3D Munkey walk cycle

Hello there,

This project we  had to make a walk cycle by using a monkey rig called Munkey. After trying out the walk on easy model of Burt finding out what I had to do. Munkey model is harder to work with as he didn't any knees.

Here is the rig Munkey before I Animated it the way I wanted too.

Here is my videos.

Munkey with the Help lines.

From the Front.

From the side.

From the back.

When I make video I made it a long walk but for some reason my clip was only a sec I don't know what happened.

I like this rig so much I made some pictures of Munkey laughing sitting on a box. 

By using this box I made Munkey jump from the box its not great as it wasn't a project and I have not done a jump in 3D.

Thank you for reading.

Burt the tester

Hello there,

Burt is a rig we got given that we had to make walk. This is mine it's not a project but I thought I should show you as I somehow had a problem I made a mistake and broke his leg.

Thank you for reading

2D Walking cycle

Hello there,

This is my Walking cycle I did a lot of research for this project. I researched walking, the human form and the human skeleton.

I looked at this photo by Muybridge. It's not great but the photo wasn't made for animation it was to see movement.

This the research I did on the walk cycle that other people has drawn. With the drawings I can see what other people can do. Not everyone's thoughts of the walk cycle is the same.

This is skeleton form I wanted to look at  where the bones will be as the animation we have to do is will lines or just a form we can put in detail yet. 

Here is what I have made. it is not great as I didn't move my back right in my animation. I needed to put in more stretch and squash. I used colour so you can see what leg or arm is where.

It is a bit jumpy with the next walk cycle we need to draw next week I will see what I did wrong.

Thank you for reading.

Finished storyboards.

Hello there,

This is my finished storyboards. I wish I had more time to put more detail in my drawings but this is what I made with the time I had.

We had to put 3 drawings at a time one the board and write under it what was on the script. So the person that is reading it knows what is going on.

Thank you for reading.

Storyboarding

Hello there,


A storyboard is a very important tool, helping direct the animaotrs and show them what to draw and how the story flows. We were given a task to create a storyboard, using a pre-written script. In reality, there would also be a character designer but we would have to create our own as part of the task.


I chose Ranger Rick’s Adventures Story by Gerry Bishop 
(N.B. Ranger Rick is a Racoon) 


EXT. DEEP GREEN WOOD 


Ranger Rick, Scarlett Fox, and Boomer Badger are hanging around in Deep Green Wood as dusk settles in, with SF sitting on a rock, RR leaning against a nearby tree with legs and arms crossed, and BB idly kicking a pine cone lying on the ground. It’s a warm summer evening, and they’re wondering what to do for fun. 


SF: I have an idea. Let’s go watch fireflies. I know a place where there are THOUSANDS of them! 


BB: Cool! I just LOVE to make firefly rings! 


Here are some early sketches to help work out what the characters are going to look like in my storyboard.

Ranger Rick

Here is my drawings of Ranger Rick. 

Here is one of the Photos I looked at to see what a raccoons face looked like. 

Scarlett Fox

This is my drawings of  Scarlett Fox. I don't think this is my best work for a character she is meant to be a fox but she looks more like a dog. I did a couple sketches but this was the best I could do. 

This is one of the photos I looked at for Scarlett.

Boomer Badger

This is Boomer the badger. I think this one is the best out the 3 myself. I think i got the likeness of a badger there.

This is one of the photo's I looked for my badger.

I will write a new post with my finished storyboards.

Thank you for reading.

Some drawings.

Hello there,

Here are some drawings I did when I was bored.

This is Jim my little character I used to draw when I was younger this is him older.

Two dragons fighting. I think I draw this because I was thinking of dragon wars and i wanted to watch it.

This drawing was only a test with water colours.

Thank you for reading.

Sketchbook work

Hello there,

Sorry it has been a while that I have write on here but here is some drawings from my sketchbook project I have been doing.

ANIMAL ANTICS

This task is draw animals from life all week.

Have a go at stylising them afterwards.

Think of them as though they were actors that you were casting for your latest film.

At the end of the week do a drawing of them all together on a page on the film set.

This is a study of Hero

Mine and my boyfriends pet axolotl.

This a study I did on wolves.

I have done more drawings for this project but it would be to much to put on.

TANGERINE DREAM

This task is care to look at the form.

Now make or draw an animation character based on the form of that piece of fruit.

(S/he doesn’t have to be a fruity character, just the shape).

This is my drawing of a orange.

I have made a orange bird and a orange faery.

And this is my apple and tomato.

I draw a apple monster and a tomato hippie. 

There is more tasks and there is more to come.

Thank you for reading.

3D Model test

Hello there,

This a little test to see how to move a model. Hope you like what I have done.

This was my first test I wanted the model to look like it was saying I don't know.

For one test we have to hand in so see what we can do. So I thought of this one a model pointing at something (laughing or giving the look of death).

This is my finished one my model laughing at someone. I wanted to do this because I wanted to use a lot of movement.

This is going to be the one I am going to be handing in.

Zombies!!

Because I am a bit of a horror nut I had to make one with a zombie. 

From this side you can see the zombie from the front going for the victim.

and from the side seeing both models in full.

and now be hide the zombie looking the fear of the victim.

Thank you for reading.

2D Take or double take

Hello there,

With this task, we have to do a double take.
We had to start off with the character in the middle of the screen relaxing and doing nothing.
Then we had to draw him glance to the side pause him looking then looking back to the middle then look again but now make me act what he has just seen.

I have made 2 does I don't think that first one I made didn't look right but the second to come out right as well I think. Don't think this was my week.

 

This is my first one this one is a bit longer then my second one.

Thank you for reading.

3D Ball and chain

Hello there,

With This Task, with a rope we had to move a ball and chain side to side with the right movements and overlap.

I don't think I did the overlap right way and the movement doesn't look right.

Thank you for reading.

Living box

Hello there,

This is a 2D task. For this task we had to make our box character hear a sound and see what happens.

For my character being scared from a sound and running off. Think I might of done it a bit to quick.

Thank you for reading.

3D bouncing ball

Hello there,

This is my 3D animation work from my bouncing ball. here are some animations I did for a tasks I had to do and a tester.

This is my tester you can even see the help lines to help me squash and stretch.

This is my finished squash and stretch task. I couldn't really get the rounding right.

This is my finished task as a animate the ball acting as a character. 

I tried to make my character look happy.

Thank you for reading.

Jumping box

Hello there,

I think I did so much wrong with this short video I did.
for this task me had to make a box jump. I failed at doing this I didn't have the camera in the right place and I did to many frames and for some reason my box since to get smaller.

thank you for reading.

Week 2

Hello there,

As you would of read from my little rant, Wednesday the 13th wasn't really great. Maya wasn't working on any of the computer in the animation studio so 3 hours of nothing. After tried doing my work at my flat but it was a no go because my internet wasn't working.

On 14 Thursday I had 2D we looked at everyone's football/bowling ball task videos to see what we can do better at what we did. Got shown about movement to go with the new task we have to do before Tuesday. After we had the support class stayed and did some work until I go. At 13.30 we had history we watched a over the top cartoon then we talked about ideology and also looked through the reading task we did. After history we had a screening of a film called Coonkin. I thought the film was ok but to be honest I didn't like it myself I couldn't get into it.

On 15 Friday was had motion studies. We draw a very loving lady in 30 sec, 1 minutes and 10-15 minutes movement. Later on after that we had design of animation we got more into storyboarding even had to go in groups and had to make a storyboard. Everyone had to ex plane they're storyboard to the class. Everyone's was different in little ways.  After the class it was back to flat time and I started on my 2D project, just need to put it together using the camera.

On the Saturday there was a animation get together and it was a night to remember. ^^

Thank you for reading.

Bad day

Had a bit of a bad day yesterday first maya wasn't working so wasn't able to do work, then I thought it might be a good idea to print out some work off the library computers as there the only ones we can use. everyone of them computers was full so when back to my Flat thought I would do some work on my laptop did that for a bit 2 friends came round to do they're work for history. When they left my internet cut out so I started  drawing and I put a film on.

By mistake I fell asleep for 2 hours, woke up internet still wasn't working. After 30mins it started working started loading my patch for WoW because I can only load the patch after 6 because then I can play WoW. I tried to finish reading text we need to do history after a hour the internet went again... The rage, around 9 my dear friend came over to get me a hand with my reading work. After she went I tried again still no go. I stayed up until 1 am staying to get it to work...

This is the drawing I made its a gnome warlock running after a imp.

thank you for reading my rant.

Falling Bowling ball and Football.

Hello there,

This is a task I was giving in 2D. I wasn't there for the first class so I hope I did it right.

I made these Animations by looking up drawings of balls falling but for the bowling ball all I had to do is remember that the bowling ball is heavy so then it hits the ground it wont bounce high as a normal ball.

when I had it all on paper I went down to class and got it all captured on the rostrum camera then I was finished.

Here you go...

This is the Football failing but it's more like a bouncing ball then a football.

This one is the bowling ball falling.

Let me know what you think :)

Some old drawings

Hello there,

I found some drawing from 2007-2008 on my computer and I thought that I would show you what I used to draw in my free time when I was doing my First Diploma course in Plymouth art college.

 

This is a little Anime drawing a did when i used to be really in to Anime but I am trying to move away from it now. 

 Here is the drawing in colour I did this by using Photoshop i was doing this as I was testing how I was going to colour in my final piece at the end of the year.

As I am a bit of a horror film nut I thought that I would make my charterer I had made into a zombie.

I never finished colouring this as you can see. I draw this to start with as I wanted a tattoo but in the end I didn't want one no more. 

This is my final piece I did for the year it was about time and memory. I thought of with the Photos through my Life and time with the grim reaper because everything comes to a end. 

I do have a lot more drawings on my computer but that would be to much to show. I hope you like what you have seen and thank you for reading.

Week 1

Hello there,

I started my course fully on the 6 October I had a 3D practice. This lesson is mostly about using Maya the 3D animation program and maybe many more programs in the further. In the lesson on Wednesday because it was the first lesson and to get us little by little in Maya we learnt about the short cuts that we need to know to work quickly when using Maya. Also got told how to save your projects in the right order so it wont get last. When my class finished I played around on Maya a bit to see how it works and all I could think of was god I got my work cut out for me... after that I went back to my Flat and had something quickly to eat then went into town for a little walk with a friend then when back and played some WoW.

On the 7 October I had 2D but I had to miss it as I had a Dyslexia Test for 3 hours but I might it might of been more then that. Because I missed the 2D class there was coursework we have to do by next week well just to say I think I know what am doing from what I have been told by class mates. When I was done I went to my 3D support class worked for a bit then went back to my flat to get ready for History and Theory. The lesson was interesting now I know about signs, iconic and symbolic also got told about means and more in animations, near the end we watch some old cartoons Felix from 1922, Krazy Kat from 1916 and Little Nemo 1911 after we looked at some theory's. When I got back to the flat I started on my work I needed to do for 2D (I hope I did it right)

I think this is what we have to do with a football and a bowling ball but by frame by frame and animate it. we will see what mine looks like later on. 

On the 8 October I had Motion studies the tutor spoke a bit about her self then about the class that we are going to be doing also about the task we have to do for our sketchbook because this is a short class of a hour and a half we couldn't do much in the way of drawing so we draw a skeleton for the end of class. For Design for Animation we watch some animations are tutor had done learned about different tips of film sizes and what we need to know about storyboarding. When it was time to go some friends took me down to the station to get a train to Plymouth for the weekend.

My summer

Because I haven't started my course yet I thought I would write a bit about myself and my summer to be honest I didn't do much this summer just chilled out with friends and play some computer games. I don't know why but I didn't really draw much after my finish work I had to do after my t.v and Films course in Plymouth I didn't really want to draw after drawing a lot of pandas and all my frames I had to draw.

When I finish my course I am hoping to start a business from home but am going to try and see if I can get a job with Blizzard but I don't see that happening.

Went to couple cool party's over the summer one was one of my best mates birthday party it was a prom party but it had a twist was that the man had to wear the dresses and the woman had to wear the suit. It was a night remember.

Don't really know much to write no more. Here are some drawings I did when I moved into halls enjoy.

Thank you for reading :)