Guard Reach shot

ok did this yesterday, will be working on it more today to fix his left hand maybe. Lewis seems happy with it more or less. After this shot is done today i will move onto one of my other shots. Hopefully will do a breadbeard one next.

MASSIVE UPDATE

^ this is shot 37 ( guard jets of down the isle and looks back quick scared lol. did this shot yesterday. i am pleased with it i timed it exactly to the animatic like i do with all my shots so it makes it easier for lewis when he puts it all together.




this is the shot were the guard looks up towards the cerial in shock at the cerial. hes so excited that hes seen it he must go to get it. This shot was done this week on monday i think. enjoy

more work coming

Patches in the air shot

I did this last week there are two different versions. i like the top one best. not sure if much will be changed in this shot now and i need to get on with the other shots.

weekly news

This week i got bad news that the dummy project had folded. Cant say i did not see this happening but was a big surpise to me when we are so close to the finish line. Some Members of the dummy team put in a lot of effort into that project, so it wasn't nice to hear it had been folded. How ever JB the Dummy team leader did say he might want to finish it over the summer which i wont want any part of because i will need to get my life in gear for its next stage and i just wont have time i don't think.

So now that's been cleared up all i have left to work on now is the pirates project, which is ok as i do have a lot of work still do on it mainly animation. I have also asked sarah varall if i can work on the gnomes project as well to do some character animation on a few shots. So hopefully i might get some work if they really get stuck for time.

Now back to the pirates project...................OHHH DEAR. lets be honest its the 23rd of april and i still have not seen one decent final renderd shot of this project yet. Other projects have been working on the look of the project for weeks now and have it perfectly set up with the lighting and stuff. We are not even at that stage yet and we should be by now as it would be nice if the pirates project looked as good as some of the other projects. We havnt even done tests in after effects yet to get the final look. its such a shame as this is going to hit us hard if we dont have this sorted out in the next 3 weeks!!. Other projects are all set now and just need to animate and render and thats it. oH and com-posit aswell.

Also lets not forget that we still have not got all the rigs ready yet or even tested them. patches is ok and works so thats fine. but the guard i dont think is done yet its close tho. breadbead is being done now but i dont no how long that will take. walker is not even rigged and weighted yet wtf?

ok the Micheal quirk situation is a shame we would have been miles ahead if the guy turned up into college and did what he was supposed to do....... which was rig the characters???? i think. One of the other main issues with the group is most days not all of us are in together. So only lewis really knows whats going on. Mu li and tom know a bit but confuse me sometimes with that is going on. there is a lack of communication between us all as everyone shows up on different days. Everyone is working on seperate things so we can sit together and see where we are all at. i think this is enough rant from me but this project will not get finished to its full potential unless things are sorted out next week before may. This project can get finished just not sure if we will get the time to get it how lewis may of wanted it to look.

patches wall hit finished!

Ok this shot is done now. I am happy with it Lewis wanted to change a few things. Such as removing the feet wiggle and I made his hands go up more when he slips down and make his head turn at the bottom and not at the top. I also added patches hair giggle when he flys through the air to give a sense of speed.

did some more on this shot today

i added some facial expression to patches today as he looks back at the camera quick. I Changed the arms slightly i think not sure tho. I am happy with this shot now and i will probably move onto one of patches other shots Wednesday. When this has the sound with it and the camera shake when he hits the wall i'm sure the viewer will like it =)

weekly progess report and next week tasks

so this week i started animating one of my shots for the pirates project which was going to be a final and finished version. I also started some of the Dummy project block out shots. Today i am starting a essay for one of our other projects called PPD so i must do that today as it needs to be in by Monday!.

Next week i have to show Lewis one of my finished shots which is when patches hits the wall so see if hes happy with it for me to move onto my next shot which will be when patches is flying in the air. I also next week will be working on more of the block out shots for the dummy project. When all my block out shots are done and jb is happy with them i can move on to getting them properly done and animated.

Overall i am fairly happy with the work that i have done this week. I don't think time has been wasted and next week i hope to get more work done at a good quality level =)

patches wall hit (final)

Ok same 3 shots, but each slightly different with the legs and head, tell me what one you prefer. I like the last one best as his head don't turn til much later.

Dummy block out shots (scene 3)

ok so these are some of the block out shots for the Dummy film. I did these yesterday and they are fine for what we need so far. Everyone is also working on there block out shots in the group. Once Jb is happy with them we can move onto the next part of the animation phase

tasks for this week.

ok so this week i need to finish of the shot of patches hitting the wall for a final version for Lewis. Then sometime this week hopefully Thursday i can do some animation for the dummy project to yay =)

everything so far is more or less going well. Just need to put my foot down and get the work done and to a standard that will do my peers and college proud!

Patches hitting wall new

ok so i started this today after lunch. This will be the final time i do this shot. all i have done it patches hitting the wall nothing else yet. No slide or anything. Please tell me what you think so far.

patch flying shot (test)

did this today, another test lol. In the final version i would change the mouth so it don't change so early. I would also probably make the arms spaz out more up and down. Hopefully will start the final shots beginning next week if all the chars are ready.

patches hitting the wall shot. (test)

same shot but 3 different angles for you to see. I did this yesterday took me 3 hours i think. This was the first time i used this rig. It's pretty good there are some problems of course such as you cant stretch out his arms and legs much or the models skin goes funny. Lewis said when you key frame this blendshapes you cant see the keyframes on the time-line which is annoying when we come to lip sync this character. Tom said he would try fix this and also add a wobble deform-er for patches hair.

new lip sync test for pirates

heres another test i did today in college which took 2 hours-ish. i am fairly happy with it. but again this is just a test to help give me the training again for when i do the final real thing with the proper characters. This again had no work done on the line graph just like the one i did before. not bad tho....

tomorrow i am using the finished patches rig for pirates to start 2 of the final scenes.

1. patches hitting wall ahead of him
2. patches flying through the air.

First lip sync test for pirates project

ok so i managed to do this test in just over 2 hours!!! not bad i rekon. Ive still got it!!!! well i think i do if i get a few days to polish of a shot like this. Please note this test was just to test my skills again at lip sync!. This was not a test to show of character animation skills!!!. Lewis seemed fairly happy with it for the time i did it in and was more impressed with it then what the second years did and they had like 4 days i think and were still not up to the standard which lewis is wanting which is fair enough. This is breadbeard talking anyway i really like the voices in this film and cannot wait to do some more tests for my folder. On the final one i do i will obviously spend alot more time on the movement and actions of the character in this scene to make it really special for the film. But at least this test has shown me that im still not a bad animator and can defently bring something to the table. =)

assets complete for pirates!

ok i have finished the last 2 assets that i was assigned to do. i am very pleased with them both. the small bottle took me a while to master as i have never modeled one before. The big bottle did not take that long tho because i was much quicker at it which was good. the red bottle hasnt been smoothed yet but it looks good when it's smooth. i left it UN smoothed so it would be easier for ash to uv map as that is what he asked me to do.

so now what im doing next is using the max rig to start lip sync test's for the pirates project. i have my shots ready to animate for dummy just need to start that next week so all is ok at the moment.....