Final Project – Poses

April 28, 2010

pose01
pos02
pose03
pos04
pos05


Project 03 – Character Sheet + Final Scenario

March 27, 2010

characterSheet

Final Scenario –
teapot begins to whistle -> the teabag jumps up, displaying anxiety over being late to the cup, and rushes off.
encounters:
1) Must jump down several heights to reach the counter
2) Must hop across spice jars
3) Must knock over and slide down a roll of paper towels
4) Must avoid plummeting knives that it accidentally caused to fall


Project 03 – Plot Concepts

March 23, 2010

‘Morning Tea’

Waking to the ‘alarm-like’ whistle of the teapot, the teabag hastens to make its way into the waiting cup before the water is poured.

Scenario 01 –
teapot begins to whistle -> the teabag jumps up, displaying anxiety over being late to the cup, and rushes off.
encounters:
1) Must jump down several heights to reach the counter
2) Must carefully traverse a sink by balancing across a wooden spoon
3) Must avoid plummeting knives that it accidentally caused to fall

Scenario 02 –
teapot begins to whistle -> the teabag jumps up, displaying anxiety over being late to the cup, and rushes off.
encounters:
1) Must hop across spice jars
2) Must knock over and slide down a roll of paper towels
3) Must use toaster to launch itself up into the cup

Resolution : teabag successfully manages to make it into the teacup.


Project02 – Final Link

March 16, 2010

Youtube Link

The second project proved to be much more engaging than the previous, abstract, animation. Over the development of the course and animation of the ball, one is able to gain a much fuller sense of the application of Maya’s animation tools. It also allowed for a truer experience with the graph editor. Looking ahead, if anything, I feel that learning more about the abilities of the graph editor would prove the most addition to the basic skills.


Project 01 – Final Link

February 8, 2010

Youtube Link

I found this project to be a well positioned exercise given the extent of animation knowledge we were presented with. The project allowed for us to experiment with the keying operations of Maya while still operating with the boundaries of defined guidelines. The expectations were simple enough that, with the time given, one was able to approach a reasonable level of execution.

I found, while working on the project, that having the sound file completely finished prior to starting the animation process was a vital step in planning the progress of the animation. In terms of animating itself, I found it to be easy enough to acclimate oneself to Maya’s system of controls. Although, I am sure having experience with Flash’s system, which operates in a similar fashion, was of some help. I am looking forward to experiencing some of Maya’s more advanced details in the future projects.


Project 01 – Research

January 15, 2010

Optical Animation Links :

Video 01
by Microcinema, an international motion graphics marketer and distributor, from “Op Art, Volume 1”

Video 02
by Robert F. Balazik

Video 03
by BlueBackIMAGE

Video 04
by maraexsoft

Video 05
by Andriy Zholudyev