dusting this thing off

  So I realize I haven't posted since class 5, well I finish Animation Mentor from January to March my final mentor for the character program was Kevin Koch. This guy has a wealth of knowledge about animation and I highly recommend taking a class or lecture with him.
  Animation Mentor has change their program so I am one of the last one to do this version of Animation Mentor, but the changes are awesome!! Because of this my next thoughts, about the experiences won't even compared to future AM classes.
  Overall the experience was great and I recommend AM to anyone wanting to improve their skills in 3d animation. One of the biggest challenges have been doing AM while having a family and working full-time while animating part time. It was easy to start because the animation exercise weren't as demanding, but by the time I got to class 6 I had a workflow from work to playtime with the kids and spending many nights animating and not sleeping (POWER NAPS FTW). One thing to anyone reading this that has a family and working FT, its very important if you are planning to do a program like AM to have great time management.
  If you are pondering, "hey where's the reel" well I am still working on it, and would like to not show it till all the shots are polish, maybe in another month or so.

=)

Done and Done with class 5

Yes that is right it is done, I passed class 5.
this term went by super duper fast, and I learned quite a bit either that or the animation hamster decided to wake up and start working that hamster wheel. So this means also after the short break I will be in class 6 with my new mentor, should be fun right =)

So I had some spare time this pass weekend and set up some lights on the 1st shot of this piece, its a test as I play around with colors and refresh my brain around rendering again. Honestly I kinda like the colors and feel like i may stick with this version, we will see. There is still no motion blur, don't think I will add it to the final reel.

this is how far i got in class 5, still needs more polishing but animation side of my brain is on cooldown for another 15 days.

enjoy,

Just a few more weeks till I am into the final class...... 0_o*

wow I can't believe this term is going by tooo fast. Week 9 has past and now I am in week 10 of class 5. My animation is coming along its at the point where its polishing and polishing and polishing and....... polishing and adding some extra texture to the animation. I find this stage really hard cause it feels like what more can you do, but then you find more things to do always.
well  then now for what you came to see, here is my week 9 assingment

Enjoy

Week 8 of class 5

Phew another week came and gone.

So while many where at CTN Expo this pass week, I was at home sick with a sick kid animating where I could find time. x_X
For week 8 thankfully it's not as intense, I started the Polishing stage this past week and mainly hit the mentor notes. I am having a fun time in this phase mainly with doing more with the mouth>cheek>nose>eye stuff. It's rather fun trying not to over do the face but get it feeling loose. One thing I am finding hard too is making sure the Male character stays a little over the top while the girl is tone down. its a challenge, indeed it is

Well Here is Week 8

Enjoy!

Class 5 Week 7

Week 7 came to end a day and some hours ago, so here is a quick upload of my most current stuff. Still Work In Progress, I tone down alot from previous versions & feel that I will be taking away more stuff too later this week. I can't honestly tell you its been easy, but animation isn't, and juggling a full time job with a family and while trying to do this thing called animation gets tough. Can't imagine what class 6 will be like and how many hours of sleep I will lose.

 Anyways enough of the blah blah blah and more showing my progress well here it is.

Enjoy!

Again Work in Progress

this is my week 5 work of Class 5

well week 5 has come and gone & week 6 is in full swing, I figure its been a few weeks since i last posted so thats what I am doing.

My work is currently still Work In Progress, right now its all in splines just needs more love in the graph editor. I haven't really done much with the face its on the backburner until the body is looking closer to great.

enjoy 

Class 5 week 2

Hey anyone out there reading this,

So AM has started back up for me I am in class 5 now. My mentor for this Term is Peter Kelly, He has worked on some great stuff like Avengers, working on hulk and Iron Man for that movie. He also worked on Rango, which is a really fun movie if you haven't seen it. and if you haven't put two and two together he is a animator at ILM. =) yes he has worked on many other features but these are the 1st two that come to mind for me.

I took a break after class 4 for a few reasons, one of them being I was expecting my son to arrive anytime soon. The other reason was starting a new job at Google, I felt that was to much on my plate so yeah. I also wasn't happy about my dialogue animation so I ended up shooting more reference and reblocking it on any free time I had during my break. On top of doing that with some spare time I painted alot with oils and with photoshop, lots of doodling too.

Now to move on for the reason why you are here, below is the reblock of my one person dialogue, with my 2 person layout. I didn't post in week one since its just pick out your dialogue and nothing to fancy. I will be sure to upload my progress in this class each week.


Two Person Dialogue: The ideal is to have this guy try and pick up a chick at the bus stop. He is persistent and the girl just wants to get out of that place asap.

A quick image of the characters and the set

Here is my Reblock: I really didn't like how much the original moved around, it was way to cartoony for what I was going for. Trying to tone down the Original was to much work, it felt easier going this way.

Until next post,  Enjoy!