Sketches, video ref, and more Blocking..

Here is the REST of what I was going to post last night. :-)

REFERENCE!!!!



Found this video on youtube, and it was FREAKIN perfect for what I was doing. Slow motion, breakdowns and everything, so thats been helping a lot. SO, I took that...and I did THIS!

SKETCHESSS!




Yea, I did a lot of them. 48 to be precise. Thought more was better than less I guess. The red leg is the right leg, so it was easier for me to follow...haha. Theres a lot of spinning, so I thought it might help to isolate one leg. Sorry the image is so small/blurry, I have a bunch of notes written there as I was sketching, but apparently they're going to be a little hard to read. Apologies! Either way, at least you can semi-see the sketches. So, that was my planning, not including all of the little notes I have on a few other pages of "things to remember" with this...lots of Arcs, in the feet, arms, head, etc. Its going to be a lot to map out and watch for, but I think its going to turn out well...at least I hope so!!

So, now that all of this is up...take a look at the blocking I've gotten done so far today...the jump is "done," and Im working on the landing now. Leave comments if you pleeeeeasee!!

BUTTERFLY KICK!

WAHOO! Ok, really excited and a little nervous about this next assignment. I have decided to take on the task of attempting a Butterfly Kick off of our pick list. I have the video reference and sketches all done, and now I have started blocking. Just tonight, I've gotten through part of it, so I wanted to go ahead and share it with those who are becoming loyal followers :-D.

I will post the video reference and sketches tomorrow, because its late, and I want to go to bed....but since I'm excited about this, I wanted to post the start of blocking ;-)




Keep in mind, I haven't even finished the landing and whatnot of it, but still, I wanted to put it up, because even though its SO rough...I think its going to look cool :-D I can't wait to get into the arcs and everything! Luckily, I'm spending all day on it tomorrow ;-).

Ok, bed time. Enjoy!

Been MIA

So its been a little while...my apologies! I've been a little busy. Ended up with some increased hours at the restaurant, along with my last animation project taking me quite a while to get figured out.

Not as happy with this one overall as I have been with the others, but I think theres still lots of improvement that can be made on it. Anyway, from the last video reference that I had up, I changed a lot of what my character ended up doing. Had a lot of trouble getting the scenario set up the way I wanted..I just couldn't decide anything on this one for some reason. Went through probably 4 scenarios before I picked one.

Anyway, here is a look at what I turned in as my *Final*. There will be revisions made based on my critique, so I will post those soon too.




ALSO, I meant a while ago to post some of my 2D work up here, I just haven't gotten around to it yet, but I promise I will!

I am going to go ahead an get into my Blocking for this weeks assignment...I chose to attempt a Butterfly Kick, so I have a feeling its going to be a bit of a challenge. Gotta get a jump on it since I worked all day yesterday!