Project Q

Long overdue update here. Right after the Christmas holiday we started working in pairs of one animator and one CG artist to make a 5 second quadruped shot. We worked together on the initial design after which the CG artist tightened up any loose ends and took it into 3D. i had the pleasure of working with the very talented Frederik Storm.

The creature we ended up with is called the Royal Boose, a strange bird/moose hybrid. Here's the final shot, uploaded by Frederik:

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Pantomime and Dialogue

That's all for now.

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Update Time Again

Man, I'm getting terrible at updating. Here are my assignments since last time.

For this one we had to come up with a character, complete with backstory and everything. My guy is an old prospector, who thinks everyone is after his gold.

Here, my guy is an eager private investigator's assistant running from the mob.

This was my midway exam. Guy sneaks in, sees something out of the corner of his eye, is startled, and runs off.

And this last thing is a collaboration between the animators and the CG artists. It's a trailer for a different take on the movie 'Citizen Kane' - a very different take :D I animated the bit from when he yells Grossbutt to when they are about to go over the waterfall.

That's it for now.

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Much Needed Update

It would appear that I've skipped a few updates. Time to rectify.

First some walks and runs from a while back:

Next, the end result of our one-week course on rigging - just a little taste of the subject.

And lastly, something for a TAWmonkey challenge. Theme here was 'Jimmy'.

That seems to be it for right now.

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Introducing Hogan

After the floursack we went on to a human-like character rig, These assignments are from the last two weeks, two short exercises, weightshift and a swing (a wimpy one) and a longer performance centered around a bow. My guy is a waiter who's used to waiting on celebrities, but has to wait on a farmer and his pig who got rich finding truffles. He is annoyed and very unimpressed.

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The Floursack Returns

Yeah, much like the first year, we got to work wuth a floursack. Had a really good time with these assignments. First we have the sack drop to the floor, then a hopcycle and lastly a short performance, going from sad to shocked.

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The Luxo Lamp

These are from our second week, going from simple balls to a real rig. Hopcycles and a small performance.

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Update Time!

Our final assignment from the first week, 'ball in a room'. We've moved to 3D, and so far it's going fine. More updates to come :D

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