Basic Foundations Progress Reel

Here is my Progress Reel for my first Animation Mentor Term, mentored by Chris Chua who has done some great work at Pixar. Having such a dedicated teacher for my first mentor was a surreal blessing. I had a ton of classmates with a lot more experience, they all gave me great motivation, especially Sven and Mike. Cheers

Enjoy!

Squash & Stretch 01

Posting the first version of this assignment. My other projects have me slammed right now and, oh yeah, we're moving this weekend.

Goodness Gracious Great Balls...

The animation assignment here is to create a side shot with 2+ balls of different weights. I'm pretty pleased with it, but there were great things Chris Chua pointed out that I can do to plus it. I'll post the revision too.

We got some bounce in Utah too.

My first official bouncing ball, I learned a lot about workflow and the efficiency of layering keys separately rather than keying all attributes for a frame.

I also taught myself how to texture a basketball by shooting some pics and stitching them together.

The first frame is a pose intended to exude EXCITEMENT. My thanks for anything to let me know how I can make the shots tighter.

There's a ton of learning ahead!

My first baby steps

Here is my first walk cycle ever, I wanted to get some outside-Animtation-Mentor work done as classes got going to keep pushing myself. Although it will be a while before I get into character animation, I'd like to start practicing now. My mechanics and workflow will only improve at the rate I'm willing to put in the work.

I started Animation Mentor this week with mentor Chris Chua, an animator over at Pixar. From this first week one thing really stands out, he has a wonderful ability to be at ease no matter who he's talking with and help them feel comfortable as well.

AM Semester 1 start-up 10 days and counting

One small step for this year, one giant leap toward the rest of my life (over dramatic I know). I'm trying to learn how to move convincingly, there's a world of range in which I can fall from Tex Avery's slapstick style to National Geographic dry documentary. The second clip I am aiming for slightly angst, disinterested teenager being told he need so to do/change something. It's the feeling I want to avoid throughout my life. Why block myself off from learning more, growing, or accomplishing something; if I ever want those things sooner or later I will have to do/change something.



More soon, I'm trying a crouch to runcycle. It's winning so far. :{

Exercising the Arm

Here is an assignment from the Springboard class I finished in November. This taught me a ton real fast. All of a sudden I was using motion with an inorganic object. I wasn't shooting for overlap or follow through on this, just the arc of the motions.

I hope ya dig. Getting the block to settle after was a particularly hard thing since I had to deconstrain in then animate it independently.

I start the full blown coarse work for Animation Mentor in 19 days! I'll post up a couple more before then.