PROJECT 1: Animation & Compositing
We had to use greenscreen and models we had made to produce a stop motion animation. I worked with Dec and Celia and we made a piece called "The Happy Onion". It was a fun project to start with and I learnt a lot about the cameras and software as I have not made many stop-motion animations before. We then tried to remove the green screen but unfortunately our screen was quite yellow so we had to use a mask instead.
PROJECT 2: Timing & Motion
The task was to animate a simple block in flash so that it took on the qualities of certain objects. To practice we animated our blocks moving across the screen; accelerating and decelerating; and swinging like a pendulum. The objects the block had to seem like were an apple, a balloon, a cannonball and a bouncy ball. I am happiest with the outcome of the "cannonball" as the short movements I used give it a sense of weight. I struggled to make the block move like a balloon so I should have maybe got a balloon or watched a video of one on YouTube to help me.
PROJECT 3: Animating in Maya
Using what we'd learnt about motion we animated a bouncing ball in Maya. We learnt how to use squash and stretch to make the movement more dynamic and convincing. I hadn't used Maya before and occasionally I got confused when using keyframes but I am used to the program now and this project was really useful for me to learn.
PROJECT 4: Walk Cycle Foundation
As a class, Mario explained and demonstrated how to draw key poses for a walk cycle then fill the betweens. We had to make one walk sequence from the side, one from the front and an animal walk sequence.
I used Toon Boom Studio 4.5 for all of these. The drawings are a little scruffy and awkward looking but I think I know understand the basics of a walk cycle. I should practice these and also attempt to include arm movements in order to improve.
For my animal walk sequence I decided to look at raccoons. The YouTube link above is the resource I used to make my own animation; it was very helpful to watch. I think my attempt was okay but it could have done with more frames to make it smoother and more emphasis on how the back leg lands before the corresponding front leg.
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