MA3306 ASSIGNMENT 05 CHARACTER LIP SYNC TEST

Assignment: Now that you know how to set up the eyes and mouth create a lip synch test ( around 60 frames)  with your character.

A quick lip sync test with our original character. Clip from 11 Sec Club.

MA3306 ASSIGNMENT 03 CHARACTER MODEL SHEET , INKED & COLORED (UPDATED)

Here's an updated version of the inked turnaround. Some parts need to be masked off, but until I can learn to do that, I will have to wait. At the moment I am drawing up some roughs for other poses, mouth movements, and props. And then maybe some concepts for backgrounds as well.

MA3306 ASSIGNMENT 03 CHARACTER MODEL SHEET , INKED & COLORED

The top image shows my rough draft turnaround of my bunny character, and below show a screenshot of it in ToonBoom. Everything is inked and colored. I understand if it's hard to tell because everything has a red tint over it. In this image I'm using the onion skin to show everything. What I did in ToonBoom was create a layer for each view and then drew the separate pieces in separate frames so I wouldn't end up with 20+ layers.

This bunny's name is Francois, he's mostly obedient when he's in the presence of his owner, but becomes as mischievous as ever as soon as his owner steps out of the room. He adores carrots and will do anything to get them. 

MA3306 ASSIGNMENT 01

Simon Tolfield 

Simon Tolfield is a British animator who creates personal films known as “Simon’s Cat.” 

Simon first learned to animate by making flip-books and later went to study at Graphics and Animation De Montfort University. He also spent time learning new computer software by himself.

 He now works from his home, using Flash to create his short films. He gets all the ideas for his films from his four cats at home and his experiences with them. His first film “Cat-man-do” was based on one of his cats trying to wake him up in the morning. Thinking it would make a good story, he sat down to animate it. Later he had found that it had been posted on YouTube with an incredible amount of views and realized he needed to give it a name. He continues to make short films and is also making a book.

His official site can be found here, as well as his YouTube channel here.

Anya McNaughton

Anya McNaughton is an Australian artist who is currently in her 3^rd year of studying animation at Queensland College of Art at Griffith University.

The majority of her works consists of stylized animals and a couple of animated shorts. Unfortunately, there’s not too much I can find out about her background and how she decided to pursue art. On a few of her websites, however, it does mention she has a huge passion for creating films. Her latest film “Fire Tiger vs Acid Panther” took about four months to animate and about 2 years for pre-production.  To make it complete she used both Photoshop and ToonBoom to animate it.

When asked about the animation field and its available jobs, she advises, “I think getting a job just depends on how good/passionate you are. Freelance is fairly easy to get, but settling down with a 9-5 job is a lot harder. I’d recommend studying animation, though, if you like it. If you’re just ‘kinda’ interested, it’s probably not right [for you].”

Her personal art blog can be found here, and her YouTube channel here.

Ryan Woodward

Ryan Woodward is an animator, designer and storyboard artist. His works include different jobs in production for major films, free-lance, and his personal short films as well. On top of that all, he also teaches for Brigham Young University, in Utah, teaching courses like storyboarding, gesture drawing and animation. 

Ryan studied at Brigham Young University for his Bachelors and at Academy of Art University in San Francisco for his Masters. He knew from a young age that he wanted to pursue art; he always loved comics, books, and animation. 

When asked what he thought about the 3D animation field and the students heading in that direction, he responded, “I think that every artist/animator needs to follow what they are passionate about.  If they are passionate about 3d, then that is exactly where they should go.  The same goes for any form of art or any part of the animation process.  The trick is figuring out what that passion is and always strive to compromise with other influences.  At the end of the day, when you're in your death bed and your family is looking at you, you want to say to them that you followed your dreams.”

His personal website can be found here, and his YouTube channel here.

 

MA3306 ASSIGNMENT 02

Create a straight  ahead animation showing off your knowledge of the 12 principles of animation.

Video can be found here. 

Unfortunately my QuickTime settings did not stick while uploading the video to YouTube so my video is playing back at a quicker speed. I originally animated it at 12 fps.

Also bring in a full body action pose drawing on 8 1/2 x 11 paper (already scanned) of an original character of your own that you’d like to animate in this class.

I know he may seem like a simple character, but I adore this little bunny. The majority of the time he does not have a mouth or arms. They only appear when an action comes about where they are needed (for example: eating, making a clearer gesture or expression).