Blocking Out – The Sneeze

This is my draft mockup of the sneeze so far. I can see that I still need to work on the beinging of the scene, where a sneeze is felt but then passes.

Once I’m happy with that, I need to start pacing the animation out. Working out the timing of the hand rubbing scene especially- as the movement needs a little help in coming across. Also the ins and outs of the arching back, making sure there is a clear acceleration of the actual sneeze. I want the sneeze in some ways to sneak up on the character and be released quickly.

Maya Character Motivation – The Sneeze

Using the reference footage we filmed / directed as a group, I cut down the video to the key actions, and added a time code and frame rate. After this I started thumbnail sketching the keyframes of action, to help understand the body language / poses. This will aid me when animating, to exaggerate the movement to give a clear sense of action.

Walk Cycle

Finished Walk Cycle.

This video is a compilation of the front, side and 3/4 of the walk cycle.

 

 

Bouncing Ball – Table Tennis Ball

I went through the same process as I did with the bowling ball. I made a reference footage of a table tennis ball being dropped from a height of 1 meter. Then went through the process of blocking out the key frames in Maya.