Argentum Studio http://argentumstudio.com Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:43:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Reference & Blocking: “You stole from my kin!” http://argentumstudio.com/2011/03/reference-blocking-you-stole-from-my-kin/ http://argentumstudio.com/2011/03/reference-blocking-you-stole-from-my-kin/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:37:03 +0000 Sterling Ely http://argentumstudio.com/2011/03/reference-blocking-you-stole-from-my-kin/ Continue reading →]]> For a scene I just started animating, I shot 3 versions of reference and combined them with my current blocking pass.
A bit lengthy on the setup, but it should help me really nail the timing and poses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqHdaScYr0

…And it was a pretty fun approach.

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]]> http://argentumstudio.com/2011/03/reel-in-progress/feed/ 0 Aggie Christakis http://argentumstudio.com/2011/02/aggie-christakis/ http://argentumstudio.com/2011/02/aggie-christakis/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:00:59 +0000 Sterling Ely http://argentumstudio.com/2011/04/aggie-christakis/ Aggie Christakis adapted the skin from her old Flash website into the templates I gave her, and I cut it into a WordPress template for her.

]]> http://argentumstudio.com/2011/02/aggie-christakis/feed/ 0 Classic Blunders http://argentumstudio.com/2011/02/classic-blunders-2/ http://argentumstudio.com/2011/02/classic-blunders-2/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 04:13:34 +0000 Sterling Ely http://argentumstudio.com/2011/04/classic-blunders-2/ Continue reading →]]>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmJJjPAblro

Definitely getting there, but *really* gotta slow down the monkey’s timing after the drop. After that, it’ll be mostly about tweaking all the poses and tweens, and then more overlap, and fixing the lip sync.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojAy79268FY

Feb 5: A second blocking pass of the “Classic Blunders” animation I’m working on.

Feeling better about the timing and general poses of Basic Guy, but of course, the monkey still needs a lot of love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTisGUPB0ls

Jan 29: First blocking pass of a new animation I’m working on for Character Animation 3 at Gnomon…

 

]]> http://argentumstudio.com/2011/02/classic-blunders-2/feed/ 0 Run Basic Guy, Run!!! http://argentumstudio.com/2011/02/run-basic-guy-run/ http://argentumstudio.com/2011/02/run-basic-guy-run/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:47:55 +0000 Sterling Ely http://argentumstudio.com/2011/04/run-basic-guy-run/ Continue reading →]]> Here’s the third version of my Basic Guy run cycle…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yIeEGbYMuk

Feb 3: version 3: 3/4 view

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwKvNncc0x8

Feb 3: version 3: no more treadmills!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Ten-dRpc4

Feb 3: version 3: side view with motion trails and rig

For you pro animators giving me a critique, click here to download the videos for better analysis ;) (THANKS!!!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiKevwBTDFM

Jan 22: version 2: three-quarters render

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDVJ-44VKOE

Jan 22: version 2: side playblast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8wa99GkKs0

version 1: three-quarters playblast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6tbfkz93lw

version 1: side playblast

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I especially like how the background splatter effect changes depending on the size of the browser window. :)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnrmkBzgN-Q

A first version of my new reel: All the scenes I worked on last year tossed together chronologically in whatever format I currently have them. From here I’ll cut, rearrange, edit, and most importantly, add new scenes.

Also, I wanted to post this to check how the video/site border theming jive.

]]> http://argentumstudio.com/2011/01/preliminary-reel/feed/ 0 Lil Boy Blue Wants to Juggle for You http://argentumstudio.com/2010/08/lil-boy-blue-wants-to-juggle-for-you/ http://argentumstudio.com/2010/08/lil-boy-blue-wants-to-juggle-for-you/#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:10:31 +0000 Sterling Ely http://argentumstudio.com/2011/04/lil-boy-blue-wants-to-juggle-for-you/ Working on a juggling cycle with “Basic Guy”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps6I90gVj38

version 1 – pretty pleased with the general timing and poses, but still needs some tweaking, especially in the hands

]]> http://argentumstudio.com/2010/08/lil-boy-blue-wants-to-juggle-for-you/feed/ 0 Basic Guy, Basic Walk http://argentumstudio.com/2010/08/basic-guy-basic-walk/ http://argentumstudio.com/2010/08/basic-guy-basic-walk/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:30:28 +0000 Sterling Ely http://argentumstudio.com/2011/04/basic-guy-basic-walk/ Continue reading →]]> Time to get back to the animation basics: I need to work on finaling, and I think it’ll be much better practice for me to work on lots of really short shots instead of something longer.

First up: a walk cycle with “Basic Guy”…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJHMPKQsNSE

version 3 – pretty happy with this now, but would love some feedback

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXa9MaYGUpQ

version 2 – fixed the head bob a bit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVaDkqifz9Y

version 1

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]]> http://argentumstudio.com/2010/08/argentum-studio/feed/ 0 Monkey vs Robot http://argentumstudio.com/2010/06/monkey-vs-robot/ http://argentumstudio.com/2010/06/monkey-vs-robot/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:49:59 +0000 Sterling Ely http://argentumstudio.com/2011/04/monkey-vs-robot/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koa_Z44tFNU

This one is in the really early stages: I’ve got a lot of the poses, but the timing is waaaay off, mainly because I wanted to keep the timeline very open so I could easily add extra poses, etc…

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh-I4FDn_i8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJM0ebkvQ3E

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G4ei7wbwro

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