3d Character Animation Assignments 2010

These are the 2 character animation assignments we did at my school NYP. The first one is the typical pantomime shot and the second is my first dialogue shot

UFO Abduction

This piece took about 1~2 weeks. Done in Maya 2009, and composite in Nuke 5.1. Lighting was done by me too.

Before starting on the shot i did sketches and line tests, to figure out the poses and timing.

Crazy Animator

This was my first dialogue shot. I did allot of planning before i started on this shot.
I acted the scene over and over again, each shot matching the dialogue until i was happy with the performance. I acted for each character and recorded it and 'composite' it into 1 shot. This really helped to gauge the entertainment value of the shot even before i started animating. I also broke down the and studied the dialogue too. Though i must admit i didn't do allot of thumb nailing or sketches.