Class16: Part Deux

I finished the rough storyboards I needed. Ill try and get the rough storyboards up later today so you can at least check em out. Gonna scan em in and clean it up a bit in Photoshop a bit and then I can post it here. It looks like I have 8 backgrounds, 2 which are the most detailed and the rest are actually really really basic and easy. So it shouldn't be a prob.

Most of what I'm planning on is a lot of Motion tweening for a good amount of the animation until we get to Anzu eating on the roof, thats where some more sophisticated animating will happen. Even then, I'll have some simple motion tweening for certain actions.

Kinda worried...lol but not really. I can do it, I really like what we're doing in this class, I like how this story is going, I just need to get my butt to work hard.

Class 16: Um...

...got nothing for ya other than I'm gonna work on stuff today and it's gonna be cool. I'll update at the end of class like usual if I have anything.

That new but yet so familiar feeling...

So, in today's class I managed to at least complete my Character Design Turnarounds for Master Jurou. Not much else to say but onto the next part of my work!

Class 15: Wacom Stylus

I feel pretty darn comfortable with it. Feels natural for me to go from pencil to plastic thing to expensive screen thing. In fact, there are times when I wanna trade pencil and paper for a cintiq stuck onto my body somehow...but naaah. If I have any problems with the stylus...it would be that I don't like checking out the stylus every time I come here, mostly because I'm lazy lol. Kinda wish my pen on my Intuos2 would work on the Cintiqs...oh well, take more of my non-existent money Wacom! Noooo!

So, I missed Class 14...which I'll name "Class14: Ninja...VANISH!" in reference to my final for the class. Honestly...I haven't gotten much done, seems like I'm repeating myself in each of these posts, heh. I also haven't really been getting much sleep, I'm jealous of the dude who's sleeping on the couch near the elevators of monty right now. I'll get this done, I will, I promise. And its gonna be cool...or at least decent, heh.

Extra Tidbits

After a few hours...I like how Jurou turned out, so he will have the newest design posted. Here he is next to Anzu for comparison.



Also, I did a little doodle of Anzu over the weekend...I forgot to mention that in the earlier post, but I liked the doodle so much that I colored it and here's how it turned out.

Class 13: Meh...

So...I'm still behind schedule on work in this class because of due dates in other classes. I know, bad me, but I will get this done. I'll be working on my storyboards and finishing up character designs today. Til then, here's some more eye sor...candy for you.






Stuff I did for Digital Form, due today as well ^^;;

I'll update this post at the end of class if there's anything cool that I happen to do.



Well, I ended up reworking Jurou again, its nice that you guys like the designs, but a friend of mine wanted me to try and match Jurou's design with Anzu's design. She's got a more simplistic design and I went overboard with Jurou. So, here's today's result. He ends up looking a bit younger than the last version, but he's still a bit old. Oh well, we'll see how I like it later today.

Class 12: Happy V Day / Singles Awareness

So, I haven't really gotten much done from last class. Poopie. I'll get things rolling this weekend, so I'm still on schedule sort of. Its kinda hard to put my work process in stone, I suppose I'm one of those people our Prof. talked about having projects magically appear once the deadline hits. Don't worry, I'll get it done!

The only thing I really did since last class was to dislike the look of Jurou the Ninja Partner/Master. I'm gonna see if I can mess around with his design in class so he can really look like a Ninja Master instead of her partner in crime. I'm also gonna work on storyboards today. I'll add to this post if I get anything worthy of posting done.




Wee look, Ninja Partner Jurou has aged into Ninja MASTA Jurou, heh. Well, I kinda like this better just cuz...I made him old. Gonna start scribbling out the thumbnails for storyboard next, and I'll post those throughout the weekend hopefully.

...and just cuz I like seeing purdy pictures on my blog instead of my dull commentary, here's a puppy I made in Digital Form! I like Alaskan Malamutes...although I never had a pet before, maybe one day I'll own a real one. For now I can settle with a Maya version. I think I'm gonna incorporate it into my next assignment in that class.






Oh yeah the last image I'll leave you. I scribble this before class was over, its Anzu happily eating her loot.

Take care, have a good weekend!

Class 11: Studio Time

Today in class I worked on my Character Designs and I worked on storyboards. I'm going to shoot for having storyboards done by next class or sometime this week. I want to start animating next week. Hopefully my other classes won't bog me down with more work than what I'm expecting. Our Prof. also came around to talk to us individually last class and this class.


Here's an updated Anzu and a rough photoshop sketch of her Master Jurou. Although he looks more like her partner or something, so he'll be Ninja Partner Jurou.

Class 10: The End of Midterms

So I survived. I almost didn't make it to class because my alarm didn't go off. All my tutorial projects are uploaded and now all there is to do is my actual animation.

I haven't quite made the breakdown of the work schedule and I'm still planning out all the sections I'll have to work on in my head. I'm going to try and make it simple, and I don't think it will be a long animation...maybe around a min? Should be enough time to go through the restaurant and then end outside on the roof.

So far I think my environments are the outside shot of the restaurant, the interior of the restaurant, and then rooftop of the restaurant. My characters are my ninja girl, the ninja master, and then random restaurant customers.

Yeah...it seems like a lot of work, but I think I can do it. Also, here's the character design for my ninja girl, Anzu.



In Class, I was working on the color palette for Anzu. I've got several options, still need to figure it out. Unfortunately it's not full body...but just imagine her little sock thingys are the same color as her gloves and belt in each version.

The Great Upload: Part II Revenge of the SWF

Ball Bounce01 Tutorial I : I really liked how easy it was to produce a ball bounce in flash.




Ball Bounce02 Tutorial I : Messing with the Sliders.




Puppet Jump Tutorial II : It's an odd looking clown springy thing, but it was interesting learning to animate it in flash.




My Own Jump Tutorial II : The Bunny
It came out really transparent, not sure how or why, but oh well.




Rotoscope Tutorial III : It's an interesting effect, but kinda a pain to trace all those frames.




RoboDancer Tutorial III : Look at those slick moves...I didnt know the sound carried over, heh. Also theres the problem with those dots showing up. In the FLA and SWF files I made, those dots arent there. It's weird converting to avi.




Walk Cycle Tutorial IV : I suppose I could have done more with it, but I liked how it turned out.

The Great Upload: Tutorial05 Lipsync

So, I'm uploading every tutorial I need to post up here. Here's the first of many, the Finished Lipsync. I realized in my first export there's weird square things around the mouth...I'm not sure how that happened. The FLA files and the swf I created looks fine. This avi washes out my colors and adds those weird things around my mouth. =\



I took Sev's advice and re-exported it, but I did it in .mov format this time. No more weird dot crap. Although the syncing is a bit slower. I swear, the FLA and swf look a lot better.

Class 9: Midterm Week

...and I'm kinda feeling the pressure now. Work has been coming at a steady flow but I still need to finish up my last few tutorials for this class. I also still need to upload my videos, but I keep forgetting heh.

Since these posts have been kinda empty lately, here's the color version of my Sea Dragons.