Friday, May 30, 2008

Character Animation

I took a character animation class using Maya last semester. Maya has a pretty steep learning curve, and although I'm still a beginner, I'm pretty happy with my progress.

Here are a few of my (unrendered) exercises. The character rig was provided by our teacher, Maks Naporowski.

Weight:
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Jump:
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Walk:
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Lip-Sync and Performance (audio clip from The Shield):
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More practice!

Friday, May 23, 2008

Motion Painting

In memory of Robert Rauschenberg, 1923-2008


In my first year at USC, we created experimental animations
in the style of Rauschenberg. I shot this under the 16mm camera:

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Friday, May 09, 2008

More Bunny Love

Just for the hell of it. Animation old school style.
Here's a quick cut-out test I did under the camera:

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