Animation Mentor Assignments - Class 1 - Weeks 2-5

These are the assignments I have had so far:

For week 2 we had to go out and sketch people and pose our 3D character Stu based on a pose that we liked. Here are the poses that I chose and the revisions that I did after I received critiques from my mentor:



For week 3 we had to sketch excited poses and then pose Stu based on our favorite poses. We also had to animate a bouncing ball based on correct physics. Here are the poses I chose and the revisions that I did, as well as the revised bouncing ball and the reference footage that I based it on.



For week 4 we had to animate 2 bouncing balls. One that had heavy characteristics and one that was light. Here is how the animation turned out. I added some dynamics for fun as well. Dynamics are physics that can be added to objects within Maya to create special effects. These are realistic but don't have the animation techniques that we are learning in class.



Week 5 has been the most fun so far. We had to animate a ball bouncing through an obstacle course. In this animation we are using the concepts of Squash and Stretch, Anticipation, Timing and Spacing. Squash and Stretch and Anticipation are two of the twelve animation principles developed at Disney. We also had to sketch poses showing a person that was devastated and pose Stu based on our favorites. Here is what I handed in. Still pending revisions. My mentor's crit is this Wednesday.



Let me know what you think about these. Just add a comment to this post.

Kenny