More RapAttack-Nick

Tried slowing down the raptors take off run and I tried to slow down his running speed a little. Gave hime the sniff and scratch of a dog and I brought life to my victim before he died.

INSTRUCTOR POST - If you are graduating this term...

From Robert Steele:

A large percentage of graduating students have still not submitted their Final Portfolio to the online Final Portfolio Review area. They have already received notification of the need to do this. This WILL AFFECT THEIR ELIGIBILITY TO GRADUATE this semester.

Could you please announce in your classes that Senior graduating in Spring and Summer 2012 need to submit their portfolio to the online Review area in their online student profile to graduate ASAP. (This does not apply to students that have graduated in Fall2011) Again they should have already received notification of this. Following is the email I will be emailing them over the next few days. You can read it in class if you like. (Actually I would prefer it. J )

Also attached are the instruction for uploading in case any of them have not yet received it.

YOU ARE MISSING YOUR UNDERGRADUATE FINAL REVIEW PORTFOLIO. Either you have not submitted it to the REVIEW area located in your online profile or you have published it yet by selecting the Publish button in the REVIEW area in your online Student Profile.

Again you must submit to the REVIEW area and select PUBLISH when you are done. Do not submit to the area marked Portfolio

You MUST submit a Final Review Portfolio online to be considered a candidate to Graduate if you are graduating in Spring or Summer 2012.

Not submitting to the online portfolio review WILL AFFECT YOUR ELIGIBILITY TO GRADUATE this year.

In case you have not received it. Instructions for posting to the online Portfolio area are attached.

You MUST submit by May 1^st 2012 to be reviewed before the end of the semester.

Nick Rap Attack4

Toned down a bit on the tail and gave the raptor some more movement in the beginning.

Nick _Rap Attack3

Gave the scene a camera so it's ALOT clearer

JR Fuentez - Non Linear

*note - need to work on timing, some spacing.

Any and all critiques welcome.

Happy Animating!

INSTRUCTOR POST - hand in your work in progress next week

Sorry that I wasn't able to get feedback to everyone today. Stop by during my drop-in office hours (1-4pm) on Monday if you would like some feedback. Hopefully the conversations about camera and depicting the mass of giant creatures will be helpful to your current efforts.
Remember with realistic/vfx animation you are always balancing the considerations of;

1. Client Satisfaction.
2. Audience Expectation.
3. Interest and Entertainment.
4. Physics, Realism and Reference.

Just a quick reminder - next class I'm going to collect your current work-in-progress to generate a progress grade for April 29th. Be sure to have at the top of your folder a movie file of your latest non-cycling creature animation named <Last>_<First>.mov. Your grade will be based on your current progress relative to expectation.

By next class, you should have the physics and timing of your character's root and body with basic leg/limb mechanics. All the action should be clearly depicted and your camera(s) must be well composed and choreographed.

Sean - Pegasus Ref from Fantasia

The pegasi (not sure about the plural form for Pegasus) come in at 1:05.

some ref for pegasus

this one doesn't allow me to embed...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my9wMCgbKEc&feature=related

pegasus landing at 0:52, flying at 5:20 and 6:35
hope it helps~

- Yu

Tim Li_Fox Blocking2

Hey guys, hope you had a great break. This is what i have for my animation so far. Would love to hear what you guys think. Is the camera better? I haven't really figured out what i'm going to do with the ending since my animation is already 17 seconds. What do you guys think'? Thanks

Taylor: Loth Blocking

     Alrighty ya'll, whatcha think? I am in the blocking stage, I started at the beginning and I've gotten up until Loth jumps back and takes his first set of steps. I have started messing with splines a little bit but not too much. Absolutely all critique is welcome.

      Some of the area's I am concerned include:  the head bumping the leaf, the amount for time it takes for Loth to react to the butterfly. Do you think he should jump away immediately or wait a second while the butterfly lands, then jump away. Also I'm not sure if he looks hesitant and curious enough when approaching the butterfly. I think slowing his walk when he approaches the leaf will make him look more cautious. What do you guys think?

Nick- RapAttack2

This time I got the raptor jumping like in the movies

West - Mocap Assignment

                                   Original Mocap Data

 

                                    West Final

 

Nick- Rap Attack

I don't have a camera set up yet so I just tried to fit as much of the animation in the shot as I could.
Hint- someones on the bottom floor so the raptors jumpin down on him.

Tim Li-Fox Blocking

This is what i have for my fox animation so far. What do you guys think about the camera? i would love to hear what people think. Thanks

Taylor: Scardey Loth Blocking

I'm pretty happy with the direction that this is going. I think the hardest part of of this will be making the loth look curious and hesitant, other than that I am looking to see what everybody thinks. Any and all critique welcome!