I have been trying to update this but its been off the past few days so i can finally update this thing!!!!
I cant believe thats the first year over already.
At the start of the course i was really looking forward to sgetting on with animation and am still really glad i decided to apply!!
I really enjoyed making the animations but the paperwork i wasnt a fan of. I was quite pleased when we finished our first animation (Alien - Cut out). After researching cut out i liked the idea of this technique and i also think it was the easiest of the projects. My timing is not right in this animation, it should be slower. The jump itself i think is fine but the animation in general moves too quickly. I should have done the build up to the jump a bit slower and then when he is in the air and coming back down should be quicker. Overall i can definitly tell this is my first project as the ending as well was a bit last minute and doesnt look very good. Well in my opinion. I am happy with how my charater turned out though, i think cut out animation is one i may steer towards.
The next project was Germalot. I liked how i had hand drawn all the assests for this animation. I enjoyed drawing them and then colouring them in photoshop. First time using cinema 4d properly and this is where my hatred came out. The screen kept jumping about every time you pressed the wrong thing everything would move around. Got there in the end but it was not a fun ride. For some parts i actually had to join planes to create the character. The germ itself is actually made up of three planes. I just had to put them into the heirachy so they were attached but i could still animate the three planes seperatly, hense why his head and tail move differently. I also enjoyed doing the blinks. This got me used to the timeline. I drew three sets of eyes for each character, it was when they were open, when they were half closed and then when they were closed. I did like the end result of this as i find it great that after each module i have learned a new skill. Its alwasy fun to watch the outcome of what has taken me a few weeks to do. If i was to redo this animation i would change the transitions and work more on the sound to make it smoother. I do like the characters i came up with so i wouldnt change that.
The E4 ident was a good project for us to work on. Not only is it a great opportunity to get my work out there but it also helped get more familiar with cinema 4d. I liked playing around with the different effects such as the explode. I had tested out a few different ones but am actually happy with how my animation turned out. After completing this animation i felt a bit better about cinema 4d, not brilliant but better. It still likes to play tricks on me by setting imaginary key frames and moving assets around the screen when the slightest change was made. This ident competition ends in July so i may take some time this summer to go through it and see if there is anything else i can amend to make it better. For the sound i had used a sound clip that was already given to us but i amended it a bit by adding some sound effects. I definitly think i grew in regards to sound on this as i spent a bit more time looking into how to put the sounds clips on to Premiere. Good old You Tube and their tutorials.
Ur'ine was probably the best achievement in this course. I was really happy when i finally made him walk, i posted it on facebook right away to see what people thought. I think after each project i get a bit more confidence with my skills. I didnt enjoy the begining part of this project though because of my love for cinema 4d (ha!). It did take me a few tries to get the shapes i wanted and it also took about 3 tries of setting up the bones before they all worked. The walk cycle was quite easy to do, i used the 4 screens to make sure things were lined up and in the right position. I definitly think i like my final animation the best. Its not great i know but i think i am just pleased i managed to get it done on time. If there was a bit more time or if i had of been able to get the animation done quicker i would have liked to of added sound. I may do this over the summer, either find some sounds or create a track on audacity. (will upload this animation once it loads on to youtube).
One item i definitly am not happy about is my character boards. I feel so much more could have been done to this. It basically was the character and i didnt add much to the background, just a plain colour. It could have been a lot more interesting. I also messed up when glueing it. The first one was fine but the second one totally messed up. It went wonky so i tried to take it off and it ripped so i re did it (yes bought new board and paid for another a3 copy!) but then that went wonky too but it was too late to do anything about it because the glue set and i couldnt get it off so i had to hand in a very unpretty, wrinkly storyboard so i'm not expecting any good marks for that :/
Show Reel - In my show reel i didnt notice till after it was rendered but after the first animation it cuts off too quickly, as in the next title cuts into the ending of the animation. Its obviously too late to fix this to resubmit but i can change it and save it for my personal use. I will be happier about the look of it once i fix this. It was also good to do this reel as through the year you dont really think about how much you have learned but watching the videos back made me realise we actually have done quite a lot.
The overall judgement of the past 8 months is my organisation and time management are rubbish!! I left almost every project to the last minute. The animations themselves i did every day making sure that would be done on time but the paperwork just haunted me. After the first project i realised i really needed to be keeping track of things and taking screen shots and reflecting on each day. So for our next projects i started off good but then after a week or so i went back to my lazy ways and let it all pile up. The worst one was when we had time off too, i just did nothing when i should have been catching up.
There was so much to do for the final project I was going to bed no earlier than three and getting up for half seven all of the final week. I just couldnt motivate myself to do ANY of the paperwork. I did felt quite disorganised but i wasnt really that stressed which i was surprised about especially with it being the final project. It all was handed in one time so its all gravy i guess.
I am really hoping that in the second year i step up the ball with my animation skills and most definily step up my time management!! That is going to make such a big difference with the quality of my work if i do time plans and stick to them.
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER EVERYONE!!!!!!! xx
No comments:
Post a Comment