Basic Foundations

Lots of goings on in my world as of late. Animation Mentor has gone hardcore and I'm currently in week three of the first class. Our first week was spent getting acquainted with the online campus and getting everything set up and ready, or at least that's what we thought. Week two's assignment was to observe and sketch real people doing their thing out in the real world. I hung out in Rittenhouse Square and sketched some random people there, and my drawings totally blew!



We then had to choose a drawing and recreate that image using the 3D character Stu. I ended up going with the one circled in red on the bottom. I then jumped on the computer and decided to create an environment for Stu, mainly to see if I still remembered what I learned in the Springboard workshop, i.e. basic lighting and modeling. Here is what I turned in. Overall I'm happy with it, but some fellow classmates pointed out some stuff I'll remember to do/not do next time.



Well, I just finished the lecture for this week. We have to plan out and animate a bouncing ball from the side view, and then I have to observe and sketch people who show "excitement", and avoid the pitfalls of cliché poses. Wish me luck!