Team Jack.

This is the work that Jack did on the Seed opening. It looks so nice and I'm happy with it. The only thing is that the movement of the roots/piping is too smooth and needs to be more jagged and rough. But over all its amazing!!!!  

Model Sheet.

So I have finished off my Model sheets and I am now up to my action sheet and then expression sheets.
Jack had a look at my storyboards and has said that some of my shots are very flat and that I should give my shots a bit of an angle to give it more appeal.

I have been a bit slack I'm sorry!!!!!! I will upload my storyboards and thumbnails. also my model sheet and my colour palette up here too.


week 11.... ehhh

Simple Animation Test.

This is the simple animation test that i did in Jack's class.

I really enjoyed working on this.

Jack did the acting for me and as he moved to the main contact points I drew them in and then I added the in between movements. Jack helped me with the balancing movement after my character places the seed on the ground.

What's Going On.

So I thought I would just explain a bit about what's going on.
On Thursday morning someone hit my cat and left him dead on the side of the road. We had him for almost 8years. I am still really upset and I'm finding it really hard to concentrate and get work done. Over the weekend I tried really hard to get my model sheet done and try and get other work done too. It just didn't work out the way i planned it and only got half of my model sheet finished.
Saturday was different I had to do mother day thing because on Sunday i had work all day.

So i know i am behind, like really behind i should have had more work done by now and i don't.
Now i am in the library until 12pm when class starts. I'm going to get my model sheets done. It is already the starting of week 11, its not long now till holidays start and animation beings.

So I'm sorry if I'm sad, i just miss him so much.  
:(

Colour Palette.

On Wednesday I tried working on my Model sheet for my character. I was having some issues and I was finding it hard to draw his face, Every time I draw his face there is always a slight change in the way he looks.

I then decided to work on a Colour Palette for the colours I wanted in my animation. I got all the mediums I have and chose the colour range of yellows to browns. I named each colour and if they had a number code on them as well so it can be easier for me to go back to a colour that i really like. I also did a tea bag colour which is just dabbing a wet tea bag on the paper. Over all of the colours i still find the tea bag look more attractive then the others.

I don't have a picture yet i will put it up soon a long with my storyboards.

In Jack's class on Thursday we all chose a shot in our animation to do simple animation to. I chose the shot where Edgar places the seed on the ground. I really enjoyed working on simple structure animating. I will also put this up on here for everyone to look at. I'm very pleased with the way it turned out.

Tuesday Work.

In the morning I acted out the new shots and they turned out well. Jarrod helped me out with filming and making sure that the shots looked good and you could see everything that had to be shown.
I then have to capture this footage and work on my video block.

On Monday night I finished off my storyboards, I have a lot of pages. Around 19 of them.
Anyway Darren has looked at my storyboard and he says there fine and that having the characters face in it gives us more of a connection. So I'm happy with that. He said that in one of the shots where the man sees the outside world his little house and him should be in the shot, just to show his one small person and the outside world is bigger.

Right now Neale is looking at my storyboards and there is a lot of pencil movement so I hope there not too bad!!!!!!
In Darren's class I made a list of things I have to do for my animation bible and I started my shot list, hopefully i can get that finished in class, I just have to wait for my storyboards.

I AM THE DIRECTOR!!!
Neale said I was.  

Okay I got my storyboards back and spoke with Neale and they are fine. It's mostly just adding some extra shots of close ups of the man's face . I'm happy to work on them and figure out the new shots.

ALSO!!! I gave my character a name :) its Edgar.
So his name is Edgar. If you don't like it then..... shut up.    

Storyboards Almost Done.

Today is Monday, the beginning of week 10! only 4 more weeks left and its holidays. Over the weekend i did a lot of my storyboards. They are almost done i have a few shots to draw. They will be completed tonight. With my second thumbnails i have only changed a few things and i have added his face and body in, it has more of a flow to it now.

 When i finish off my storyboards i will show Neale, Jack and Darren to see if it makes sense and if i have to change anything around. Then after that i will then go over the pencil in black fine line and also add in the movements in red. I will then scan them in and make my animatic with added music.

Also now that i have changed things around i will need to re-film my video block on Tuesday. I then have to organise my video block in order.
After this i will need to work on my Model sheets, expression sheets, action sheets and maybe a comparison sheet of the man and the tree. I will also need to put on my blog
 - 1st draft, scene 1
- 2nd draft thumbnails
- storyboards