To finish my turrón advertisement, I still had to refine the material. I ended up mixing up my texture with one of Fab’s, and it ended up looking something like this: When I achieved the desired look, I mixed different materials to avoid overusing the firm texture. Indeed, it’s not the fluffy finish I wanted… Continue reading WEEK 12: FINAL UE5
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WEEK 12: FINAL
For the final stage, I reviewed all my projects and made corrections based on both tutors’ feedback throughout the term, as well as worked further on the body mechanics. This term, I’m incredibly proud of everything I have accomplished. Coming back to Maya after years and learning new techniques was really exciting. This term has… Continue reading WEEK 12: FINAL
WEEK 11
As we left last week, I was going to resume the original track: With the lost files on the computer and all the versions I had, I didn’t realise I’d gone back to the slowmo version… To get some feedback, we played it x48. Even though it was off by a bit, it was a… Continue reading WEEK 11
WEEK 10: WIP
This week, I started over, first creating my own ‘normal speed’ version of the reference, since the one I chose was sadly only slowmo.I worked on 5 primary poses and sent them to Ting for review before continuing. These are the poses: This was a good starting point for my new blocking WIP, and this… Continue reading WEEK 10: WIP
WEEK 9: WIP
As mentioned in George’s class, we went through our blocking poses.This was what I submitted: The first thing Ting noticed was the speed, which was really slow, and the cut I made made it very weird. Other things she pointed out were to better use the side view rather than the front to see and… Continue reading WEEK 9: WIP
WEEK 9: Planning and WIP
George gave us some feedback on our planning, especially for me. He said to shorten the animation to make it quicker, and the character doesn’t move that much more. My next step was to block the primary poses to review with Ting at the end of the week.
WEEK 8: Industry talk
I found this first industry talk extremely interesting and helpful, as I didn’t realise there were so many options in the 3D industry. She went through the areas where we can find 3D and how each group is developed. I appreciated her honesty about talking from experience in her line of work and how she… Continue reading WEEK 8: Industry talk
WEEK 8: Lights & Post-Processing
During the class, we explored lighting and post-processing. I liked it when I saw the light options were similar to what I’ve used in Maya or Cinema 4D before, so that didn’t daunt me as much. Post-processing was a bit tougher to understand; however, it was exciting how it affected the scene. This week, I… Continue reading WEEK 8: Lights & Post-Processing
WEEK 8: Body Mechanics
During this class, we began discussing body mechanics. Body mechanics is the combination of things we’ve worked on, like weight shift, posture, and balance, and they have to work together to continue adding character and personality choices. George emphasised the importance of using a reference for this, since with a video, we not only see… Continue reading WEEK 8: Body Mechanics
WEEK 6: Walk cycle
This week, we received feedback on our weight shift and pose. I was extremely proud to hear that I was doing really well and had understood the complexity of the assignment. George pointed out some tweaks I could make in my weight shift, as well as ways to improve the pose through just one of… Continue reading WEEK 6: Walk cycle