Teeny Tiny

I'm a bit under the weather and since there is nothing on the Tube worth watching (if you only have bunny ears) I am browsing through YouTube. And through the channel of a former student I came accross this one.

If you think animation is too big a job for you, look at this one:

Okay, maybe this just confirms your worst fears. But hey, it's Aardman!

Thank you again Bizarro for linking the Jersey Shore image

Hooked

This recent animation may be of interest to Brian at least:

Damn Cabin

Damn Maya and damn this computer. >8(

I'm done.

This is just a quick sketch of the robot I plan to create in Maya for my final project. Originally I was going to use a character from the story I'm writing and illustrating for my senior project, but I got to thinking that a robot would be more fun to play around with and in the end be easier to rig for a final animation for next semester. I'm still working on the color scheme for it and will be posting that and other sketches as I continue to develop the character and create it in Maya and eventually texture, rig, and light it.

My robot doesn't really have a background story yet. I might tie him in with the future universe in the story for my senior project which will put him in space fighting to defend the earth from foreign invaders. This robot will be at least twice the size of a normal human and will have various weapons that I plan to show off in the final renders.

Final Project

Hey guys, I'm doing a 3D animation for my senior project, so I figured I'd use images from it for my final project in 360.


My idea is personal to me and I hope that adds to my animation. I have always loved dancing, and even minor in it at school. My modern teacher used to have us do an activity called prop studies, where we would bring in any random, mundane object of our choosing and choreograph a dance around it. The goal would be to find a different way to use or interpret the object than what it was actually used for.

From this idea, I created a story about a dancer who shows up to her dance class only to find out it's cancelled. Not knowing what to do and no ride back any time soon, she goes in the dance studio, sitting around hopelessly bored. She find a bag on the ground and starts to aimlessly play with it. Before you know it, she is up dancing around on the floor with this bag, lost in her own little reality until the car horn beeps and it is time to leave.

I'm almost done modeling the studio, which is based off my old dance studio, but not an exact replica. If I am not able to have my dancer modeled and fully rigged before the end of the semester, I will put in the Andy rig to simulate the dancer for the 6 images.

Final Animation

Characters and scene for my final animation for ARIL 421, as well as what I'll be using for ARIL 360's final project.

Not really exciting, I know...I prefer to keep things simple and focus on the character movements more than the scenery. But I'll make it pretty when it's fully rendered, with sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows everywhere.


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Moray Animation Test Brian Kapp