Class 3 here I come!

So I'm kind of a lousy blogger... been busy doing animation!

In Class 2 we worked on 3 shots... Here's the reel of everything so far...

I'm still not the best at polishing but I'm getting there :)

Class 3 will be awesome. We do 3 shots but we can connect them with a theme... and start some acting.

Well, post back in a whiles...

Oh, by the way.... My new mentor is Mike Gasaway. He worked on Jimmy Neutron and some other Nickelodeon shows... I use to watch Jimmy Neutron when I was little :p so that will be cool... well, tootles.

I'm not dead...yet

In Class II we're given 4 weeks on projects. Week One we shoot reference, week 2 block it, week 3 more blocking, and then they're due on week 4. This being week four I can actually show you something.

Here it is:

Kinda boring, yes? I was going for that :) I was just going for the weight.

Next four weeks will be interesting. My next project is a bit more exciting.

I'm not going to tell you what it is but here's my reference for it.

That's me running. My roommate's lying in the snow, poor chap.

We got some new models this week. A Stu without arms and a Ballie with arms.... fun fun.

Well, 'till next time nonexistent fan base.

Back from a long winters nap...

Winter break was fun. Didn't really do much but it was nice. For xmas I got some cool sculpting and rigging books (along with some random stuff like a daily calender of The Onion:] )

Class 2 is here. It will be done before I know it. My mentor this time is Elliott Roberts (no relation... that I know of) My goals are to animate with better... well, body mechanics. Also I want to get better at drawing people and capturing poses. Well, here... we... go!

Week 12- Class One is over...

There's a wee break between Class I and II so I can recharge my batteries.

Over the holiday I'm going to watch some sculpting videos so I can make better props...

Well here's my progress video. It's the past weeks projects.... Behold!

It is most recent to earliest.... except on the poses, which are earliest to latest.

Looking forward to Class Two... Body Mechanics should be very helpful.

Well, over and out.... I'll probably post back "next year".

Ahh week 11.

At the beginning of our blogging adventures I intended to post weekly for you, my dear reader. That will not be the case since I am busy doing animation! I'm going to be a bit more lax about posting EVERYTHING... Instead I will update every so often and show a few things from past weeks. That being said, I'm almost done with Class 1! We're working on walks right now... After I polish this weeks walk I'll post some stuff. So I leave you with this....

Here are a few poses...

Exhausted

Concern

Strength

And just for fun...

Out of the mucky mucky of animation rose something more polished... I'm proud of my stuff the past few weeks but still have a long way to go... I think class two will be helpful. It's body mechanics.

Week 5

This week we made an obstacle course....

I'm really trying to digest all this animation information I've been getting recently... 

We also made a devastated Stu.

Poor little fella'....

Week 4 and counting...

A bit late on posting this... It's actually week 5! I've been learning so much already. Week 4 we experimented with different weighted balls.

Here was my first attempt:




I liked the ending but the balls didn't seem to have proper weight.


So I made this one.

But yeah, almost done with week 5!