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

This week, we had online tutorials with Nigel, and we went through my proposal outline together. We discussed how to proceed with the readings, given that there were many, and how to read only the parts that interest me. Another thing mentioned was to include keywords such as ‘motion graphics’ or ‘opening graphics’. But he… Continue reading WEEK 11

WEEK 11

his week, I wanted to go deeper into the Engine and start working on what I had set up and the material. I initially used the material Serra provided, but I wanted to make some tweaks. This is Serra’s: Then what I worked over this: And the worked to get from this to this: When… Continue reading WEEK 11

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

This week was a busy week. I first completed the first 3 scenes and their respective animations. For the character, I managed to create the rig work for the ad It’s not the best rig, but I’m proud of what I have accomplished. For the scenes, I had to refresh my understanding of how MASH… Continue reading WEEK 10

WEEK 10

During this week’s class, we continued with different writing approaches and viewed some guidelines for referencing. We saw a thesis, but it can also be applied in our case. As for my critical report, I started looking at examples of title sequences I liked and other media to complete my proposal. I will talk with… Continue reading WEEK 10

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

This week’s class explained the basics of developing our literature review. We went through diverse PowerPoint presentations on using citations and references, as well as tips on structuring this report. It was helpful, since writing a critical report in English is really daunting, especially since I haven’t done research this big in ages, and even… Continue reading WEEK 9