During the break i started to work on my key frames for the entire animation. Some of the poses were also inbetweens, as i had to figure out the entire movement for specific shots. I'm half way through rough poses and expressions. I also added few movements that i think would contribute to the feeling.
Still lots of work needs to be done, but i'm solving these poses now (which is great, cause it gives me time in the future to improve everything as well). Once i have the keys, i'll start add the other keys and then inbetweens.
While doing that, i finished a piece of concept art (Which is also part of my layout design). I'm doing the second piece these days.
I improved my character design as well.
Animatic is ready as well.
Ready to work only on animation now, so that's good. It's about time..
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Update week 8
Finished this week:
- Pipeline proof
- Bear project
- Camera moves + started my Animatic
- Really important key pose for the final scene (part of the artwork).
Goals for the holidays:
- Start working on the key poses for the entire animation - shot by shot.
- As i already started to work on the layout design - i need to really start working on final layout (i find it hard, cause' it's hard for me to choose the design i want. (at least i finished my important props).
- My animatic is in Final stages, so i believe i'll finish it today or the next few days.. So, basically for the holidays i'm planning to do only artwork and animation.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
PipeLine Proof
So this is a very very very rough example of how i'm going to approach my post production stage. These are NOT the colours i'll use (if i'll have the time of course) and after i exported it, i saw it's very slow as well. That's not important, but the way i've done it was to create different layers - midground, background and forground with Alpha C' (Actually Jack did and recorded himself showing me). Then i saw i'll have to measure my drawings so i won't lose information when i adjust the settings to HD (16:9). The other thing was to make sure that the background line drawings are closed and clean. With the Animation - i inked one frame and created an Alpha C'. Then i created the movement of the clouds moving and Minnie running across.
That's basically how my elements are going to be layed out.
Update Week 7
I managed to finish some of my goals this week:
1 - Finished the few props i wanted from last week.
2 - Went over the lines and cleaned up some of it for the Pipeline Proof.
3 - The 2-3 backgrounds i wanted to finish are PARTLY ready - the first stage was to construct the layout - to get the perspective right. Now i just need to add the details and the texture.
4 - I cropped the images from the storyboard and numbered them for the Animatic. I have the SFX ready. All i have to do now is to make the camera moves in AE and export them as QuickTime Clips and import it into Final-Cut. From there i just have to work out the timing and to match the SFX.
The only reason i haven't started the Animatic yet, is because of the pipeline proof and the Bear project. The pipeline proof is nearly ready and the same with the bear for VFX Class - i have to finish both next week (Due on week 8).
Once i'll get them both out of my way, i'll have the time to work on my Animatic (Even during the break) so when i get back, i could start animating.
So, my goals for next week are:
- Finish the bear project for VFX and hand it in (Finish with the wire removal tool, created the explosion and now i just need to work on the details and hand it in).
- Finish the pipeline proof and upload it to my blog (just have to ink one of my frames, create an Alpha Channel and import it into AE - position the frame as if it's a run cycle behind the tree to interact with the background, export and i finished.
- Create the camera moves i need for my specific frames and export as quick times. Save the SFX i found on Soundtrack pro in folder, so i can use it in my Animatic.
1 - Finished the few props i wanted from last week.
2 - Went over the lines and cleaned up some of it for the Pipeline Proof.
3 - The 2-3 backgrounds i wanted to finish are PARTLY ready - the first stage was to construct the layout - to get the perspective right. Now i just need to add the details and the texture.
4 - I cropped the images from the storyboard and numbered them for the Animatic. I have the SFX ready. All i have to do now is to make the camera moves in AE and export them as QuickTime Clips and import it into Final-Cut. From there i just have to work out the timing and to match the SFX.
The only reason i haven't started the Animatic yet, is because of the pipeline proof and the Bear project. The pipeline proof is nearly ready and the same with the bear for VFX Class - i have to finish both next week (Due on week 8).
Once i'll get them both out of my way, i'll have the time to work on my Animatic (Even during the break) so when i get back, i could start animating.
So, my goals for next week are:
- Finish the bear project for VFX and hand it in (Finish with the wire removal tool, created the explosion and now i just need to work on the details and hand it in).
- Finish the pipeline proof and upload it to my blog (just have to ink one of my frames, create an Alpha Channel and import it into AE - position the frame as if it's a run cycle behind the tree to interact with the background, export and i finished.
- Create the camera moves i need for my specific frames and export as quick times. Save the SFX i found on Soundtrack pro in folder, so i can use it in my Animatic.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Update week 6
Busy week!, I managed to finish my goals this week:
SFX (Rough) - ready for the Animatic (Found even more SFX in Soundtrack Pro which i'm probably going to use in the final piece). With the soundtrack i'm going to use bits and pieces from famous themes just to have a proper reference for the music i'm aiming to get.
After i have the Animatic running as a file, i'll have an example of what kind of music i want for the sound design people.
StoryBoard - Done (ready to be scanned) - the storyboard is long just because i worked out my movement (rough key frames of the entire animation).
Character Design (poses and expressions) - Done
(Also finished the illustrations (photos) of Minnie and the guy together - to show their relationship).
Prop Design - Done.
Pipeline Proof - Done (The layout is pretty much what i wanted - i might change the elements, but overall it's ready). I finished rough Animation of Minnie, an 8 frames run cycle.
Upcoming goals for next week:
1 - finish cropping my storyboard - start editing and timing it in Final Cut (hoping to finish it) . 2 - I would also like to finish 2-3 of my backgrounds (the Airport, the profile fence and maybe an interior of the house or some other layout).
3 - Clean up and add details to my animation for the pipeline proof.
4 - Just add 3-4 props i thought would be useful.
SFX (Rough) - ready for the Animatic (Found even more SFX in Soundtrack Pro which i'm probably going to use in the final piece). With the soundtrack i'm going to use bits and pieces from famous themes just to have a proper reference for the music i'm aiming to get.
After i have the Animatic running as a file, i'll have an example of what kind of music i want for the sound design people.
StoryBoard - Done (ready to be scanned) - the storyboard is long just because i worked out my movement (rough key frames of the entire animation).
Character Design (poses and expressions) - Done
(Also finished the illustrations (photos) of Minnie and the guy together - to show their relationship).
Prop Design - Done.
Pipeline Proof - Done (The layout is pretty much what i wanted - i might change the elements, but overall it's ready). I finished rough Animation of Minnie, an 8 frames run cycle.
Upcoming goals for next week:
1 - finish cropping my storyboard - start editing and timing it in Final Cut (hoping to finish it) . 2 - I would also like to finish 2-3 of my backgrounds (the Airport, the profile fence and maybe an interior of the house or some other layout).
3 - Clean up and add details to my animation for the pipeline proof.
4 - Just add 3-4 props i thought would be useful.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Update Week 5
Alright - this week was CRAZY!
I nearly finished my character design: Pose and Expression Sheets for my characters - nearly means that i just have to refine them.
Finished Rough SFX for my Animatic (again - SFX, NOT music, because i'll be able to do it only after i have the animatic ready).
Started to work on my Storyboard (using some images from my Thumbnails).
Finished my schedule (detailed schedule for Pre-Pro', Production and Post).
This weekend i have a few goals:
Completely finish my Storyboard - having it ready for the Animatic stage, so next week i could scan all the images.
Completely finish the character Model Sheets (piece of cake : ).
Finish Props design (Not a big deal too as i have my references from my house overseas).
Finish at least 1-2 backgrounds - (front, middle and back elements) for the pipeline proof.
Well, with the animation - i don't know, we'll see how it goes....too many things to finish, so maybe i'll drop an image on top and move it or use something i already have.
I don't think i'll have too many problems to finish the storyboard, model sheets and the backgrounds. I started and almost finished some of them.
I nearly finished my character design: Pose and Expression Sheets for my characters - nearly means that i just have to refine them.
Finished Rough SFX for my Animatic (again - SFX, NOT music, because i'll be able to do it only after i have the animatic ready).
Started to work on my Storyboard (using some images from my Thumbnails).
Finished my schedule (detailed schedule for Pre-Pro', Production and Post).
This weekend i have a few goals:
Completely finish my Storyboard - having it ready for the Animatic stage, so next week i could scan all the images.
Completely finish the character Model Sheets (piece of cake : ).
Finish Props design (Not a big deal too as i have my references from my house overseas).
Finish at least 1-2 backgrounds - (front, middle and back elements) for the pipeline proof.
Well, with the animation - i don't know, we'll see how it goes....too many things to finish, so maybe i'll drop an image on top and move it or use something i already have.
I don't think i'll have too many problems to finish the storyboard, model sheets and the backgrounds. I started and almost finished some of them.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
End of week 4
This week i finished my Final script, (i handed in the synopsis, premises and treatment over week 2). I finished Thumbnails as well and probably going to use some of the images for the storyboard (i broke down movements just to help myself understand better complicated motions).
I started to work on the model sheets - pose sheet and expression sheet for each of the characters. I used the thumbnails for key storytelling poses and expressions.
My goal for next week is to continue work on the guy's pose sheet.
Start work on layout and props design (All the items I'm using in the film are from my house back in Jerusalem - so the stuff the guy owns are actually items that would be based on my own stuff.).
Work out SFX (which now i know more clearly which ones i need).
The week after (week 6) is going to be dedicated to storyboards and from there to Animatic.
I started to work on the model sheets - pose sheet and expression sheet for each of the characters. I used the thumbnails for key storytelling poses and expressions.
My goal for next week is to continue work on the guy's pose sheet.
Start work on layout and props design (All the items I'm using in the film are from my house back in Jerusalem - so the stuff the guy owns are actually items that would be based on my own stuff.).
Work out SFX (which now i know more clearly which ones i need).
The week after (week 6) is going to be dedicated to storyboards and from there to Animatic.
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