Thursday 17 February 2011

More line tests uploaded.

Scenes 3, 4 and 5 are up on the 'Line Tests' page.

Working on starting Scene 6 (about to start painting background).

Tuesday 15 February 2011

Progress - slowly but surely.

Added two sketchbook pages to the Character Sketches page. I'm basically adding them as I get the time/find the sketch pages again. They're not in order or anything so don't look at them as a sort of timeline otherwise things might look a bit odd.

Scenes 3 + 4 are pretty much complete (line tests). Still not happy with Scene 4's perspective run (which is really hard to animate btw!) but I really need to move on. Staying stuck on that scene is stressing me out so I'm going to try and sort it out during the clean up.

Started on Scene 5 and nearly finished that. Completed line tests will be up soon.

I'm considering two changes to the project. One is a slight change to the character's eyes to make their focus more apparent and the second is a scene change. Referring back to the animatic, the scene where Lily turns as the star heads for the house, I was never happy with that scene. I thought it was weak, quite frankly. I'm considering changing it to show from a sort of 'over the shoulder' shot where we watch the star plummet towards to house.

Updates on that soon :)

Monday 14 February 2011

7 Weeks to go...

And I'm freaking out!!
It just doesn't seem like enough time! Especially with all my other modules demanding my time!
Wondering now if volunteering to work Animex last week was such a good idea... I really enjoyed it and have gotten some nice fresh inspiration and energy to keep me going but all that cost a week of work. Didn't have time to do anything!

I'm definitely exhibiting in ExpoTees (whether I wrote this down before I don't remember!) and I've had to complete an image for the brochure for today. Managed to get that done over the weekend and finish it today.

Started work on making a Wish plushie to help with reference for the more complicated star animations. Pics soon :)

Here's the brochure pic though:

Tuesday 1 February 2011

Quick Update

Line Tests for Scenes 1 and 2 uploaded on their own page.

Also added Scene 4's background to the background page.

Got feedback from Nick about report. Said to not describe the Animation Principles (which is boring), though I'm waiting for clarification on that because my intention wasn't to describe the Animation Principles but to talk briefly about their use in my animation specifically.

Consider yourself updated Blog.

Still animating.

Getting a bit worried now because I've fallen behind on my animating schedule due to other modules demanding time. Still, it's going slowly but surely.

Will be adding a page for Scene Line Tests so far. I've completed (roughly) scene 1 and 2. Currently working on scene 3 and 4, which will be completed very soon. I hope to get started on 5 and 6 this week since Animex is next week.

Also roughed out my Final Year Project report, I've emailed that to my supervisor and currently waiting for feedback.