Weekly Post 12

I was pretty preoccupied with rigging and wedding planning and having my brother move in with his kids while waiting for his new house to get ready so I did not get as much done as I did last week. It's been a hectic week but I'm still going. I've been applying to more internships but only a few have responded with rejection letters. I hope to get a job that's somewhat creative over the summer or else I will basically do freelance until I have the experience they are looking for. I'm setting up a Fiver account but the gig forms are so long that it takes forever to fill out just one. I won't give up though! 

I got two icons done but I won't get much done over the weekend since I'm kind of stuck without the character I need to animate doesn't have a rig. I offered my help but since I'm rigging right now, I'm not sure if I'll do it correctly since there are a thousand ways to rig a character.

495 Game Production- ShapeShift Dungeon

(Spiked) Steel Toe Boots

Monster Mask

Weekly Post 11

495 

Icons

Kapala (5 images)

Empty skull (no blood) needed more shading around the rim to resemble a cup. I had a lot of trouble with the shading but since its a small icon I hope any mistakes won't be too noticeable.

Cloak of Darkness

This one was really fun! Lots of shades of black was a challenge but I like the subtle draping of the robes.

Slime Animation

Idle/Crawl

Lunge Attack

Death

545

Individual Work

545 Second Pass Scene 5

Weekly Blog Post 10

This week I caught up in a few classes. I got a lot of rigging done and illustrations for the icon art for the game my team is working on. I still have a lot to do for animation in my 545 class but I feel less stressed. I definitely got my 2D art practice this semester but I hope to practice more traditional art and on paper over the summer. I also want to jump back into 2D animation by practicing with Krita and maybe Toon Boom once I have a more stable job. I'm currently thinking about buying a new drawing tablet since I've had my 13" Wacom Cintiq for over 7 years now and it's starting to feel a bit small. I've looked at Huion 22 plus since I don't have enough to buy a new or used 22" Cintiq.

Icons

Dummy                                                           Final Version:

The Dummy was a simple icon and very quick to make since they had a 3D model for the game so I was able to use that as reference.

Old Version:

Cloak of Darkness WIP

I'm still working on this icon but I would love some tips on how to shade clothing.

Rigging

For 432, I am learning how to rig and it's hard but a very useful skill to learn so I can talk to riggers as an animator in case I feel something feels off about the character and how the controls could be improved.

I'm not great with technical issues but working with Maya has taught me a lot on how to overcome them. The thing I struggle most with in Maya is UV's and textures. I was having trouble with this because even though I followed the tutorial every step of the way, I am somehow managed to screw the textures. I tried to figure it out on my own by researching to see if anyone else had a similar issue. Their solutions didn't work so I asked Frank and he found that I flipped my UV's so that's why parts of the Cyclops looked black. Black textures usually mean there are no textures so I thought I just needed to reload it. Rigging is time-consuming much like animation and I admire people who can do either.

This assignment is about halfway done so I'm excited to see what's in store for May.

Weekly Blog Post 9

 This week I worked on Rigging and Game Design Art Icons. I haven't had a lot of time for animating so I hope to get feedback on my animation scene from last time so I can work on it this weekend.

For rigging, I have been struggling with making the proxy geometry. The tutorial shows us how to the hands, arms and legs (kind of), but not the torso, head, or back. I do not want to continue the videos and get too far ahead when I am pretty sure I need to fix the proxy geometry.

Other than that, I have been drawing item icons for ShapeShift Dungeon.

Please play-test the game if you can so we can improve our game!

Shapeshift Dungeon

And if you have a lot of free time, feel free to play-test the other games my classmates are working on for their teams.

Trapped 

Into The Woods

Guilded Fletching 

These are the Icons I worked on this week:

Lead Armor

 

Bag Of Holding

Kapala (WIP)

I know the ripple on the last (Full) one is off, so I would love some tips on how to improve its depth. I also need to make another in-between for this so some help on that would be nice. It needs to be between the almost full and full.

Weekly Blog Post 8

 This week I worked on a few icons and cleaning up the blocking for my 545 animation. I splined one character to see how it would look so I know I need to fix the holds and camera movements.

Individual First Pass Scene 5

https://youtu.be/PaIG_4fsCoE

Team 545 First Pass

https://youtu.be/971qF47pXKM

For 495, I worked on 2D art and making more icons for our game production.

My first icon was the Laser Wand. I worked on the effects to show what power the wand produced. At first, it had multiple lasers shooting out and then a single laser but ultimately my Director wanted it to look similar to the Fire Wand. I had two designs for the base but I liked the greenish-blue wood better than the unknown mechanical object.

My second icon was Rocket boots. I used the fire tool again and then spent most of my time shading to get the materials to look better.