Showreel

this is my new updated version of my showreel

Finished Guardians

Editing/ Music

Once I had all the scenes to put together including the aftereffects movies. I put everything into Adobe Premier Pro edited it all, exported the animation to then give to charles beeching to create the music once that was done I put that on top and that was the finishing point.

AfterEffects

Throughout this project I have been working on the compositing in this animation here are a few snap shots of the scenes I have composited. The stones scene when the wolf shakes is just a png sequence of each stone layered on top of the original scene 'Shake' and then using the brightness and contrast effect lightened the scene to be able to see the stones coming out of the wolf. The other scenes are using masks, I used a lot of masks in this animation especially on the leaf sequences as it saved me time to render one shot of the background then a targa sequences of the leaf in maya with the lights turned on then layering them together in after effects and then masking, this is for when the leaf needed to be behind the stone. This is also the case with the shadow scenes of the girl using a mask on the original 2D drawing putting effects on her to look like a dark shadow.

Walking

This is an video I have found on youtube of a German Shepperd, I have been struggling all day to get this walk cycle of the wolf right, he has been all over the place and has been a bit of a tuffy, but finally with this video and how it shows the dog in slow motion I am able to take each step and understand the movement thanks to the people that videoed their dog on a treadmill you are the best.

Round the corner

Corner

I have spent the day working on the wolf walking around the corner,this may seem like they nothing however I have had several attempts at the animation. One being at first he walked towards the camera sniffed then turned and walked away but this seem to be unnecessary so I then had his run round the corner but I think it didn't look right to I then I have him sniffing the ground like he is smelling her scent the slowing go round the corner. I also have put a rendered image of the animation so far.

improvements on animation

Wolf scene 1

As you can see I have published two posts today, I have been working on the wolf waking up, jumping up onto the wall and landing onto the floor. The photo at the bottom of this playblast of the animation is the rendered version of the animation. You can also see I have been working on animating the bin and I am now deciding whether I am going to use my skills as a drawer and have my girls shadow as a 2d image with a alpha channel on were you only get to see parts of her like the animatic shows in my previous post or whether I am going to do green screen. Decision decisions.