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!

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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.