Class 3 session 08: RE-Blocking

Hey!
What a week! Too much work, now I say too much work! I say I say son! Too much work!!

What's new??

a)Too many poses and a couple of them are unclear
b)Eye direction doesn't look good, a bit cross-eyed
c)Have her look at the character all the time and then she looks down to think
d)Eyes shouldn't be closed for so long at the beginning (doesn't portray honesty)
e)On "Christmas" hands are moving too much
f)"misery" pose too big, way too big!

And for you animation fans, do some research on Doug Sweden animation from Pixar, one of the slowest ones but amazing attention to detail.

Class 3 session 07: Blocking

I wanted to animate the "panther" dialogue but Doug Sheppeck wasn't excited about it, he basically said the "misery" line had so much more to play with in terms of acting, so I switched! And here I am with the first blocking pass. This is my first time animating Bishop (who you see on the screen) and the rig is kinda cool but to add some textures to it is insane! I needed help from the bunny mastah Peter Fiala to do some unwrapping and have something decent by the end of the assignment.

It has been very busy at work, the busiest ever I would say. But nothing animators can't handle!

Class 3 session 06: Dialogue options

Here are the dialogue lines I was able to find, one of them thanks to Mark Pullyblank. The lawyer is from the movie "Intolerable Cruelty" where George Clooney acts out and the "panther" line is from "Anchor Man" which is the line I would love to animate. Lets see what the mentor says!

Class 3 session 06: Intro to Dialogue - Exploratory drawings

Class 3 session 05: *Revision*

Last comments for this piece were:
-Pacing of the shot overall, its losing momentum on how it builds up, eliminate the pauses.
-Hands should be moving from slow to fast to faster.
-"take" should be sharper to keep up the pace
-Walk should be slower to contrast the emotions
-Resolve how he pivots on his right foot, now it feels sticky.

Still needs polish, I'll do it later down the road not now. We've been asked to abandon this piece and move on.

:)

Class 3 session 04: *Final*

I've been working hard on this assignment, silly me... I gave myself too much work! And to make matters worse, I needed to do overtime at my full time job...

I won't write down the list of notes I got from Doug Sheppeck, because its a long one! Basically is all about polishing, paying attention to overlapping action (what moves first, what follows) shifting weight from leg to leg, not having the feet tied down on the same place, pay close attention to arcs and so on... He gave me a 40 minutes awesome critique, he is amazing! He is the kind of Mentor I was expecting from Pixar.

Class 3 session 03: Refining

Whoa! Lots of notes from Doug Sheppeck on this assignment, check it yo!
1)More work on the poses, they're not communicating strong enough
2)A more 3/4 angle on the character is needed, this is a big note because of what it implies to make this change. (I'm so glad he pointed this out)
3)F42, silhouette problems, left hand is blocking right hand.
4)F63, break symmetry on "W" shape pose.
5)F78, feels off balance
6)FWIW, Add a small take to the double eye blink
7)F166, turning and walking is not quite working, switch legs and hold it for 6 frames at least.

All these notes kept me busy throughout the week, but thanks god I did managed to get them all done!