Karl's Animation Mentor Blog

403_FINAL

2009-10-18T11:50:00.003-04:00

Here's the final animation. My first ever lip sync animation. I can only hope they'll get better as I do more:)

401 - Dialog Blocking

2009-10-04T09:45:00.001-04:00

So... first pass attempting Lip Sync. Totally new to me.

401 - Before Lip Sync

2009-10-02T07:42:00.001-04:00

This is where it's at without any Lip Sync added yet.

309 - Spline Pass #1

2009-06-02T12:53:00.002-04:00

First Spline Pass:

309 - Blocking+

2009-05-27T21:48:00.001-04:00

Still in Stepped...

308 - Blocking +

2009-05-24T00:32:00.002-04:00

Still in stepped...

308 - Rough partial 2nd Pass

2009-05-21T10:59:00.001-04:00

307 - 1st Blocking Pass

2009-05-17T15:51:00.003-04:00

306 - Dialog Options

2009-05-04T16:47:00.001-04:00

305 - Polish

2009-05-04T10:42:00.001-04:00

304 - Spline Pass #1

2009-04-27T14:35:00.003-04:00

303 - Blocking Pass 1

2009-04-15T19:39:00.003-04:00

Next stage of blocking...

302 - Blocking

2009-04-11T08:37:00.002-04:00

Imagine that... yet another blocking pass... :)

302 - Blocking

2009-04-10T22:46:00.001-04:00

Just another blocking pass...

302 - Clarified Blocking

2009-04-09T17:20:00.003-04:00

Basically just deleted some poses for the sake of overall clarity. Seemed a bit too busy before.

302 - Rough Pass Blocking

2009-04-08T19:06:00.002-04:00

I already see changes I'm going to make. Killing the 2nd hop in the beginning and the 2 poses before the foot drops. But, here's something to show at least.

301 - Video Reference

2009-04-02T21:34:00.002-04:00

301 - Casino Set Render

2009-03-31T09:13:00.000-04:00

308 - Blocking

2009-02-23T22:04:00.004-05:00

Reblocking the shot. So far, only the first half has been roughly reblocked.

307 - Blocking FINAL

2009-02-22T17:37:00.002-05:00

307 - Blocking Pass #2

2009-02-21T18:38:00.001-05:00

307 - Garlic Bread Blocking Pass #1

2009-02-20T07:04:00.002-05:00

Really rough blocking pass. Watch his pupils, lol.

306 Video Reference

2009-02-14T20:53:00.004-05:00

306 Dialog Options

2009-02-09T07:05:00.003-05:00

Here's my audio options for my dialog animation. Let me know which one(s) you like.

305 - Dodgeball Final Animation

2009-02-08T19:32:00.001-05:00

304 - Spline Pass #1

2009-01-31T13:55:00.001-05:00

304 - Reblock

2009-01-26T22:41:00.002-05:00

303 - Reblocking

2009-01-26T14:54:00.001-05:00

302 - Dodgeball Blocking

2009-01-20T09:16:00.001-05:00

301 - Reshoot and Thumbnails

2009-01-13T10:35:00.002-05:00

So, my mentor gave me some suggestions and I had to reshoot my video reference and rethumbnail. Here's the thumbnails:

And here's a render of the set for my shot:

301 - Thumbnails

2009-01-10T22:00:00.002-05:00

301 - Video Reference

2009-01-08T13:23:00.003-05:00

Well, first shot of C3 is the Pantomime shot. Here's the video reference I shot last night for my shot. I'm not going to describe what it is in hopes that you can tell what is happening through the actions.

Class 3 - Intro to Acting

2009-01-08T13:19:00.002-05:00

YEAH!!

Class 3 - Intro to Acting started Jan.5th, 2009. I got another awesome mentor, Nick Bruno . Our first Q&A was totally awesome. I have no doubt I'm going to learn a lot this class.

Class 2 - DONE!

2008-12-21T17:41:00.002-05:00

So, ya...

Class 2 - Body Mechanics is now complete. Class ended Dec.19th @ 3pm EST. We have a 2 week break before the next term starts, Class 3 - Intro to Acting !!! I'm really looking forward to it. It's going to be a blast.

The AM site is down til class starts and I happen to be addicted to the site so I'm jonesing for some kind of fix...

In the mean time, I'm getting caught up on my Keith Lango VTS. I watched a lot of his this last class and they helped me extremely. Can't say enough good stuff about them.

211 - Box Lift FINAL

2008-12-13T17:49:00.001-05:00

210 - Box Lift Blocking Plus

2008-12-13T17:45:00.002-05:00

209 - Box Lift Blocking 2

2008-12-13T17:41:00.002-05:00

208 - Box Lift Blocking

2008-12-13T17:39:00.002-05:00

207 - FINAL Box Jump

2008-11-17T07:05:00.002-05:00

Here's my final of the Box Jump:

Session 204 - Box Jump

2008-10-24T21:53:00.003-04:00

Video reference and some 2D animation test:

Session 201 - 204 Side Step

2008-10-23T20:48:00.005-04:00

Blocking Pass No. 1

Blocking Pass No. 2

FINAL Animation:

Class 2 - Body Mechanics

2008-10-01T07:42:00.002-04:00

Wow... it's hard to believe but Class 2 - Body Mechanics has officially started! I'm so excited, we venture into full body animation this class. We had our first Live Q&A with our mentor last night and all I can again is WOW! He's a super nice guy that knows his stuff and is a hard person to please so it should allow a lot of growth during the class. My mentor is Dimos Vrysellas .

There's a couple of familiar faces in my class that I shared class 1 with and a lot of new people that I'm looking forward to getting to know throughout the semester.

So, stay tuned!

Session 110 - Exhausted Pose & Personality Walk Blocking

2008-09-09T22:01:00.000-04:00

An exhausted killer :)

Simple Double-Bounce Walk:

Session 109 - Concerned Pose & Vanilla Walk

2008-08-31T14:25:00.000-04:00

Concerned pose:
Revised "Vanilla" Walk:

Session 108

2008-08-31T14:21:00.000-04:00

Physical Strength pose:

Blocking of a "Vanilla" Walk:

Session 107

2008-08-31T14:18:00.000-04:00

Siggraph 2008

2008-08-09T16:27:00.000-04:00

Finally, after wanting to go for many, many years this year I am going to Siggraph!! It's going to be an awesome time for sure. I plan on taking some Max Masterclasses and soak as much of everything else in as well.

It's going to be awesome to meet up with fellow AM'ers and my mentor, Mike Walling will be out there so I'm looking forward to meeting him face-to-face as well.

My flight leaves Sunday morning and I return back on Saturday! I plan on taking as many pictures as possible, so I'll share them when I get back.

Session 106

2008-08-09T16:23:00.000-04:00

Wow...week 6 already!! Here's my FINAL shot submitted for week 6:

Session 105

2008-08-03T21:57:00.000-04:00

Session 104

2008-08-03T21:23:00.000-04:00

103 Revisions

2008-07-26T07:54:00.000-04:00

Here's my revised excitement pose:

Here's my ball bounce revision:

Session 103

2008-07-16T07:49:00.000-04:00

Well, week 3 is here. I have to animate a bouncing ball and create an "excitement" pose for Stu. Here's my polishing of the ball bounce:

Session 102

2008-07-12T18:47:00.001-04:00

Well, Week 2 is about underwraps!

This is my Stu pose I turned in for the freestyle pose:

2008-07-12T18:47:00.000-04:00

Well, Week 2 is about underwraps!

This is my Stu pose I turned in for the freestyle pose:

Week 2 Thumbnails

2008-07-09T16:54:00.000-04:00

Well, here's my thumbnail sketches for my first Stu pose:

Here's a practice pose with Stu:

Week 1 is complete!

2008-07-06T16:30:00.000-04:00

Well, week 1 is done. Only one word can sum it up... AWESOME! My mentor for Class 1 is a very talented animator known as Mike Walling. Our Live Q&A went 1-1/2hrs Tuesday night and it was great.

We didn't have a real assignment for week 1 so I have nothing to show. Week 2 starts today and we do have an assignment :)

Animation Mentor Class 1

2008-06-30T16:53:00.000-04:00

Today is the day. Class 1 officially starts.

I plan on posting here my progress during my adventure at Animation Mentor.