Last Assignment Completed!

And so ends my long journey through AM, but my education is FAR from being complete. The last 12 weeks I think I've made some big strides, but I still need tons of practice.

The reel that I ended up with isn't really that complete. My final shot isn't finished, and only have two other pantomime shots with the simpler rig. I definitely need to do a lot more acting and dialog shots for myself and get those as good as I can get them. As of now though, I'm pretty tired of looking at the work that I've done, and I'm not sure if I'll carry on polishing those shots.

I need at least one more reel worthy acting shot for my reel before I even want to think about applying anywhere for a job. There's some really tough competition out there from both pros and my classmates, and I need to get myself up to that level.

For now though...some much needed rest.

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Remember that pose I promised a while back? Just did it today, enjoy.

Class 2 Shot 1

Hey what's up minimal readership? I'm finally done with my first animation for my second class. But first, I'll rewind a bit. My new mentor for this class is Martin Hopkins. He is trained in classical animation from Sheridan College and has transitioned into 3D, with his entire professional career pretty much at Dreamworks Animation for the last 13 or so years. He is currently working on Shrek 4, which he claims isn't as bad as you would think and is better than Shrek 3; which I haven't seen. So far he has been pretty great. He sometimes gets out of his chair and acts out something on the camera for you to see instead of just relying on drawing over our frames. His inputs have gotten me from my initial blocking pass up to the polish of the final (although he hasn't seen that yet). Anyways, here is my progress from blocking to final: You might also find this pretty interesting. After we set some keyframes, this is what we use to refine and polish our animations. ...

Walkcycle

Well before Lost, I completed my 2nd go at a basical walk cycle. It's missing some in-betweens but I just wanted to get those steps down first before I tried anything else. It's in the gallery. But here it is anyways. [caption id="attachment_56" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Walkcycle #2"] [/caption] Based off the guide from the Animator's Survival Kit.

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