Reminder - Make Up Class
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3rd Floor, Room 351
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Animation Critique - Walkcycle (Curran)
Direct Link: Curran's Walk
Hey,
some more notes on the walk.
Right now he looks off balance leaning screen right (from the front view). He could just always walk in a circle since he's leaning sideways. So to be honest, I don't know if you can get away with that. It's hard to know because the camera is always in front of him.
When I act this out I start falling over when trying to walk forward in a straight line. That's why I tend towards you either fixing his root and move it so that the center of gravity is correct, or incorporate that direction change into your walk. So that after a few steps he's traveled screen left and then comes back screen right to start over.
Other than that I would accentuate his left him during the step. It looks like they are swinging pretty much the same during both steps, but the steps are different. One is a real one, the other is a harder hit.
With that hard hit I would show the effect in the head a bit more. You have a harder swing on his head in the front view, but I feel that you could push the up and down (side view) a bit more.
And as we said, you could push the arms a bit more.
Looking sweet though, nice model! You guys did a great job with him.
Animator - Isaak Fernandez Rodriguez
3Dtotal links to Animator Isaak Fernandez Rodriguez and his "Batman: Chapter 1" short.
It's really cute and well done. Love it when he jumps in front of the safe with his cape fully stretched out!
Monday, March 26, 2007
Workflow
Today in class I will talk about workflow again and show you different approaches to it.
In the meantime you can check out Amrit Derhgawen's workflow tutorial. Like he says, everyone has a different way, so check it out, it might be yours.
Something I absolutely agree with is the use of dry erase markers to plot out your arcs and checking your spacing. I hope you guys use some sort of tool that's similar, like ghosting, or onion skinning, whatever you prefer.
See you tonight!
Cheers
JD
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