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.

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

i) Design Sketches

a) Character Design - Head design (front and side)

b) Character Design - Whole body design (front and side)

ii) Characteristics

1. Fill in these basic details:
Name: Tommy
Tagline: Mini Inventor
Brief Introduction: Tommy is a nerdy 10-year-old boy. He loves to invent new things like his dad.

2. All characters are created for a purpose. This purpose is to tell a story. Briefly describe the story that your character takes part in. You don’t need to go into great detail.

Tommy's dad is a famous inventor. His inventions were known by many. One day, there was a new inventor in the city, named Cylon. Cylon stole Tommy’s dad inventions and used it against him. People no longer want to look at his inventions. As Tommy grew older, he followed his father's footsteps and wanted to regain his father's reputation. Tommy was hated by the children in his class as he was nerdy and very quiet boy.

Ever since Tommy was only 8 years old, he started working on his invention that was an advanced robotic maid that is able to do almost every job in the house. 2 years later, he showcased his invention and everyone in the city loves it. Cylon inventions were slowly going down the drain.

3. What is the driving force of your character – what motivates them? This gives a key to their character.

Tommy is a smart boy. All he wanted was to bring Cylon down for what he did. He wants regain his father’s reputation and wants the society to appreciate his father’s inventions. He is a very smart boy who prefers to observe rather than talking. He has the brains of a matured man and is able to think out of the box.

4. What traits are unique to your character – in other words, what makes them different, and stand out from, all other characters that have ever been created? Give at least 3 appearance-based traits, and 3 behavioral traits.

Appearance:

1. He wears nerdy big spectacles and that makes him the nerdy-boy in the class and no one in the class really like nerdy-boys like him.

2. Big blue eyes which make him look innocent and didn’t aspect him do such inventions.

3. He carries a bag-pack to everywhere which he place all his important things like his invention notebook and some tools.

Behavioral:

1. He a very smart boy and quiet boy. He prefers to observe his surrounding carefully rather than talking. He is a loner in the class because he talks to no one.

2. He never smiles to anyone before. He has the habit of going to school and back home. He doesn’t really go anywhere else except for school. And the children in school were all very mean towards him and that is the reason why he doesn’t really smile.

3. He will write down everything he observed on his notebook. Anything that is able to help him with his inventions. His notebook is the only thing that he has with him as he has no friends. He will sit down in front of the TV and write down what are the inventions Cylon made that were being showed on the TV.

5. Write a short dialogue sequence between your character and another person. The dialogue should illuminate some part of your character’s personality.

Tommy’s dad: I’m sorry son; I am not able to do my job as an inventor, as your dad.

Tommy: Why daddy? What’s wrong? *wipe his dad’s tears away*

Tommy’s dad: *hugged Tommy* I lost my job, to the new inventor, Cylon; he stole my ideas and used it against me. No one wants to look at daddy’s work, son.

Tommy: Please don’t cry daddy. * And in Tommy’s mind… “Cylon… You made the wrong move…” *