Tidbits from second semester

Was just organizing my files, so I figured I should post some!

Animation
Pink panther, 12 frame. Did the 8 inbetweens.


Original character walk, 16 (or 18?) frame cycle. I made a cricket waiter!



Had to change his arms to all be forward since I was running out of time. His face is too flat and doesn't rotate with the rest of the body, and the tailcoat & antennae both don't move in beat with his steps; it was too confusing for me to try and imagine so I just animated them separately. A lot of mistakes as usual, but since I am no perfectionist, I still somewhat enjoyed maso'ing over this assignment.

I still need help with s&c curve in a long path; I think I'm okay with understanding it from a fixed point (bookflip) but I really struggle with it otherwise.

Digital Tools
Learning flash. Drew Twitch again ... just because.



Character Design
Character in sequence. Probably should've had more anticipation for a better effect?


Also baby/elderly caricatures of a classmate, in practice for next assignment!
I really enjoy Enzo's in-class exercises.


Layout 


This is pretty much all I ever get done in my favourite class.......

Scale vs. Proportion. Couldn't manage my desired angle in the end, so I settled for something flatter.


I also had a grand time confusing myself about the positioning of the field guides on the graticule. I'll have to figure that out soon.


Painting
Still lifes, practicing metal, transparency and fabric

You see that glass? Those impossibly warped ellipses and goopy fabric rolls?
That's me painting through the night


Master copy from the animationbackgrounds blogspot
Original:


Copies:


Putting the original and my copy on the same screen makes me realize just how dull and washed out my colours are. Not to mention the ellipses again. Arrghh! ELLIPSES!!

We usually get 2-3 whole weeks or so to work on each homework assignment, but it always seems to disappear so quickly lol. Have to work on that time management.

Final projects

Finally got around to posting the semester's last assignments. Not that I did a particularly stunning job on any of them, but it's always nice to keep a record.

Digital Tools
Made a second multiplane pan.



We also made a demo reel, but I exported it incorrectly so the sound doesn't play. Oh well!

Animation
Ball & Tail, making use of what we've previously learned (Squash, stretch, S&C, anticipation, overlap action, etc.). My ball&tail moves way too fast though, because I didn't bother with slowing down some frames... ended up being 90 something pages, but it was a fun exercise because of the character acting.


Character Design
Artist profile; I did my presentation on Endling
Wasn't able to mimic his style very well at all; And I didn't realize how much it had changed over the years since what I remembered from him in 2007!


Painting
Colour mood landscapes. But I really need to learn how to use gouache opaquely.





Layout
Did a vertical pan this time. Portfolio was terrible because I didn't have enough time to redo my in-class drawings
 

Storyboard
Final project was to plan out before, and then draw our storyboard in class! Basic outline- char has a box, finds a larger box & sets aside original for it, struggles and eventually returns to the original box.
I had a lot of issues with crossing the stage line (camera). In comics it's permitted because viewers can set their own pace to study the panels, but in storyboarding for film, the viewer has to be led along since they can't choose how long to look at everything.



I pretty much used Ming & Grandpoops in all of my classes this semester.
But anyway, continue studying bones for the break !

Life Drawing class

Dumping all of this class' assignments in one post
Thurman is a good teacher. And I must say I was expecting to do worse in this class, but I'm getting consistent B's (in Sheridan's marking scheme) even though I personally think I haven't improved as much as the others; I haven't attended any extra life sessions either...

I really need to work on my gesture and volume, and a lot of other things. It always did feel like a test every session; so frustrating for me!

Life Drawing
12 minute 4-figure exercise (sep)


Portfolio 1 (sep-Nov)


Portfolio 2 (Nov-Dec)


Royal Winter Fair animal drawings (Nov. 10)
Probably by far my favourite part part of this class. I love drawing animals!
It was tougher than I expected, but I find it easier to see them in gesture/structure than humans.


Bone drawings
(Shamefully I powered through these in 9-12 hours...
and thus was more than frazzled when it came time to research and explain the parts. /terrible student)


Hands & Feet (reposting here too)