Short film on the way!!

Started animating our short for the year this week after a few speed bumps in pre production. looking forward to getting to grips with the models, here's a first draft animation that we decided to change. Started out as a test for the rig but got carried away with myself and animated the scene. The re-work is quite different and does look a lot better but we decided not to put any of the final pieces up on the web till the whole film is complete. This one was a good test run, as we figured out a few problems with the rigs that we have since sorted out.

Lipsync on Maya

Been working on fine tuning this one for the last few weeks. Pretty happy with it, first attempt at acting in 3D, and first lipsync on Maya

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BOJF1d34XM&feature=youtu.be

skip

Got this project earlier in the year and decided it was time to finish it off and get it online. Had to show primary, secondary and tertiary action, which basically means something pulling something that's pulling something else, in this case, legs/body pulling arms that are pulling balloon.

Showreel

Edited showreel up on YouTube, fixed a few things and changed one of the clips, must remember never to put filler in a showreel

More Life Drawing Experimenting

Starting to get the hang of this, and definitely need some more colour work in my portfolio anyway.

Hadn't used colouring pencils much, think I need to invest in a better set than what I have but like where this one brought me.

Again using chalk pastels, slightly less abstract than my last post and not sure about the colour of the background but figure looks well and light on the ground worked very well.

 Best picture of the day, acrylic on sugar paper. have always been a fan of impressionism and tried to replicate some of that here. did a full figure study before this one, but decided to focus in on the main torso and it worked much better

Maya

Started a Maya nightcourse about 7 weeks ago in college, hadn't used the software much before this, and it's been a huge help. here's my walk cycle with a double-take resolve

Life Drawing

Going through an experimental phase in life drawing class for this week and the next 2, use of different media and colour pallets should point us in the right direction for personalising out portfolio for the end of the year. Here's some of the more successful results.

Both are chalk pastel on sugar paper, my favourite medium to work in and seems to be the most effective. Particularly like the pink/purple one, up for consideration to go in the portfolio at the end of the year