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During the process of the animation it was suggested to me to that during my sneaky walk that I use a curve in the spine to make it more believable which hopefully i achieved.

For my happy walk the feedback was positive with the overlapping action and I needed to make sure that I would pay attention to it. 

The target audience I have chosen would be children under 12 years old. The over dramatic flare I put on my characters is definitely a strong skill I have. 

I usually get up and do the walk to understand how each of my body parts work when I walk in the particular way i want to animate. 

When animating I make sure to follow all 12 steps needed to creating the perfect animation. I will even have a check list set up to make sure that I am following along. 

I have finally completed the walk cycles, I didn’t have time to post them up as they didn’t want to download properly. I have been stressing all week about these walk cycles even though I have been studying 3D animation for some time i still cannot get the hang of it. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qA9qX7OtHY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSyrxzWYVXg

We started our walk cycles today, Unfortunately i didn’t take any pictures of what I was working on. I really enjoy animation as it is rather interesting working in frames. 

Already I had notice my first problem. I haven’t properly set up the first short correctly. Unfortunately for me I couldn’t get the door on properly so I think I am going to use some of my shots from the drawn part of my previs. Even so I haven’t properly setup the cameras for the beginning sequence I’ve already just straight through a couple shots in. I must follow the shot list closer next time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syLt83WW5-k

This is a 2D animation showreel and this is something I hope to achieve in the next few months. Within the showreel there is a lot of detail, smooth movements but unfortunately no previews on how he got to the final run down of the animation.

When I go out into the world searching for a job in animation, I am more likely to create my own stories, characters and worlds for others to enjoy, as I am not looking for an actual job more than a skill that I’d to eventually turn into a job (if I am lucky). I have a few people that I admire one 2D animator that actually makes me jealous of how talented he/she is. The link to their short film is below. But for the next couple of months I’ll be focusing on a showreel as well as making my own animation series and or graphic novels.

Getting a job in the creative media industries is going to be difficult but rewarding when achieved. In the animation career world, there are many fields to partake in but limited jobs to apply for. Most of the jobs aren’t local, they are usually overseas which can be hard to up root one’s life and move over to their dream job. Here are three questions that will most likely be asked during an interview.

Why do you want to get into the industry?

-        I am passionately interested in creating new worlds, characters to fall in love with and entertaining a large audience. I get a thrill of stitching the seams of worlds and creating interesting looking characters which will achieve my overall goal of entertaining a large audience.

What do you want to do in the industry?

-        I have many goals I want to achieve within this industry. I want to start out doing storyboarding and character designs and stick with that for a couple of years while I get my 2D animation skills up before I start putting together a reel and applying for 2D animation jobs, with the understanding that there aren’t a lot of 2D animation jobs going on.

-        I will be putting my own projects up for the world to see to see if can I make it on my own.

-        Another field I’d like to get into would be management, organising and directing people on the right path is something I do natural when I am in charge of projects.

How will you get into the industry?

-        There are many ways to get into the industry. One would be applying for jobs in person or via their website (when offered). Another would be freelancing, making a name for yourself, an internships or working for free (But must be cautious as some companies could end the contract if you start asking about getting paid.) One other one would be applying for film festivals and anything else similar and being part of student projects.

week 11!

With the following picture am I going to briefly discuss and rendering.

There are three types of lights that are used for character lighting. Key, fill and rim. Key lighting is the main light source on the character. In the flash picture above it is shown from the lighter parts on his face and how the flight is reflecting off his armour on his arm. Fill lighting are the parts of him that are in shadow. Fill lighting is only a subtle light source without it you wouldn’t be able to see anything that is in a shadow. Last but not least there is rim lighting, in the picture on his right shoulder, top of his head and his right hip there is a rim of light. This help the character look more realistic and believable. These three light sources are essential to any 3D character.

) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dok0ispyteM

of biped and quadraped animations

In the video above shows a quadruped animation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Nk-YwVDwk

The video above shows a biped animation.

Biped animation is a two-legged figure created as a linked hierarchy and designed for animation. So when an animator makes their desired character they are able to put a skeleton in it, allowing the character being able to move in their desired way. The biped skeletons are generally used for humans. The controls are designed so that it will have natural rotations and outlines the human skeleton. From that the animator will be able to manipulate and copy their manipulations into keyframes, making a small cycle of movements.

Week 9!

WEEK 8!

The animation stages are similar to any creative project. The simple steps that help anyone who are working on the project to keep a clear head and help see the final results.

The stages include:

-        Brainstorming

-        First final decision on designs

-        Creating the designs

-        Final decision on designs

-        Final Details

They all are fairly self-explanatory, brainstorming starts everyone off thinking of something simple and expanding it outside of its box. This usually includes reference pictures, thumbnails and silhouettes. After considering every possibility of designs everyone (or creative director) decides on the final designs) and from there it gets into the production of the project. Creating the models or putting more detail into environment designs. This stage can take a while to put together depending on how many people are working on the project. Then there is the final once over with what everyone has, this usually means that the person in charge will be looking at what everyone has done and either being happy with the results or getting them (or they will) fix up anything that doesn’t look right.

Week 7

Week 6

In the picture above is a good example of colour schemes, each colour in the photo compliments each other. The main focus that I found in the picture was the fairy dragon’s body, the warm red-pink is a great show of contrast making the viewer focus on the creature’s face before looking over the other details. When looking over the picture would have to be the light blues and greens on the creature before the viewer is looking at the darker cool colours in the background. The overall feel of the picture shows that the creature isn’t aggressive or unfriendly, rather that the creature is probably neutral or friendly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwcVv-hhSs8 WEEK 5!

The game ‘The Ark: survival evolved’ is a popular, fantasy world where you have to craft, scavenge and survive. Above is a trailer review of the game, giving a better example of the look and feel for the world. Watching the trailer was very quick to pull me into the world and make it believe that the world was real. The graphics looks to be the standards of the game ‘skyrim’ back in 2011 when I feel the realistic worlds started to really take off.

4) http://www.ibtimes.com/pulse/blurred-lines-copied-song-other-famous-music-copyright-cases-1843726

The famous ‘blurred lines’ song had copied the same style of music as the famous ‘Got to give it up’ by Marvin Gaye.  The two artists of blurred lines were found guilty for copying the song from Marvin Gaye. The jury had ordered the two artists to pay 7.3 million dollars from the 16 million they had made during the release of the song, to Marvin’s children.

3) https://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/79761783?access_key=key-22pchn6eq45k7zytu9u4&allow_share=true&escape=false&view_mode=scroll

This is the pitch document for metal gear 2. Through the document it discusses what are the pros and cons of the project, I found that this is help to find points on where they could improve later on during the making of the game.

Though reading through the pitch document I found that it was difficult to read whether they were talking about Metal Gear 2 or 3 as they mention both. Clarification could have been clearer as well as the change in font as it was difficult to read.

Through the pitch they used arrows to dot between each parts they will and will not be doing, I found it unnecessary as they could have easily split it up into the pros and cons list they had at the beginning of the pitch.