New concept ideas - The Call

When he walks past these shapes I want him to be able to grow, shrink, expand or multiply in number.

New concept ideas - The Call

I want him to be able to swing, hang and step onto the moving platforms. At first they seem out of his control but he gradually masters them.

Toolkit 2 - Submission

Toolkit 2 -Submission

Links to work are in grey or blue writing, or it may say "click here."

Tutorials:

Lighting and Rendering 2:

Arnold - Part 1: In Class

Arnold - Part 2: Sampling and Noise Reduction

Arnold - Part 3: Ray Depth

Arnold - Part 4: Linear Workflow (Lecture Only)

Arnold - Part 5: Maya Lights

Arnold - Part 6: Light Filters

Arnold - Part 7: Stylised Internal Lighting

Arnold - Part 8: HDR Images

Arnold - Part 9: Sky Dome Light

Arnold - Part 10: Stylised External Lighting

Arnold - Part 11: Standard Surface Shader

Arnold - Part 12: Toon Shader

Arnold - Part 13: Geometry Override Sets

Arnold - Part 14: Physical Sky Light

Arnold - Part 15: Not Posted Online

Arnold - Part 16: Mesh Lights 

Arnold - Part 17: Ambient Occlusion

Arnold - Part 18: Photometric Lights

Arnold - Part 19: Depth of Field

Arnold - Part 20: Fog (Legacy) and Atmosphere

Arnold - Part 21: Not done yet

Arnold - Part 22: Sub Surface Scattering

Arnold - Part 23: Not done yet

Arnold - Part 24: Stand Ins (Proxies)

Arnold - Part 25: Motion Blur

Arnold - Part 26: Caustics

Pipeline 1: Head Modelling

Part 1: Preparation 

Part 2: Rough Blocking

Part 3: Rough Blocking Continued

Part 4: The Mouth

Part 5: The Eye

Part 6: The Nose

Part 7: The Brow

Part 8: The Ear and Neck

Part 9: Sculpting and Clean Up

Part 10: Creating Details

Part 11: Adding a Throat

Part 12: Eyebrows

Part 13: Skull Cap

Part 14: Snagging List

Pipeline 1: Body Modelling

Part 1: Torso Blocking

Part 2: Torso and Arms

Part 3: Legs and Pelvis

Part 4: Legs and Boots

Part 5: Gloved Hands

Part 6: Hands and The Final Model

Pipeline 1: UV Layout

Part 1: Head and Head Details

Part 2: Body and Exporting Maps

Pipeline 1: Skinning:

Part 1: Building a Ribbon Spine
Part 2: Building a Skeleton
Part 3: Binding and Weight Grouping the Mesh

(The rest are still to be completed)

Pipeline 1: Rigging:

(Still to be completed)

Pipeline 1: Texturing:

(Still to be completed)

Pipeline 1: Facial Rigging 1:

(Still to be completed)

Pipeline 1: Turnarounds:

(Still to be completed)

Pipeline 1: Facial Rigging 2:

(Still to be completed)

Pipeline 1: Facial Rigging 3:

(Still to be completed)

3D Animtation 3: Term 1 Body:

For all Moom Poses click here

For Moom Weight Lifting click here (scroll down to end of the post)

3D Animation 4: Term 2 Face:

For my Facial Animation click here

Pose Library click here 
Jaw Bounce click here
Phonetics and Dialogue click here 
Movement Extremes - Brows and Eyes click here
Movement Extremes - Head Movement click here 

Infographics:

For all Infographics work:

Influence Map - Infographics click here

Colour Pallette click here 

Basic Shape/Colour of Wheel and Leaves click here

Quick Challenge - Junk to Gold click here

New Leaf Designs click here

Research for Infographics click here

New leaf Design/Ideas click here

New Wheel Design click here

Skull Animation Test Run click here

For Infographics Title Credit Animation click here

Mudbox:

For all Mudbox work click here

Life Drawing:

For all Life Drawing lessons click here

Sculpting:

Sculpting Character Ideas click here

Final Character Idea click here

Head Turn Around click here

Sculpting - Lesson 1 click here

Sculpting - Lesson 2 click here
Sculpting - Lesson 3 click here
Sculpting - Lesson 4 click here
Sculpting - Lesson 5 click here

Character Production Bible:

For Character Production Bible click here

Acting:
Final performance being assessed

Moom - Extreme Head Movement

Moom - Extremes Brows and Eyes

Moom - Mouth Movement (work in progress)

Moom - Mouth Movement from Jennifer Ball on Vimeo.

Premise - Reflective Statement

Reflective Statement

I was nervous but also excited about undertaking this project. I was excited to do something that was completely my own idea, however I was nervous and probably not confident with the prospect of having to trust my own decision making. After discussing this with Alan in one of my tutorials I began to relax into the project and became more confident in making my own decisions. I also realize that I often complete projects like "shopping lists".  Like Alan said I can take things "very literally" and become constrained by my ideas very quickly. Although I still work to a list, I do try to   jump around a bit more and give myself some reflection time whilst doing some other tasks.  I know that this is an area that needs further work but also recognise it is actually part of my nature.

I thoroughly enjoyed creating the concept Art for my project. The UPA theme has allowed me to break the boundaries of perfect lines, shapes and colours. I understand that not all of my work is abstract enough, which is something I hope to improve on before I come back in September. 

Making my Animatic was difficult, as it was hard to get my shapes in time with the music! Despite this aspect it was really fun bringing my story to life and I look forward to making the adjustments to the shapes movement. Once I took a step back from it and having Alan and Phil give me advice I understood the issues with it and value their feedback.

 

I now see that the separation between the shapes and character is not working. It makes it less interesting and boring to watch him walk horizontally across the screen. I want to spend time on creating concept art which shows The Mountain King reacting with the shapes. Seeing as it is happening in his mind, I have thought that I could place the King  in the abstract world!Almost as if he is in a fairground bedazzled, curious and engaged with all that is going on around him.  This will give my story more depth and excitement. I think taking another look at the animations Alan and Phil suggested will help me to do this too. 

Despite having to make changes in my project, I feel I've improved so much since Year 1 in terms of how quickly I do things and being more confident in my decision making. I am really looking forward to learning more skills and improving on the ones I already have in Year 3! I am proud of my achievements this year.