Welcome back to semester 2! I have tried to put all the important administrative information you need for this subject. It can all be found on the menu on the right.
In particular you should look at the Assessment link.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Second last week
managed to finish off importing all the backgrounds into every shot as well as fixing the textures on both machan and the robot. All that is left to do is render, create a composite, finish a sound scape, create the bug trail, put in titles and credits in. Then my actual animation will be finished. I also have to hand in my essay (which is about 300 words from being finished), finish my press kit (which i thought i had finished but have recently discovered i have not, i have some cards to do) and my show reel which i am waiting to finish my animation to complete because i want it to have my best work in it. um nothing much else to report.
over and out
over and out
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Major animation update
All character set up has been completed, for the last week, final stages of modeling the extra details, eyebrows and beards.
Now in the animation stage, and creating basic set. hopefully all animation will be done in 3 weeks time.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Potential Job for a snappy Maya animator
We are looking for an Animator/Previz artist to assist in our animation department.
Work will consist of pre-visualising a series of game cinematics, so a keen eye for action is required.
Job will commence immediately for 2 weeks. The studio is based in Collingwood, Melbourne.
Skills required:
- Strong Maya knowledge.
- Ability to story board.
- 3d Previz/Layout.
- Ability to animate cameras!
- A fondness for Helicopters and guns a must :)
Please send reels and rates to: jobs.crystalised@gmail.com
Sunday, August 29, 2010
A playblast of a time......
Good lord, an animatic:
Yes, well......it goes for way too freaking long. For a one minute animation, it comes in at around two and a half minutes. Lot of chipping away to do yet. But at least most of my sound and shots are how I want them to be. For the most part, I intend to work up from here, tweaking all that is necessary and so on. What fun. At any rate, I'm just happy to see something moving at this point. Where I go from here is uncertain as there are many avenues to traverse. Chris and I have been playing around with different metal textures and bump mapping them so they look all weathered and old. For a robot that's been sitting motionless in the ice for centuries, he still looks a little too young, roughly over a year old, spending that year in the rain and gaining minimal rust on his frame. Still, I like how he looks with the temporary textures now, so things can only get better from here, logically speaking that is. I'll hang in there.
Yes, well......it goes for way too freaking long. For a one minute animation, it comes in at around two and a half minutes. Lot of chipping away to do yet. But at least most of my sound and shots are how I want them to be. For the most part, I intend to work up from here, tweaking all that is necessary and so on. What fun. At any rate, I'm just happy to see something moving at this point. Where I go from here is uncertain as there are many avenues to traverse. Chris and I have been playing around with different metal textures and bump mapping them so they look all weathered and old. For a robot that's been sitting motionless in the ice for centuries, he still looks a little too young, roughly over a year old, spending that year in the rain and gaining minimal rust on his frame. Still, I like how he looks with the temporary textures now, so things can only get better from here, logically speaking that is. I'll hang in there.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
new playblast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg5qhEAyt5Q
new playblast with sound, i have better animated shots to replace those with crappy animation, but ill need to re sync the sound.
new playblast with sound, i have better animated shots to replace those with crappy animation, but ill need to re sync the sound.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
With the 5 week milestone come and gone and a new milestone set, its time to really get my head down and into the piece. I've stated that i will be up to the rendering stage by the end of term. Meaning ill will need to have all the camera's locked down, texturing and animating complete and lighting finalized. Im going to record the voices and narration this week and continue to animate and texture.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Digital Art
The Sheppard was consumed by the enormous amount of work ahead of him. He wished upon a demon, whom said "Take this slave. He is a beast, and will do the work of a hundred men. But be warned, if there is no more work left to do, this beast will devour you."
Friday, August 13, 2010
Milestone One: Achievements and failures
Well here I am at the first milestone of my project. My original plan by week five was to have the music completely done and dusted, and to have blocked out the key poses in my animation. Not at all an unrealistic expectation, and yet i still failed to achieve it %100..
As far as the visual side to these failures, my reasons for this are due to the many issues we all experience with modern technology, in this particular instance, COMPUTERS!!!! ..and in this case it wasn't all of us experiencing these problems, just me... it sucks the big one!...
The good thing though is instead of sitting back with my head down, ass up, feeling sorry for myself, I decided to shift my unused creative energy into different elements of my film which AREN'T effected by the lameness of Maya 2011 to 2008 compatibility troubles.
These elements which I speak of exist within the surprisingly dynamic world of Adobe After Effects CS3.. I've been fiddling quite a bit with this gem of a program, and can whole heartedly say I am extremely happy with the creations I have produced at the other end of it.
(I will be posting some screenshots very soon of my AE work, and Maya work now my computer is finally fixed, and a sound bite of the music)
As for the music component of my major, not much to say really, it's almost done, just need to finish the bridge and chorus vocals and do some minor sound mixing and its done P.S. I am also extremely happy with how my vision, sonically and visually has come to life so far, and i feel the small amount of visuals that i have done complement the music beautifully and vice versa.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
week 5 milestone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ2BKe0gRlg is the link to my current playblast.
The music has been completeed and the sound scape is almost done. All but the first camera and the hand enter shot are locked down. I need to make them a bit more dynamic.All of the animation is at its first pass. The voice overs where not achieved but i aim to get them recorded next week.
The music has been completeed and the sound scape is almost done. All but the first camera and the hand enter shot are locked down. I need to make them a bit more dynamic.All of the animation is at its first pass. The voice overs where not achieved but i aim to get them recorded next week.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Moving along nicely...
Play blast of my 'zoom out' scene. Monster hand animation needs some work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmSd604LzQ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmSd604LzQ0
Monday, July 26, 2010
Some Good Online Animation Books Too
These are excellent reads.
The nine old men PDFs from Animation Meat
Walt Stanchfield "Drawn to Life" PDFs from Animation Meat
If you like the Walt Stanchfield ones, I suggest getting your hands on a copy of the two "Drawn to Life" texts. You can get it on Amazon, but check in your library first.
Jack
The nine old men PDFs from Animation Meat
Walt Stanchfield "Drawn to Life" PDFs from Animation Meat
If you like the Walt Stanchfield ones, I suggest getting your hands on a copy of the two "Drawn to Life" texts. You can get it on Amazon, but check in your library first.
Jack
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