Shot 17 - Progress So far

I changed this scene slightly so that the shapes could bend and bat the mountain king to each other. I'm not sure if the movement looks right yet? I wanted him to bounce from one to the other.

Screenshot from scene

 
Flying from shape to shape - Playblast 01 from Jennifer Ball on Vimeo.

Redesigning the Ending Credits

I wanted to change the colors of the ending credits because the range of colours specifically in the clouds didn't match the rest of my animation.

I want the ending credits to be clear and simple but reflect a bit of the animation's personality. Here are some stills take from the credits in chronological order:

Ending - Image 01

Ending - Image 02

Ending - Image 03

Ending - Image 04

Ending - Image 05

Ending - Image 06

Rendered image of all sides - Preparing for Demo Reel

I have rendered all the sides to my Mountain King model. They will be displayed like this within my demo reel. I need to work out how big I want to scale of the sides of my model,so I can add some text with brief explanations. As well as rendered Images, I want to show the wire frames to my models and show a small clip of each side animated too.

I am planning on adding a few key props/shapes to my demo reel, displaying how they move and work. Then showing an exert from my animation: 'The Call'. I want to be able to show my work in a carefully, clear and organised way.

I think in my case it is important to show in this demo reel the different software's I used. This is so the audience are informed that my 2D character was actually made in a 3D space such as Maya and not just After effects!

All sides rendered together - rendered image

Side view - rendered image

Front view - rendered image

Back view - rendered image

'Pointy Shape' Scene - Playblasts and Render

Test Render

            

            

Nuke Lesson 04 - Visual Presentation

I did struggle in this lesson to keep up with the instructions but I eventually caught up an understood where to place the nodes to create the effect I wanted.

Using the transform and invert nodes we were able to slide the doors open, showing the matte painting behind. We adjusted the colour saturation in the alpha channels so that the doors layer matched the matte painting behind. 

The next stage is to add the 'green screen' video behind the opening doors. Once this is done, it will look like the man is stepping through the sliding doors.

How I work out the exact frames to the music

Just thought it would be good to show the process and methods that I use so that my movements are in time with the music:

New 'Parachute Shape' Design and Playblast

New Designs For 'Parachute Shape'