Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Hannah Montana can jump!
We had to make our own character jump. I made the greatest pop star on earth jump, that's right, Hannah Montana.
Wally the green monster shares a peice of advice...
So the assignment was to find a piece of audio and create an animated lipsynch. Assuming everyone would choose Christian Bail (The Batman) flipping out, I opted for a hometown hero, Matt Damon. In this clip from "Good Will Hunting," Will offers a bit of advice. I thought it would be especially funny to pair the thick Bostonian accent with the Red Sox mascot, Wally the Green Monster....Listen up, kids...
DANCE! ...an excercize in rotoscoping
Walk cycles are overrated.
I filmed my friend, Tia's, super sweet dance moves and rotoscoped over the footage. Things I've learned: Rotoscoping gets really old, really fast. Haha!
I filmed my friend, Tia's, super sweet dance moves and rotoscoped over the footage. Things I've learned: Rotoscoping gets really old, really fast. Haha!
A fitting self portrait?
Stylized cubist-ish- simpl
...would a cartoon animator animate in live action?Monday, May 18, 2009
...Animating
Alright, the quarter is quickly winding down and I'm starting to feel the crunch. Animating for my "Tell Me a Story" idea is definitely going slower than I expected (but I should have learned by now, what animation doesn't?).
On top of this final I'm swamped with work for my other two classes. For time's sake, I decided to cut down some of the narration...originally I had three minutes and thirty seconds worth, I shaved off a good 45 seconds and I think it actually ended up making the story seem a little bit more cohesive. I also decided to not make backgrounds, or at least detailed ones. I'm pretty much going to leave it as ambiguous space. I think this enhances the effects of the many morphs the character goes through as the story changes, it also helps me out the time factor.
All in all the animation is going, going slow, but going. I have the time this week to sit down and really get working on it, should be fun!
On top of this final I'm swamped with work for my other two classes. For time's sake, I decided to cut down some of the narration...originally I had three minutes and thirty seconds worth, I shaved off a good 45 seconds and I think it actually ended up making the story seem a little bit more cohesive. I also decided to not make backgrounds, or at least detailed ones. I'm pretty much going to leave it as ambiguous space. I think this enhances the effects of the many morphs the character goes through as the story changes, it also helps me out the time factor.
All in all the animation is going, going slow, but going. I have the time this week to sit down and really get working on it, should be fun!
Monday, May 4, 2009
I guess I'm overdue for a post here, hm? Apparently I'm really terrible at blogging, but that's not to say I haven't been working. I've actually made some progress with my final for this class.
My idea is sort of experimental I guess. I was sitting around one day trying to come up with an idea and I figured, "hell, I'll just ask people to tell me a story." I then developed that into a serious concept where I would walk around Savannah and ask people to tell me a short 30 second to 2 minute story. Then I would pick through all the stories I got and use their sentences to create one somewhat cohesive story.
So I had a friend help me out with renting some audio equipment and I did just that. It was actually pretty fun, people thought it was a cool idea for the most part and only a few folks looked at me like I was some crazy art school kid and declined to help.
The real fun part was editing all the stories together...It's quite the strange story, I can tell you that. The really really fun part will be animating it. I've already started with some of the characters.
My idea is sort of experimental I guess. I was sitting around one day trying to come up with an idea and I figured, "hell, I'll just ask people to tell me a story." I then developed that into a serious concept where I would walk around Savannah and ask people to tell me a short 30 second to 2 minute story. Then I would pick through all the stories I got and use their sentences to create one somewhat cohesive story.
So I had a friend help me out with renting some audio equipment and I did just that. It was actually pretty fun, people thought it was a cool idea for the most part and only a few folks looked at me like I was some crazy art school kid and declined to help.
The real fun part was editing all the stories together...It's quite the strange story, I can tell you that. The really really fun part will be animating it. I've already started with some of the characters.
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