T1W8, Monday

Finished rough for the first skip out of two. Movement ended up looking very un-natural due to the arms not moving in sync with the legs. Took it up for feedback have a pretty good idea of what I have to do to make it better.

T1W7, Thursday

Took video reference today for my walk cycle animation. Spent a bit too much time picking out keyframes from the reference and I then I realized that I actually can't use half of it without changing it quite a bit. The contact and down positions in the first skip are from a stationary position which won't loop well and the jump from the second skip is stilted due to the wall. I'll have to reference both skips at the same time as the draw the keyframes and combine the movement.

Haven't posted many progress updates on the assignments I'm behind on. The sketch for the layout is mostly done but needs some polishing and I also have to do shading for it. Haven't done any shading in a while and I've never done much shading from imagination. The composition's sketch needs to be refined and then cleaned up with nice lineart after that I'll do flat colours and it be finished enough to hand it in. Having trouble with the perspective and proportions of the helmet.

T1W6, Thursday

Working on Modelsheet. Have realized there is a bit of an inconsistency in the character's hair and I need to adjust the front view before moving on. Only came into the digital class today bleah.

T1W6, Wednesday

Made some progress on character design and have almost finalized Puck's outfit. Will hopefully have finished turnaround tomorrow. Was very tired after life drawing and made little progress on my animation.

T1W6, Tuesday

Finished my thumbnails today. Put them into Flash and worked out some rough timing and staging. Have used several holds which ideally I'll be able to add some special effects and breathing loops to make them less stiff. Missed two days of class (Last Friday and this Monday) due to illness and am worried that I won't finish the assignments on time.

T1W5, Wednesday

Finished practicing "Videogame Enn" by finishing my copy of the modelsheet. Have started thumbnailing and have finished three thumbnails so far. Have figured out the basic proportions for my character "Puck" and have begun designing his costume. The five pronged leaf poncho turned out to be too complex to animate will likely change it into something more squarish.

T1W5, Tuesday

Have started to finalize the facial design of the character. Did a quick turnaround of the head to show the tutors. I need to make the leaf/hair more three dimensional especially the segment of the leaf that goes up, Spent most of the afternoon class practicing drawing Videogame Enn and took some video reference for my animation. Will be basing my thumbnails on screenshots from the video.