change the channel

hey everyone, i haven't thought about it before but if some of you are waiting for new posts, then you might want to follow my other blog http://home-before-dark.blogspot.co.uk its all going down on that one.

more walk tests

i have been carrying on with my tests, its tedious and a slow process. its also quite hard trying to teach yourself, trying to notice what your not doing and trying to keep that something continuing throughout the performance.

anyway here are some more walk cycles. i hope they're getting better, i have tried easing in and out but i think i still need to practice.

new ball and socket tests

ok so i have done some tests with my new armature. its been a while since i did any animation so as you can imagine they're not the best but I'm working on it. also for some reason it looks like i keep kicking the camera or the set is moving.......im not, i think my camera is struggling to keep focus so i apologise if this ruins your viewing pleasure.

this is my first test.

second.

third.

fourth

fifth

sixth

ok so ill keep doing tests and i hope they will get better, may even introduce some props also ill try sort out this darn camera.

The set up

This morning I have been setting up my testing station, ie moving stuff around and making room to put my new box somewhere. Anyways here's some pics of how it looks, really basic and alot of propping things and fingers crossed.

new test box

i have made a new animation test box.

heres how my armature looks on it, ill try get some test on here very soon.

A short show reel

A short show reel.

new armature

here are some close up images of my new armature

new armature poses

its been a while since my last post. i have been working on a new armature and i think it looks pretty good, i took some pics of it and i hope very soon ill have the time to test it under a camera.

rig removal tutorial.mov

here is a tutorial explaining how i did my chroma keying.

chromakey jump_1.mov

i had a go at some chroma keying, here is a jump i did quickly, wanted to get into the editing bit so the jump isn't great.