Due to some complications with the siso booking I could only get a short booking time so I could only do one stopmotion animation. So I set to work on this weeks task the lifting a light crate and put it down on "something". From previous recorded reference footage I created a bar sheet and translated it into the animation. When performing the animation I made sure to include the character examining the box then picking it up from the ground. I found the best way for the armature to pick up the box was to have it tilted up slightly as the hands went under it. To secure the box to the hands I used blue tac that I found in the studio and since it was a light weight box the back didn't have to be angled too far back.
I felt the kneeling down was rather difficult as whilst it could be easily accomplished from the pelvis the feet positions were hard given the strength of the magnets and the feet tend to move out of position when I moved the legs and pelvis. I felt that some scenery was in order for this piece and thankfully there were some extra cubes on hand, and I did feel tempted to try and add some green screening with some green fabric I had in my bag but I decided to stay on task. I decided to try using the rigs for the walk as I observed from Adams animations it had a more realistic effect. I felt this was something to help ,me improve on my understanding of walking and running in stopmotion.
Whilst posing the character, I could see the appeal of using the rig as it created a more refined walk when the rig placed down the box on the other boxes. By the end of the animation I felt I was getting better at stopmotion animation with the feedback and what I'd learned. The rigs were removed in a second animation render when saved.
Looking back on the animation I would think that I could improve upon some things. If I had enough time I would've tried to do the heavy crate exercise, but then I remembered we could decide what medium to use for the module. I shall do the heavy weight crate in Maya and possibly both in 2D to better test myself. In hindsight I possibly should've tried to book more time on the camera to make the heavy crate exercise but given the complication with booking I wasn't sure if I could book more time, I would have to be careful in considering the time frame.
In conclusion I would think I've made significant progress, and will continue to use the rig in my walking based stopmotion animations given the positive results. However I would need to work on the movement of the feet and pelvis when the character is kneeling down to pick up the box. In future I shall book the camera at an earlier date to get more time in the stopmotion suite to do a stopmotion response to the picking up and future exercises. I shall also sketch out the key points of a kneeling position and rely more on the Animators Survival kit book for my work.
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| Lifting light crate barsheet. |
I felt the kneeling down was rather difficult as whilst it could be easily accomplished from the pelvis the feet positions were hard given the strength of the magnets and the feet tend to move out of position when I moved the legs and pelvis. I felt that some scenery was in order for this piece and thankfully there were some extra cubes on hand, and I did feel tempted to try and add some green screening with some green fabric I had in my bag but I decided to stay on task. I decided to try using the rigs for the walk as I observed from Adams animations it had a more realistic effect. I felt this was something to help ,me improve on my understanding of walking and running in stopmotion.
Whilst posing the character, I could see the appeal of using the rig as it created a more refined walk when the rig placed down the box on the other boxes. By the end of the animation I felt I was getting better at stopmotion animation with the feedback and what I'd learned. The rigs were removed in a second animation render when saved.
Looking back on the animation I would think that I could improve upon some things. If I had enough time I would've tried to do the heavy crate exercise, but then I remembered we could decide what medium to use for the module. I shall do the heavy weight crate in Maya and possibly both in 2D to better test myself. In hindsight I possibly should've tried to book more time on the camera to make the heavy crate exercise but given the complication with booking I wasn't sure if I could book more time, I would have to be careful in considering the time frame.
In conclusion I would think I've made significant progress, and will continue to use the rig in my walking based stopmotion animations given the positive results. However I would need to work on the movement of the feet and pelvis when the character is kneeling down to pick up the box. In future I shall book the camera at an earlier date to get more time in the stopmotion suite to do a stopmotion response to the picking up and future exercises. I shall also sketch out the key points of a kneeling position and rely more on the Animators Survival kit book for my work.
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