Class 4 Hog Clip Facial Animation (wks1-3)

Weeks 1- 3 we worked on animating the facial animation for our character. Here is the rest of my progress on that shot and a final render. I also included my facial poses that we did based on photographs. It was a good way to get used to the facial controls on the Bishop rig.

Facial Blocking (wk01)
Facial Refining (wk02)
Facial Final (wk03)
Hog Clip Final (for now)

Class 3 Work

Here is my work from class 3. I haven't had time to keep up with this blog, but still wanted to show my weekly assignments.

Letter Blocking (wk02)
Letter Blocking Plus (wk03)
Letter Refining (wk04)
Letter Final (wk05)

Hog Clip Blocking (wk07)
Hog Clip Blocking Plus (wk08)
Hog Clip Splining (wk09)
Hog Clip Refining (wk10)
Hog Clip Polishing (wk11)

Class 302

This week we learned more about pantomime, which is something I'm definitely into since I wanted to do my 2d short film all in pantomime. I don't mind animating in pantomime and would actually prefer it to doing tons of dialog shots. To me animation done in pantomime is animation in its purest form. Too many movies lately have been talking heads. I don't even remember what lame jokes those characters are saying half the time, but I still remember how sad Dumbo looked when his mother was locked up.

The Letter Blocking

Class 301

Class 3, Intro to Acting. My Mentor this quarter is Dimos Vrysellas. He has an extensive background in animation and seems to be an all around highly energetic guy. Our first class got right into acting and animation, a lot of good stuff. My first assignment is to do a pantomime shot with stewie having two distinct and contrasting "beats" that tell a basic story. So basically having him change his emotional state in a shot and showing that internal thought process and how it comes out in the acting and animation. The sky is the limit with this assignment. I thought of a bunch of ideas. One idea I had that I wanted to do was having Stewie all anxious and excited about a blind date, but when he finally goes to open the door and sees her he is horrified and afraid by her appearance. He then slams the door only to open it again to throw out the bouquet of flowers he is holding. I thought that could have had some funny business, but decided it might be way too long as well as hard to make the girl stewie look really ugly since the model only has two eyes and a round head. So in the end I choose to do something simple. Stewie is going through his mail and comes across a letter that he never anticipated. He jumps up and runs off excited waving it in the air to show his other Stewies I suppose. So here is my planning for that Idea.

Class 212

Week 12, the last week of Class 2, Body Mechanics. Overall I wish I could have devoted more time to this class I will post my Class 2 reel here once it's all together. I'm really looking forward to the next Class, Intro to acting, sweet!

Class 2 Reel (coming soon)

Class 211

Week 11 our final animation was due. I still feel it's only about 70% there of what I can do to it. This is the version I uploaded as my final. I have since polished it up more and tweaked some timing, poses etc. Once I have my 2d assignment revised I will post my final Class 2 reel under week 12.

Sticky Door Polishing