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Sam anderson
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Two CharacterS: Animating in Photoshop
I am in the process of animating my film in photoshop. I have drawn all the backgrounds for each shot in Photoshop and am now animating...
Sam
Apr 19, 20191 min read
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Two Characters: Film Intro
So far, I have completed the opening to my film. During this process I first made some concept sketches of the backdrop. My inspiration...
Sam
Mar 8, 20192 min read
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Two Characters- Animatic:
For the animatic, I made some developments from the original shots that I incorporated in my storyboards. I added notes on camera...
Sam
Feb 12, 20192 min read
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Two Characters: Story development and Storyboards
I have sketched out my Storyboard for my two characters film and developed the idea further from my initial thoughts. Originally I had...
Sam
Feb 4, 20191 min read
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Animation: Two Characters and a setting​
For my latest brief, I must animate a short film about two characters in a certain setting. For this brief, we were shown examples from...
Sam
Jan 21, 20191 min read
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Maya - ik and fk switch
When animating my walk cycle in Maya I encountered the problem where my characters feet would slide about and sink into the floor when...
Sam
Nov 27, 20181 min read
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Maya - Graph Editor
Now that I've ket framed two of my scenes I've decided to start experimenting with the graph editor to refine the movements. One of the...
Sam
Nov 21, 20181 min read
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Stop-Motion Animation
I'm almost near to completing the stop-motion side of my World in a Room project. Before I began animating I took some measurements of...
Sam
Nov 19, 20181 min read
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Working in MAYA:
I have started creating the key poses I sketched out previously and shaped them into my rig in Maya. The first scene that I have...
Sam
Nov 7, 20181 min read
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Hand Sketched Poses for 3d rig posing in Maya:
Before I start animating in Maya I've sketched out key poses for my 3D model onto paper. This will make things slightly easier when it...
Sam
Nov 4, 20181 min read
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World in a Room: Animatic
This week I finalised my storyboard and animatic for the World in a Room project. I've altered the ending to my idea after speaking to...
Sam
Oct 28, 20181 min read
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World in a room
For World in a Room I had the idea of using an object to cause the two characters to come into contact. My idea revolves around my CGI...
Sam
Oct 22, 20181 min read
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Cup of coffee - animatic
Above is the finished storyboard and animatic for my Cup of Coffee project. I've tried to keep the shots simplistic, focussing on just...
Sam
Sep 21, 20181 min read
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Cup of Coffee - character design
For the Cup of Coffee brief I've designed one unhappy character (above) and one happy character (below). The unhappy character will...
Sam
Sep 18, 20181 min read
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