Tuesday, December 20, 2016

The motion of Redline



     Redline is a hand drawn animation and is one of my favorite hand drawn movies of all time. The reason that its one of my favorites is because its motion for being hand drawn is great. Each frame is hand drawn and it runs really smoothly.
     It flows so well for being hand drawn and the key framing is on point. It also is really good hand drawings that make it flow so well. Overall this animation in this movie is top quality and it has very good production quality.
   




Thursday, October 13, 2016

WH40K Sword

     For my first animation of the year I decided to my a sword in maya. I have been working on it for a few weeks now. This sword is still a work in progress but I decide to show a few things off right now.
     This is a screen shot from the actual 3d model in maya instead of the full rendered out version.
the hardest part of modeling this sword is blade and its angles for pulling it out of a rectangular polygon. Then you have to basically sharpen its angles and make it look like a real blade.

     Next came the handle which wasn't that hard but that is currently the part that i am on right now. its grip is just sort of a place holder. As of right now its it has come out pretty good.

     This image was father along in my sword. My favorite part of the sword right now are the wings that combine into one wing at the back.
   I will soon be adding a stand for the sword and I will also be adding multiple cameras that will rotate around and give 360 views. i have had a few set backs with maya but i will have them in the near future.

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Final Blog

E-comm Reflection
           
            This year in animation I learned a lot. Last year I wasn’t to big on Maya Lighting but this year a learned how to do a lot of that stuff thanks to my peers. Also this year I learned a lot about pixel art and how to add depth to the pixel art. Lastly this year I learned how to manage time better.
                       
            The way I learned all of that stuff is because all of my peers are all very helpful. They all have helped me and I have helped them in return. I also have learned by trying again and again until I have figured it out. I also have made mistakes that I have been able to make something cooler out of.

            I think that it is important to learn from your peers because they are the ones that are closes to you in your workspace. If something is out of place and they don’t like then your employer like it most likely wont. Another reason that the learning is important is because its how you make things better because if you know that there is something that will make your project but you don’t how to do it you need to learn it. That’s why learning is important.

            My strengths at animation are pixel animation and story development. Anything I do in animation I always try to have a story in it. Even in the little animation I tried to add a story. The reason I am so good at pixel art is because I have always liked it and when I learned to do it I got really good at it. My weakness at animation is pretty much anything that has to do with Maya like lighting and shadows. I just have not been able to do them good. I did improve them by learning more about them from my peers and also worked with them on it.

            I hope to have a job that has something to do with what I have learned. I also plan to work on new animation and my portfolio during the summer. I hope that I also might get feed back from my peers every once in a while. Lastly I hope to be able to go somewhere to look at professional animations to learn from.
           
            If I could change thing I would have done better time management last year because I wasn’t as productive I was this year. I would also change the different type of animation because I only did pixel art and 3D. I would really have liked to do more 2D animations. Lastly I would have like to have done more group projects like E-comm Brawl.
           

            Overall in Ecomm I have learned a lot this year due to my peers. I also like the way that my animations turned out this year. Also I plan to do animations and work on my portfolio. Lastly I had a ton of fun in Ecomm this year and this was by far my favorite.  

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Time animation

     This is my time animation that I decided to make a tank. In this animation I decided to make a LAV. That stands for lightly armored vehicle which was made to transport troops across the battlefield. I chose to use this one because they are a whole lot faster than normal tanks therefore showing how much time it actually took.

     In this animation the LAV is going across the battlefield and its as you can tell in takes along time.
the reason that that it takes so long to get from one side to the other is because there LAV is going up and down hills.

     Overall this was a great learning experience for because I got to work in Maya which I hardly ever do. I also got to work with shadows in Maya which I had only done once a long time ago.