BA1b: Stop Motion Project | BOX MAN 2

I wanted to improve as well with my Box Man animation I decided to do it again and make it more appealing and consistent. In this animation I tried to be much more careful when moving the character so that his movement could look more fluent and believable. Although the result was much better that the previous tests, I feel that his movement has some problems when he his lifting the box, and t needed a some anticipation as well to be better.

BA1b: Stop Motion Project | Bouncing Ball 2

Not happy with the results of the first animations of the bouncing ball I decided that I should do it again and improve is quality. So this time I was more careful when moving the ball through every frame which resulted in a much better animation with less inconsistency and a better timing. I also edited the video after in order to try to delete the iron armature that holds the ball so that we could focus only on the ball giving to the animation a more clean look.

BA1b: Stop Motion Project | Frankewennie

I found this videos that a bit behind the process of making this movie and shows the role and the relationship of the animators with the director. It is interesting to see that the animators have to move the mouth of the puppet, for example, something that contrast with productions made by LAIKA.

BA1b: Animated Sketchbook | Self Portrait

I have finished my animation of the self-portrait. I choose to do it in a more cartooned way because it was more simple to animate and I had to manage my time the best I could. Overall I think it looks very good despite some issues in a few frames. I think is movement really works and the character has good poses and a strong silhouette. I used some of the principles of animation such as follow through, stretch and squash and secondary action, which gave a very believable and credible look to the animation. Due to the lack of free time I needed a few extra time specially because I wanted to improve some things, such as the movement of the scarf, and in the end I am very happy with the result.

BA1b: Research | Week 9

This week I finished writing my essay however, after looking to him I need to improve it. It is a bit to repetitive so I am trying to make it more fluid and less boring. Since English is not my first language I end up writing a lot of the same words so at this point I want to replace some words so that it doesn't sound to monotonous. Unfortunately, to do that I am going to need some extra time not only for this project but for the other ones as well. Due to my lack of free time was not able to have everything ready as I wanted and to improve my work and finish some things I need a bit more time, which for me is very disappointing.

BA1b: Animated Sketchbook | Week 9

This week I did my storyboard to the cactus and preparing my animation on my sketchbook. My goal with this animations is going to be the exploration of his shape and facial expressions. In that way I can keep it very simple but at the same time apply some of the principles that would make the animation look more natural. At the same time this week I continued animating the self portrait and it is looking very nice. I just keep forgetting about my blog and is something that I now that it is very important because it makes us reflect about our own work and makes us research but I at this point I am more focus on finishing doing the animations.

BA1b: Introduction to Digital 3D | Week 5

This week I try to develop some animations by myself using MAYA. I am worried about the lack of free time that I have at the moment but I am trying to do as much as I can when I do have some time. I did a couple animation where I explore a bit more of the changing of expression but also try to make the a rig run. Despite some problems with the arc of the hand at the beginning, in the end the animation and his movement looked good. I am going to try to do one more animation where I want to add follow through to the character's movement.

BA1b: Stop Motion Project | Week 6

So this week I am trying to have everything ready to submit however, I am not going to be able to finish everything on time, specially because I want to improve some of my animations and improve my essay as well. I am really disappointed but I was not able to have everything ready so, considering that I asked for a couple weeks extra. My week was more focus on the other projects but since my essay is focus on the hero of Frankenwennie I search about the process of making the film.

BA1b: Introduction to Digital 3D | Exploring the rig | Running

So I wanted to make this rig running or walking so that I had the chance to animate the movements of the arms. I decided to make him run because that was something that I just didn't do it before. I left to the end the movement of the arms and I had some problems making the hand to follow the arc of the  arm. But after I finally did it, the animation looks good and credible.

BA1b: Introduction to Digital 3D | Exploring the rig | IIH

So to explore a bit more about the character reaction I did this animation. I was having some problems with the timing, but after managed to correct some of the issues I was having, the animation looked good and I am pleased with the result.