Class 2 Wk4 - 180 Turn Animation Final

Finally got my 180 turn animation in pretty "OK" shape, will probably do one more round of refinement before I submit my final version this Saturday night (the assignment is due Sunday noon, why due Saturday?) you didn't ask but I'll answer it anyway, because I don't work well in the morning and usually work super late at night, getting up early on Sunday is almost impossible, so there goes my Saturday night life :-(

Polishing Stage


Final Stage

Class 2 Wk3 - 180 Turn Animation Re-Block

This week we are suggested to start moving out of stepped tangent blocking mode and move on to linear/spline mode from our last week assignment. I learned some really useful tips from my mentor and fellow classmates:

*Never convert ALL the keyframe to one single tangent mode, do it by section so that way we have more control on what part should be linear, flat or spline.
*It's generally good idea to keep the foot in flat mode, that way the foot will stay flat on the ground while maintain the slow-in and out timing
*keep the body in spline most of the time.

Any other tips to share? feel free to leave comment :D
here's what I'll be turning in this week

Class 2 Wk2 - 180 Turn Animation Blocking Part II

After getting lots of useful feedback from my classmates and mentor, here's my revised blocking that I'm going to turn in(the 3rd one). At first I'm not quite happy about the anticipation in my 1st revision, but now with more dynamic poses, I think it's looking a lot better, thanks to all of those who leave comment, couldn't have gone this far without everyone's help :)

1st Revision


2nd Revision


3rd Revision(Final Blocking)

Class 2 Wk1 - 180 Turn Animation Blocking

After a short 1 week break from AM(Thank you AM), Class 2 finally started. Class two break down into 3 big projects over 11 weeks rather than 11 projects in Class 1, it will involve more complicated movement in each projects which is why they give us average 3 weeks for each project to really polish it and make it look perfect. First week is blocking, second week will be moving out of blocking mode and 3rd week will be polishing mode.

In our first assignment, we'll get to pick an action to work on from a pick list ranging from easy to difficult (see list below)



I do feel some movements such as climbing stairs or #2 should be fairly difficult as well. So my ambition got me to pick the difficult one on the list, I picked # 9 and here's what I have so far:



Still pretty rough, will need to polish a lot by this Saturday, any comments are welcome :)

Here's my Class 1 progress reel