3DVA Final Project.

Part 1




Part 2




Reflection:
The first of part of the Project was to create simple steps. I had a hard time animating the lower part of the body. I took few days to finish only the lower part but after I got the hang of it, it was easier to do part 2 of the project. I must say that I focus too much on part 1 of the assignment than the second. The reason is because I have to use the first walk cycle and continue with the stairs.

Sorry for the late update.

Big Dog Pose Animation

This is the first try of my Big Dog Animation.

After consulting teacher, I edit the body and lifting up of the legs.

In my opinion, this exercise was a hard and tedious one because I have to pay attention to the details properly. The jerking parts were the hardest because the video was a short one and I had really be sure of where I should place the jerks. I had to view the video multiple times to get it right. The angle of the camera plays a part too as I need to find the appropriate direction of the animation. But I am satisfied with the work that I've produced.

Joe Rig Pose/Animation

A short and simple animation to show the weight of the body that the legs have to balance. The pose looks easy to do but there is a lot of visualization needs to be done. The weight of the legs need to be seen as if it is carrying a heavy body and not just by moving left and right.

Rigging

The tutorial was a tedious one but it was easy to understand and memorize because the steps are all repeated. Now I understand the different areas of rigging. Joints, locators and the different controls. I took quite some time to finish the videos because I was facing problems. I managed to solve them by listening to the video carefully and watching each and every step that he made.

More Poses (300 Movie,Tattoo Lady, Bollywood Lady)

This is another exercise that I've done. This is a little more tedious than the previous exercise as I have to do some facial expression to make it look more realistic. The rest of the process is the same as the Spiderman activity. It is basically moving and rotating the joints.



This is another pose that I have to do. I think this pose is a quite complicated just like the Spiderman that I did. The legs have to be bended all the way to the ground. I had some trouble moving the whole body down because the I was not able to move the knees itself.




The pose is basically more on the folding legs. I love this pose the most because it looks almost similar to the original picture. After practicing different poses, I did not have much problem doing this because I know how to move the whole body.

As for the facial features, I learnt more by doing this. As you can see the first pose, I did not do anything much for on the face except for the mouth but for the Tattoo and Bollywood lady, I shaped the eye lids, eye balls and also the eyebrows. I also did the nose and adjust it and made it look sharper. A fun and challenging task.

Spiderman Hanging Upside-Down Posing

back view

front view

side view

For this exercise this time round, we were tasked to pose the Spiderman hanging upside-down. The exercise was an easy one. We need to understand and visualise how the Spiderman is hanging onto the rope. His body cannot be too bended forward as that shows that Spiderman is using his full strength to hold onto the rope and will be very tired so it should be slightly position backwards. This exercise teaches me how to visualise and get the right proportions of different poses.

The two other Spiderman Poses

First

This is the first pose that I did after trying to the first exercise. It gets simpler because I understand how to do the first exercise. The only tedious part is to position the legs. As you can see my Spiderman left leg is lower than the original picture. I enjoyed learning how to do the different type of poses.

Second

This Spiderman pose is even easier as there were not many editing of the joints needed to be made. Only bending of both of his legs and pull down the hands. I learnt how to visualise it better after the first exercise. Nothing is perfect but I tried to make it look as precise as the original picture.

Overall, I'm satisfied with the work that I've produced. I did it my best and gave it my all. Hope you like it!

Cow Modelling

My Reflection

Screenshots of my cowhead modelling.

After trying this exercise, I learned a few new things like creating the details. The eyes, nose, ears and mouth. It is all being done just by extruding different faces of a cube. The tools used were all being taught in IN3D and I had fun modelling the cow because this is the first time I get it right and smooth. The tutorial is basically a recap IN3D to freshen up my memory.

The cow's body was not being taught thoroughly through a video like the Cowhead. We have only been given instructions. I followed each and every steps. Everything else was alright except that I had problems with merging the head and hands to the cow's body because the edges are at the wrong positions but I tried to find a solution on how should I do it. Eventually I managed to merge all the vertices.