will be back in classes on Tuesday Oct 4. I will pass on instructions here in the blog and to your substitute instructor. Continue to work on your assignments any scheduled hand-in for next week will be delayed until I return. Continue to post your work in progress to the blog along with any questions you may have. Keep working diligently and I will see you next week

Dave

HillBilles

Hi Everybody. Any Feedback on this would be highly welcome

Welcome 801_03 students

Hey everyone on anim421

My summer 2011 group directed study students will be joining the blog to post their work and offer feedback. Please make them feel welcome.

Dave

Hi, just wanna share and get some comments on my project on 11 seconds club.

got some issue on playblast, keep making 24 fps for some reason. so i make a low quality render.

Hope to get feedback :)
thanks

Cat Drift

REPOST.

I know its past the deadline, but i DID technically posted one before the deadline, this is just the same file, but with hopefully a working sound file...
Sound was not working for some reason..... so here's another go at it...






i know i still need to polish it, i reworked the poses from this old one...

Redo!!!!!

My game animation "fixed" finals

this is my fixed for my animation for games

Idle animation

3 Strikes animation

Running jump

Yuyu Lin's final fix

Thanks for all the help through the semester. I had a lot of fun and good luck with future endeavors

Yuyu Lin's final fix

here's my parkour assignment

Mei Wu's Final Fixed

The second assignment fixed.

The re-submit the first assignment.

Eric Yang's "fixed"Final assignment

Hi David,this is what i have so far,Im gonna finish this during summer break.

Final

No changes from what I showed in class, i just wanted to get feedback from everyone on the blog who hasn't seen it yet.

BumnPark_Final_revision

Bumn_Park_Final_revision

This is my final revision of second assignment.
Still need to improve though..

Thank you for your all critiques and care~ David!

HWANG_SEUNGWON

wiman_kristin2

this is my first assignment

hi, please ignore the previous post that i made

need ur help

Wiman_kristin_final

INSTRUCTOR POST

Final submission for all work is Friday May 20th 11:59pm. Remember to title the post <Last_First>. Don't leave it too close to the deadline: Blogger sometimes is unavailable. Good luck everyone.

If you haven't already done so, please fill out your class/instructor feedback online and let me know what works and what doesn't (use the space for additional comments to offer any suggestions or ideas you have for the course)

Thanks for a great term everyone and have a great summer

 - David

Why morphy? why?!?!

This is my progress on the dialogue, any directions I can go in? changes?

In Progress Hillbillies

Here is the progress so far. And critique/feedback ect would be loved.

David's Advice

Never have I realized how important David's advice was of taking a break to look AWAY from the computer!! Last night my eyes started tweaking out and they hurt like a headache from looking at the screen for 4 hours!! And before I sat down, I told myself to not forget to take little eye breaks! lol just thought I'd share that :)

Parkour Progress

Here is my progress so far on my parkour climb. Im working on overlapping and adding in extra exhageration to what the reference video lacked. Any critique is always helpful! Good luck with finals everybody, I know how rediculously busy I am going to be for the next 3 weeks!

My Progress

This is where I'm at with my 3 animations Projects

Bar Dialog




Hillbillies





Cop

2009 Projects

Hi everyone, this is a general Maya question:
I upgraded last year from 2009 to 2011 Maya and I also had to do a backup and system restore on my laptop after that.. well sometime between when I had 2009 and now ALL my 2009 project scene files are completely GONE. The project folders are there for some, but no scene files.. anyone have any ideas to find them?! I already looked in my backup drive and I couldn't find them either, so I think when I upgraded from 2009 to 2011 they were lost, but you'd think Maya would allow you to keep your projects..

[Bumn Park]2nd assignment processing.

I finally can upload here Yay~

polishing_2

Here is my parkour animation.

I try to make nice "C" curve when hi bend his body. And I find there is no weight when his hand by the help of wall at the beginning. I'm trying to find the ways to fix that issue.

And please all give me more critique, then I can keep doing till making it better.

Thank you.

Amazing Michael Jackson Dance Reference

This is a link to the guys youtube page who broke down all of the dance moves as well as did entire sets of dances to Michael's best known songs.

http://www.youtube.com/user/mjcldplyrw

1st 2 cycles of Pommel Horse

Hey everyone,
I have cleaned up the first two cycles this much.. the bothersome thing when you watch this clip is his head. It looks like its moving all around. But, Ive actually rotated it so that it is aligned with the spine in most cases, or where it would be naturally. So im not sure how to avoid this movement. His spine is definitely very active in this animation...

polishing

Yikes!

Soooo...I've tried moving the ponyTail_geo_grp into the hair_customGeo_grp - but I still get the same results. The pig tails, aslo, have the same reaction to scaling. They happen to be the only two hair styles made of multiple geometry. And I have no idear how to get this working right - - or is it simply that there is a control specifically designated for scaling??

It's not a huge deal - I can scale up my other character instead. Good thing my dude doesn't have pigtails, though...then I'd reallyyy be stuck. x_x Thought I'd still point it out to ya.

My base is the MorpheusRig_openReleaseCandidate_v01.mb

Grab n pull

This rotation and translation offset is killing me.

Pretty Cool Parkour Reference

Hey guys, i found this cool video. Maybe it might help someone doing the parkour/obstacle animation.

Night on the Town

"Smooth Criminal" safe done

My set is built now just need to find some salsa and ballet reference

1st assignment

Shots 002-003

Hey David - finishing up with this last shot wanted to see what you thought before I go any further.

Tippett Walk Cycle

I can't seem to get out the kink in his neck when the video loops..

Squirrel

Im_Chulwan_1st Assignment

Obstacle.

Waaaah. Hope I'm not too late to post this. Im hoping of getting some more polishing done before class... which is.... in a few hours. phew!

shot down santa

Elephants Don't Forget

Here is some progress so far on my creature animtaion assingment.

dance progress

dance progress from alvin suryaputra on Vimeo.

Shots 027 - 030

Last four shots using just one camera. Looking for timing and readability notes. Photo are missing will be added after timing is sorted.

Splines!

killer

Progress

Chulwan_week05

nico cycle

Cops Dialog In Progress

Here is the cops dialog I'm working on. No idea, suggestion, advice ect is to outlandish to considers so any would be great

Bar Dialog Progress

Any feed back or help in how to get into a polish state would be so much appreciated

Right now its very even in spacing and contrast

Progress

Before I begin the facial stuffs on the guy - I'm interested in knowing what you all make of the posing + timing + anything else :]

The part I'm most unsure about is his first hop. He is leading with his head - and his proportions make it a pretty big overall movement. But if I were to keep it more...forward-facing, his silhouette begins to get muddled. Ugg. opinions?

Chulwan_week04

Miranda walkcycles

David as promised her it is still feel that I'm missing something. But does feel better than last week. Let me know what you see.

Better

Crafty Flight Attendant

She can't reach a pack of drinks for the passengers; but she finds a way to get it anyway.

Room 806

Room 806 apparently has no class Tuesdays at 330.

Missing cane

The bad guy's missing his pimp cane.

http://vimeo.com/20090291

Missing cane

INSTRUCTOR POST - Questions about the Morpheus Rig?

Check these links first

Where you go to get Josh Burton's Morpheus Rig:

http://www.joshburton.com/projects/morpheus.asp

Tutorials for the Rig:

101 - "The Rig As Is"
http://vimeo.com/15408384

102 -"Making Morphy Your Own"
http://vimeo.com/15465514

103 - "Blendshape That!"
http://vimeo.com/15601616

104 - "The Shelf"
http://vimeo.com/15741579

and for fun, check out

The Ex'pression College Morpheus Wardrobe Project Blog:

http://ecmwp.blogspot.com/

bonus - firefox plugin for downloading video
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloader-player/

my thesis animatic

this is my thesis animatic, i'm hoping that i can do this in this class, but i need another week to finish the model, is that ok?

Animation For Show Reel

Part 2

Here are the last 3 I'm going to be working on. The Last one, the sounds is not working because Maya keept on crashing on me

E

Show Reel Animations

Part 1

Here are the animations I'm going to be working on this semester for my show reel

E

Short Film Animatic

The Animatic I presented for Mid Point. This will give you and idea of my story, but I should point out that things have chaged both in shots and actions, but the chages are in storyboard format.

INSTRUCTOR POST - anm421 Assignment List - Do Any Two

The following is the list of the possible assignments you can do in ANM421. Over the 15 week term you will do any two of these assignments. This means you will have 7 weeks to complete each assignment. Careful planning and steady progress over the entire time are critical to producing good results on these assignments.

1. Character Acting/Dialogue Shot. 15-20 max length with 2 (or more) characters. Could just be silent acting. Keep both characters visible in the scene the entire time and remember that the character not speaking is still acting. The interaction between the two characters is a big part of this assignment.

2. Animation for Games. A basic videogame character set: Idle, Run, Idle2Run, Run2Idle, 3Strike Attack and Running Jump. A character description is required as part of your planning process. Idle: 8 sec long with 2 character “gestures”. Run: 18-24 frames long. Idle2Run and Run2Idle: 1-3 sec each. 3Strike Attack: start/end in idle pose, 3 strikes (armed or unarmed) with each blow more powerful and some forward movement throughout. Running Jump: start/end with start of Run Cycle.

3. Dance/Paired Animation. 15-20 sec max length with 2 (or more) characters with close physical interaction and synchronized choreography, though not necessarily touching. Could be dance (set to music), melee fighting or grappling. Careful reference is critical here.

4. Gymnastics/Obstacle Course/Parkour. 15-20 sec max length. Once character moving through an environment, engaging in broader more physical movement.

5. Creature/Non-Humanoid. 15-20 sec max length. 4 (or more) legged creature. Acting and moving around in an environment.

Remember that 15-20 sec is the maximum time limit, suitable for simpler scenes. 10-12 sec is a good length to allow for good variation, but keep the work manageable. A smaller amount of quality polished work is better than a large unfinished piece.

INSTRUCTOR POST - Welcome New Students

Welcome to the AAU Spring Semester of 2011 everyone!

This is a persistent online site I use to allow my students in both sessions of ANM 421 to solicit and offer feedback on their animation. A few important notes:

1. Conduct yourself here as you would in the class. Play nice with others and be supportive and constructive with your comments. Limit the posting to information relevant to the class.

2. I use participation here as part of your class participation mark. If you're shy this is a great way to be involved in the classroom discussion. You'll notice that I have alumni of my class following the blog still. With a little luck they may also offer some critique on your work. To my prior ANIM421 students, please feel free to offer some guidance anytime.

3. This blog is as helpful as you make it. Be active with comments, post your work regularly and take advantage of this venue. Monitor this site at lease once a week. I will use this as a forum to answer common questions, so you don't want to miss out.

Even If you're new to blogging you'll find this a pretty painless and straightforward process. If you have something from class you'd like to show: just playblast your work, click "new post" on the upper right corner of the screen and use the "add video" button on the right side of the upper menu of the new post interface.

I try to look in here regularly and offer critique and guidance as well. Welcome to the blog and have a great time.

INSTRUCTOR POST - The Ex'pression College Morpheus Wardrobe Project is underway

An idea that I had bouncing around in my head when I first saw Josh Burton's Morpheus rig is finally getting some legs. (You can check out Josh's rig here.)

The basic idea is to create a persistent online archive of costumes for use with the Morpheus rig so that animation community has a robust alternative to the aging Norman rig. If you'd like to offer feedback, suggestions or if you'd just like to follow our progress, check out the blog here.