Taking a break from paid work this week because:
- I can! No deadlines!
- The "simple" rigging system(HumanIK) I tried to use is buggy as hell and I'm gonna have to start that over. Which is really frustrating because of how much time I wasted trying to work around bug issues..
- Cat-sitting is time consuming and more work then it sounds.
All I had left on Timber was the title graphic which the client had been very specific about the graphic design and then decided(very rightfully) that it needed more animation to it. Then, she disappeared so the Title animation is all my own thought, although the graphic is less so. I hope that makes sense.
Well, when I say done, is that I am done. There would be some music and a voice-over made, but I don't know if that will ever happen.
Here's my Motion Graphic Reel! You know you wanna see that Timber logo again.
By the way, the logo animation was inspired by Video Copilot's disintegration tutorial. If it was my project, I would have the finished graphic be more charred. But then I also don't know much about the plot.
Lastly, my general reel has had quite a few shots added to it since the last version 6 months ago(where is the time going?). New song in the background too(Odyssey by Overwork). Every time I watch it I want to dance! Hopefully not just because of the awesome song.
In other news: I finished animating another shot of the origami fish. Still tweaking the lighting and I got a little compositing to do before putting it up. And I sadly won't be able to get to that for a while most likely. While I was looking through the footage it occurred to me that I could probably puppet tool the origami turtles instead of the whole 3D process so that should save a ton of time. If it doesn't work out I may just cut them as they have such a small roll and I didn't expect to be working on this that long (or have so little time for it). I took reference images for the remaining fish I have to model and animate, but the lighting wasn't super even so I might need to retake them for texturing.
I went to a super awesome lecture last Friday at MCAD about Visual Conception Art with Disney Animation Studios' Mike Yamada and Victoria Ying. I stopped by Grey Studio Gallery, which hosted the event; looked at some of the work on display. I bought an awesome deck of illustrated Tarot cards from one of their previous shows for inspiration too. (Tarot Deck illustration will probably be forever on my to do list between hand making a kids book and making a Fey based special effects series.)
And I signed up for the MCAD ART SALE. The sale isn't until November, but I sort of miss illustration and I could always use the money so I'll probably try focusing more that way soon unless a new fancy job pops up.
Monday I return to rigging and I shall be a champion!
