Scene Eleven Animation

This is the ruff animation from shot eleven in my short. There is still a degree of finesse animation i have to do before i will call this scene done, but its at a point where i wouldnt mind a little input. Does the timing of the actions feel right, is the pacing of the poses smooth and appealing, is there anything that feels odd? Any comments or critiques are welcome. PS. Clyde is taking money from Jack in this scene, but i havent added in the money yet, so just use your imagination.


PS. I know the video is a little dark. the only thing i was able to upload was a playblast. For some reason my AVI's arent uploading properly and i dont have access to After Effects to composite frames for another week.

This one's for my dad...

I dont know why, but this just popped in my head and i head to get it down on paper.

Its definitely an inside family joke so i apologize to you 'outsiders'.

I remember one of your stock lessons during one of our family hikes and it just made me laugh. I know you'll disagree with me on your choice of hiking gear back then dad, but i remember perfectly...admittedly, i may have taken some liberty on how high your socks were.

Sean

City Concept Piece

A piece of cocept art to get an idea what i might want my next assignment to look like. We have to do a city, both from a distance and going down one of the streets. Honestly, im having trouble jumping into this assignment because im FINALLY animating my portfolio short and i gotta admit, its more fun than anything ive deen so far! Everytime i sit down to work on assignments i find myself opening up a scene and soing some animation instead.

Oh well, either way somethings gettin done!

Scene One Test Render

Here is a low Rez render of the first scene of my short. I wanted to keep Clyde's movements somewhat low key to fit his character. He really isnt the type to do any kind of unnecessary movement-he just tries to look as cool as he can. I really had to restrain myself not to push any of the anticipations or takes too far. Let me know what you think!

Portfolio Animatic

This is the animatic for my senior portfolio animation. Essentially its the storyboards filmed and timed so the viewer can get an idea of what will happen in the short.

As you'll find, i decided to only have music and no sound effects. I did this because i really feel it evokes that 20's feel, just before sound came into movies, when all there was to drive the story and mood were the actors and the in-theater accompaniement.

Let me know what you think!

Pool Hall Assignment Animation

Finally compressed this so i could upload it on the web. Here is the finished walkthrough of the interior assignment. Definitely alot of things i wish i had time to add or fix but overall im happy with it. Comments or critiques are welcome!

Portfolio Update - Jack and Clyde

Decided to finally post the characters for my portfolio animation. They've been finished for quite some time now and are fully rigged, including facial animation (except clyde, the shorter one, still making blendshapes). Also included a shot of the room work in progress.

Im now in the process of creating a more suitable environment for them to live in, as the other pool hall simply didnt fit the style i was going for.

Hopefully ill get to do some test animation within the next month, but first, the animatic and finishing the environment!