Animation

Class 6, Week 11 Assignment.

And so this is it... the final stuff. Still feel surreal that just 18 months ago I could barely animate. Didn’t even know what the 12 principles was.



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Class 6, Week 10 Assignment

Didn’t have much time this week to work on my assignment. Sad



I did have the time to create the DVD Cover:
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Class 6, Week 8 Assignment

The end is near! And I still have so much polishing to do. :-/

Class 6, Week 6 Assignment

Damn, can’t believe I’m halfway through my final term at AM. Feels like yesterday when I started with the Springboard. Anyways, here it is, my assignment for this week. The keymaker shot is slowly nearing completion. There’s a few very subtle things I would be tweaking and adjusting, shaving a few pixels off here and there. Starting to focus my attention on the other assignments so that I can at least have a few different shots on my demoreel.



Alright, that’s it for this week. Have a good one! Happy

Class 6, Week 5 Assignment



Yup, it’s getting there, slowly but surely.

Class 6, Week 4 Assignment

Class 6, Week 3 Assignment

And some more polishing done.

Class 6, Week 2 Assignment

We have reached the final stretch here at AM. I’ve compiled all the assignments my mentor wants me to work on during the upcoming weeks. I will start by polishing up the most important shot first and then work my way back. Here’s the compilation:



And for the week gone by, I have worked some on 2 of the keymaker shots. There’s still some polishing to do to them which I’ll work on this coming week.


So many things to work on, so I’m gonna get back to it. Have a good week. Happy

First Q&A of Class 6 over.

Well, I just had my first Q&A session with my last mentor here at AM and he’s such a cool guy. I’m really looking forward to having him guide me through this polishing stage and getting my demo reel ready. This is gonna be a fun ride and I’m looking forward to it.

Class 6 already!

Wow, it feels like yesterday when I started with the Maya Springboard class over at AnimationMentor, and now it’s class 6 already... the final stretch.

So my new mentor is Jason Taylor. He’s a freelancer now but worked at studios like Blur, Blue Sky, ReelFX just to name a few. We will have our first Live Q&A session tomorrow night. Looking forward to it and cannot wait to get started on really polishing up my shots and getting a demo reel together.

Class 5, Week 11 Assignment

So this is my final assignment for class 5. It’s not nearly finished but it’s getting there. Been reworking a few pieces and still got to smooth and polish it. Luckily that’s what the next class is for. Happy

Class 5, Week 10 Assignment

Another week gone by, this is starting to look like something. Still got to work on some minor stuff but from here on it’s mostly polishing. Happy

Class 5, Week 9 Assignment

Class 5, Week 8 Assignment

Been struggling this past week with the character’s personality but I finally got the go-ahead from my mentor, so here we go!

Class 5, Week 7 Assignment

Struggling a bit with getting this assignment to work. Sad


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Class 5, Week 6 Assignment

Booya! Another week is gone. Damn, more than halfway through this second last term. Anyways, here’s this week’s assignment:


And the facial expression
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Have a great week! Happy

Tips on getting better ideas

Found this little video clip over at Victor Navone’s blog. Thought I’d share it. Very well done.

Tips for Better Ideas from Andrew 'Big Show' Blodgett on Vimeo.