http://animationbrad.com The animation blog and portfolio website of Brad Bradbury Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:48:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Through February and March, I have been modeling and rigging a new rig. The plan has been to create a great four-legged character to animate for my animation reel. I wanted to build a more comprehensive rig than before, and this rig includes a complete range of face controls. I also built ... http://animationbrad.com/?p=515 I have been working at building a quadruped rig for four-legged animation tests. Just a few more tweeks. http://animationbrad.com/?p=516 [local /wp-content/uploads/2009/12/hopeforus_final_400.mov nolink] My 'final verson' posted for AnimationMentor. There are still a few things to polish. Mostly, I need to refine the hands. I willl be smoothing out some hand overlaps and working in more finger movements throughout the piece. In January, I will be working on the face animation as part of class. Animation takes ... http://animationbrad.com/?p=508 [local /wp-content/uploads/2009/12/hopeforus_spline_400.mov nolink] Continuing to smooth and polish my shot. I've been smoothing the begining and working out bigger problems throughout. It still feels jerky in places, but that is part of the process. We aren't supposed to work on the face features more than a little mouth and eyes. Full face animation ... http://animationbrad.com/?p=506 [local /wp-content/uploads/2009/11/hopeforus_blocking400.mov nolink] This is the first round of blocking for my next shot. I started to add in a step at the beginning so that the feet don't look so static. http://animationbrad.com/?p=503 [local /wp-content/uploads/2009/11/watching_me_reference400.mov nolink] Here is the video reference I am using for my next dialog piece. I recorded around forty some takes to get the performance I wanted for the line. The dialog is from Desperate Housewives, but don't hold that against it... http://animationbrad.com/?p=499 This week, I officially went back to online school. Animation Mentor is allowing alumni to 'refresh their skills'.  I am back in the Intro to Acting class. I will be posting Works In Progress soon... :) http://animationbrad.com/?p=497 [local /wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dontyouever_final.mov nolink] This was my entry for the 11 Second club animation contest for September. This one was fun to time out. It took a bit to get the right amount of movement to match the energy of the voice. http://animationbrad.com/?p=495 [local /wp-content/uploads/2009/09/somethingweb.mov nolink] This was my entry for the 11 Second club animation contest for August. It was ranked 29th out of 188 entries. The sound was offset from the editing process in After Effects. So the lipsync is a little late. There are still some things I'd like to fix about it. The magnifier arm I created ... http://animationbrad.com/?p=490 This guy I painted digitally to relax some and scrape the rust off the painting skills. This took about three hours. Giraffes have the coolest eyes. http://animationbrad.com/?p=488