Category: Project 1

Previs Shot 1: Establishing Shot

In order to introduce the setting and environment to the audience, I decided to show Halloween Town and the graveyard.

Corrections

I should evaluate if the camera rotation is necessary.

Previs Shot 2: The Golden Pumpkin

I show the golden pumpkin from different perspectives.

Corrections

I should make the animation a little bit slower.

Previs Shot 3: Calendar

I wanted to add a calendar to my animation to highlight Halloween Day.

Corrections

Since I already have my establishing shot, it is not necessary to show the window. I can rotate the camera and have the window in the background. 

Previs Shot 4: Skullchaser Presentation

In order to present the hero, I wanted to show the character and create a 3D logo.

Corrections

I should make the animation slower and zoom in into the character.

Previs Shot 5: Destination Presentation

I wanted to show the obstacles my character must overcome to get the golden pumpkin.  

Correction

I could invert the direction of the camera. Instead of starting to display the pumpkin, I could first show the buildings.

Previs Shot 6: Skullchaser Close Up

I created a close-up of the hero.

Corrections

I could make the animation longer so that I can add a facial expression into the character.

Previs Shot 7: Skullchaser Running Down the Hill

The character starts his journey running down the hill in order to get back the golden pumpkin.

Corrections

I should stick to the perspective of my storyboard, where the character runs following a diagonal path.

Previs Shot 8: Bats Coming out of Coffin

My character needed to have some enemies on the way, so I decided to animate some bats coming out of a coffin.

Corrections

It would be better to first animate how the coffin opens and some seconds later the bats start flying out from it.

Previs Shot 9: Skullchaser running

My character is being chased by bats.

Corrections

I should add some tracking to the camera movement, so that it follows my character.

Previs Shot 10: Bat Attack

The bats attack my character, and he loses his gun.

Corrections

I should make the rotation of the camera more slower and add more frames into my animation.

Previs Shot 11: Gun Drop

I focus on how my character loses his gun.

Corrections

I should add more frames to my animation at the beginning and end. 

Previs Shot 12: Shooting Bats

My character confronts his enemy and manages to kill the bats

Corrections

It would be better if the bats surround my character before he kills them. I should also keep more space between them to see them better in the scene.

Previs Shot 13: Pumpkin Holding

My character gets the pumpkin and holds it.

Corrections

I should think of how the character enters the scene to create a smooth transition with the last scene. 

Previs Shot 14: Pumpkin Lifting

My character shows the pumpkin like a trophy to the audience and now Halloween is saved.

Corrections

I could combine the last animation with this one.

Piston Modelling

First, we modelled our piston by creating some cylinders.

Locators & Constraints

Then, we used locators to enable the piston to follow the rotation of the fingers.

Aim & Parent Constraints

We used aim and parent constraints to attach the movement of the piston to both locators (base & top).

Set Driven Keys

The second part of our class consisted of learning how to set driven keys on the fingers.

This enabled us to automate the rotations of all the finger parts (tip and phalanges).

Finger Curl

For each finger, we set up a curl value from a scale from 1 to 10.

Instead of rotating each part of the finger individually, we now have one main controller that affects the entire movement of the finger.

Creating the Wrist

First, we started modelling the wrist, so I used the wireframe display mode to get a better overview on the pivot point and center the elements.

Learning how to Circularize Components

Since we wanted to add some some screws into our model, we learned how to circularize the mesh. In other words, we created circles within square meshes.

Modelling the Wrist

After creating the holes, I filled them up with the screws.

Mechanical Arm

In order to render my mechanical arm, I added some textures and lights into the scene.

When it comes to the environment light, I wanted to maintain the purple color palette of the arm.

Hand Bones

After modelling the structure of the arm, we started adding more details into our designs.

The picture on the left shows the bone plates we added into our hand. You can appreciate them because the palm of the hand is hidden.

Mechanical Arm Grip

After working on the design of the mechanical arm, we started posing the hand and how it would look if it interacted with an object.

For this purpose, we created a ball and placed the fingers surrounding the item.

Naming Layers

The picture on the left shows the naming conventions I used for my mechanical arm.

It was essential to quickly identify each part of our 3D model in order to divide the arm and hand into different sectors and groups.

Modeling the Dorsal Side

To get the rough shape of the hand, we created a cube and started editing the vertices.

We also changed the mesh preview to make the edges of the hand smoother.

I used a different color for the palm as it helps me to set the different parts of the hand apart.

Working on the Palm

We divided the hand into two parts in order to animate the hand smoothly.

Creating the Forearm Bone

We modeled a cylinder to create the structure for the forearm. In the following week, I am going to model the rest part of the arm.

Idea 1: Skullchaser

I would like to develop a short animated episode that contains running, jumping and shooting sequences.

I have already downloaded the Skullchaser rig, that includes different types of guns.

In the following days, I will try to come up with a story for my character.

Idea 2: Mental Health

I would like to create an animation that revolves around the topic of mental health.

I want to focus specifically on visually portraying anxiety symptoms. In this sense, the audience will experience them through different colors, characters and camera positions.

Idea 3: Artificial Intelligence

I would like to create an animation that tells the story of how artificial intelligence has already surpassed human civilization.

In order to achieve that, I will contrast the way robots and humans behave in the near future.

Distal Phalange

Middle Phalange

Proximal Phalange