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.

…And it was a pretty fun approach.

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.

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Here’s the third version of my Basic Guy run cycle…

Feb 3: version 3: 3/4 view

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

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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.

Working on a juggling cycle with “Basic Guy”

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

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”…

version 3 – pretty happy with this now, but would love some feedback (more…)

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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Late blocking pass of a dinosaur walking, jumping, sliding, and accelerating to a run.
I think the major motions are about right now, next step is all the fun details that’ll make it actually look good…

Amalia made a giraffe in a racecar out of sculpey, and I modeled him in Maya.
Next up: Better textures, and some tweaking with ZBrush…

Really gettin there… (more…)