Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Mary Castaneda - Blocking Pass #1




Hey everyone!! This is my first blocking pass, and I think I'm the first one posting a dance sequence. Any critique/observations/notes will help! Have a good week. :)

Mary :)

PS: Posted during class. Hehe.

Scott Cho: Blocking Pass 2


Hey Guys. I have added some additional key poses since last week, thanks to some reference I shoot. I still need more time to work on characters' wrist and fingers.

Is the last key pose of a girl with a pizza box look awkward?

I want to focus on characters' acting for a while before I can start work on mouth shapes and facial expression.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Toshi_Blocking 1st Pass



Hi everyone, This is my 1st blocking pass of :Parkour: assignment. I found some Poarkour references and combined those video that I am observing now. However, I'm not sure I can move camera like this video or not.

Thank you.

BLOCKING FIRST PASS

Monday, February 13, 2012

Scott Cho: Blocking Pass 1


Hey guys. Here's my first blocking for "acting" assignment and I am still trying to come up with better acting poses. So far, I only have done a few poses and did not add mouth shapes on time.

In a following week, I will try to add mouth shapes and extra blocking poses.

Thank you!

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Mike Grabski_Blocking 1st Pass

Hi everyone, I hope everyone is having a great week so far!  So here is what I have for my blocking so far.  I'd love to hear any ideas or critiques about it.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

INSTRUCTOR POST - Welcome New Students

Welcome to the AAU Spring Semester of 2012

This is a persistent online site I use to allow students in my class to solicit and offer feedback on their animation. There are 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. Participation accounts for 20% of your total grade! If you're shy this is a great way to be involved in the classroom discussion. You get points for posting your work or for giving feedback on other people’s animation.

3. Title each post with your name, for example: “David Latour: Blocking Pass 1”. Your blogger ID may not be something I recognize.  You don't want to miss out on participation marks when you post here.

4. 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 least once a week. I will use this as a forum to make general announcements and 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, use the following steps:
·         Playblast your work (approx resolution 720x480, convert to .mov, with H264 compression)
·         Post the movie file on any video streaming site (YouTube, Vimeo)
·          Copy the “embed HTML” from the streaming site
·         In blogger click "new post" on the upper right corner of the screen and click on the "edit HTML" tab on the top right of the new post and paste the code in the window.
5. Blogger works best with Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome. If you have technical issues: try switching your browser. Make sure you login with the Google ID that you were invited with or you won’t be able to post or comment.

Every time someone adds a new post or comments on an existing one, I get a direct email. I try to look in here regularly and offer critique and guidance as well. This blog will be available as space allows, so you will be able to continue posting here after the end of term. (You may even see former students offering feedback here.)
Welcome to the blog and have a great time.

*Your first assignment:  Post your name in the comments of this welcome message with a sentence or two about what you hope to learn in this class and the two assignments you plan to do.