Week 6! Jesus already half way through the term. I thought at the start of this one - "ha, just one scene to do this term - should be easy" - It's not! God I was hoping my work would be much further ahead by this time. I feel that there it's still really just out of blocking and really needs all the 'meat' of facial expression, head and body accents. The problem I find is that I find it hard to put those things into blocking. I tend to try to just get something working and then spend most of my time in spline - working things out there. I know this is wrong and I'm going to change to get it all in the blocking from now on.
We had a lecture from animator Bret Parker as she went through a shot she did for Pixar's Ratatouille. It was a big eye opener to see how much of change there was between her initial layout and her first pass blocking. So much of the animation is roughed in and working already. She also made quite a big change to various parts after blocking as well and it really helped the shot. This has given me confidence to tare out sections of my work and try something new to improve it.
In Q&A we went through steps to take when your shot isn't going well. We also watched a documentary called Rivers and Tides. I feel the guy's pain when the sculpture./art installation breaks that he's working on.
Here's where my assignment is upto: -
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