Class 2 Project 2

Finally got away from that ball with legs to a character with no arms. Overall it was a big learning curve, learning to deal with the spine and head. I'm mostly happy with it although I do wish I had another week to really polish it. Also I would have like to add another camera angle so you can see what is happening on the diving board a little clearer but my mentor advised against it.

Now I'll be working on my final project for class 2 which deals with a fully formed character, which should be very challenging and fun!



That's all for now! :)

Awesome little animation

Great animated video my mentor showed during class. Wanted to share it here!

Will be posting my finished 2nd project sometime in the next day or two. Until then enjoy this awesome piece!


Thought of You from Ryan J Woodward on Vimeo.

Class 2 Assignment 1 Finish

Haven't posted in a bit due to my crazy schedule as of late. But being that tonight it looks like I'll get to bed before midnight I wanted to at least put my week 4 assignment up.

I was debating going back and fixing this one because of how horrible the legs ended up being. But decided against it to remind me why they are doing that and to never.do.that.again.ever.

Great progress Reels

Found some great videos of how a shot progresses from planning to polished and just wanted to share them here. I love these behind the scenes stuff!!

First one is by Kyle Kenworthy


Next two are from David Tart

Animation Direction: Shot Progression from David Tart on Vimeo.


Animation Direction: Sequence Progression from David Tart on Vimeo.

Project 1 Class 2 Part 1

Just popping in to throw out my blocking pass for the about face. Will be refining this over the next two weeks so stay tuned!

And that is a wrap for class one!

So I've finished class one at AM and am moving on to body mechanics starting next week!

This changes my schedule somewhat from starting and finishing a new shot every week to having roughly 4 weeks to plan and take my shot to its conclusion. So updates will be somewhat random and less frequent that they have been. Also a big difference is my assignments will start being a lot more interesting and I'll be able to really push myself.

So for my final assignment I just smoothed out my blocking from the previous week on my sneak.



For week 12 I had to compile all my shots into 1 progress reel for my next mentor to take a look at and give me an idea of where I stand coming into class 2. Overall I got a B average for the first class which I'm very happy about. Progress reel follows.





See ya in class two.

Busy Busy Busy

So I'm a bit behind in posting. Had some busy weeks with real life stuff and got very little sleep. Also really pushed myself on my shots the last two weeks studying and discovering all sorts of new awesome things about animation.

So onto the Week 9 stuff...my finished Vanilla walk and concerned pose.


Concerned: Will be revisiting this before end of term to change the lil guy's pose to more slouched. Maybe add some background colors or something.

Vanilla Walk: Overall I'm generally happy with it. Will probably revisit it to give it slightly better balance. 

This brings us to week 10!

This week is a personality walk and a pose featuring exhaustion.

Exhaustion: Very happy how this turned out. Mentor loved it and said was good as is.

Personality "walk": Well this was a lot of fun. This was the first assignment I completely custom created. I shot reference of myself then took that into my planning and really hammered out all the blocking poses I could. I learned sooooo much this week I can't even begin to list everything. The assignment just called for a personality walk which is basically take the vanilla walk and add rotation or a hip thrust or a double bounce. But being who I am I decided to go with something more original. Result is below :)

Overall very happy with week 10 and my mentor loves the shot and I'm looking forward to my last assignment for class one next week!