with George
Last week I had finalized my pendulum animation with the offset applied. This week we received the final feedback on it and George didn’t give any notes, which meant the animation was accurate and well executed, a very satisfying result for me.
Also George gave the first critiques on our ball with tail animations specifically on the tail movement. With the notes he gave me, I was able to fix it and make the motion look more natural and consistent. Here’s the final result with the improvements:
Overall, I can see a significant progress in controlling the movement and refining the details that make an animation feel alive. I am really excited for the upcoming assignments.
with Ting
This week we started by reviewing the juicebox acting blocking animations. The creativity in everyone’s animations really inspired me to push my own work further. So after getting feedback I decided to restart my acting animation to give more personality to the juiceboxes.
During the class Ting showed us how to “polish” our blocking animations. The polishing process is all about focusing on the details and refining each frame until it feels smooth and cohesive. Right now I’m in the polishing phase to make the animation smoother. Here’s the updated version of my juicebox acting animation.
Also we reviewed and critiqued the sad/regret poses. While reviewing them we talked about using the right controllers while posing and also the difference between IK and FK. In short it is best to use IK when in contact with surfaces and to use FK when you’re doing free movement.
Ting’s overall feedback about the poses was to start with three poses and then invent a fourth that pushed our creativity and helped us think outside the box because our works were very similar. To accomplish that, for this week’s golden pose assignment we will be creating 3 poses with real life references representing different emotions. I’ll be sharing my references for this assignment.
