Wow, behind again!

Ok, so Ive been really bad about this lately. Been insanely busy. Trying to hold onto like...3 or 4 random part-time jobs, while still in class, and doing some animation tests for a potential job. haha. So I work at:
Golds Gym
Freelance research for a project with Henninger Media Services
Freelance graphic design and photo editing (just did some JMU shirts for Homecoming :-D)
A local temp agency when they call me
And of course......Animation Mentor

CRAZY!

Lately I've been waiting to hear back from an interview that I did for an Animation Intern position at Pixeldust Studios in Bethesda, MD as well. A friend of mine works there, and I hope that works out! I interviewed right at their busy season though, so I should apparently be hearing back in a few days (its been weeks since I interviewed...but Ive been in touch with them). And on top of THAT, Im doing a sort-of Animation test for Bethesda Softworks...though they didn't specify what they were asking for it FOR. So Im hoping its for either an intern or a job opportunity... That would be freakin BAD ASS!!!

Anyways, I'll go ahead and post my most recent animations here. I finished up that first single dialogue shot, and Im now on to a two character dialogue shot. I think its going to be a bit rough, but right now this is just blocking week, so literally just getting into it. Ive been focusing mainly though on this Animation Test.... only since it could potentially mean big things. I spent the past two days working on the blocking....revising things, fixing poses.. I feel like its never really right...so Ive been in blocking for like, two weeks. haha.

Anyways, hopefully with the help of some awesome people Ive been showing it to, it'll be on its way. Im hoping to get out of blocking this week. Hopefully I have time for everything with my homework as well! Just a week of animating..... oh yea, and waking up at 3:45am to go open Golds Gym.. *sigh*.

Alright, so heres some animations:

Final Finished Dialogue Shot:
Note: theres a FACE CAM just for the words, and then the full shot right after it.




Annnd here is the blocking of this animation test so far. The assignment literally was:
Show a humanoid character draw a melee weapon, e.g. a sword, do a complete walk cycle with the weapon drawn, then perform a series of attacks with the weapon. Feel free to make the character heroic, stealthy, hulking, agile, or whatever you think will showcase well. Use an animation package of your choice.

So yea.. haha, needless to say, its challenging. Especially finding and making the correct video reference to aid the shot, so it looks right. Anyway, this is what I have gotten up to from todays work:





Enjoy!

Soooo Im a bit behind again....

Haha, I have a NEW web site! Still working on it, but its a start.....

www.katherinenaeher.com.

That's more focused on my work overall. Still taking some getting used to in editing it and getting it up on the web. <-- NOT web savvy... Anyway, Here is also my MOST recent Animation! I got an A- on it, which is AMAZING! Jay is a hard grader, but a fantastic mentor. Leaves really great comments, thorough for sure. Here it is! *note: The mouth is currently a "puppet" mouth, with only the capability to open and close...so ignore the face. Next term we are working on the dialogue specifically, so this term was only the body and acting.*

updated reel

Thanks to miss Heather Elliott, I have a better reel! Take a look! Had to shrink it a bit because it was too large of a file for Blogger, but its here either way!


Can't wait to end up with more things to put into it and really work to make it more cohesive, but its just going to have to wait I think until I have some more stuff to use.

Annnd the winning clip IS....

Number 6! Jay seemed to like it best, and so did I. I think it has the best change, and I think its pretty entertaining. Plus, I ended up with a pretty good idea for it (thanks to a bit of guidance from Kamal ;-) thanks!).

So here is the first part of blocking it out.. I haven't gotten alll the way through yet.....

More ideas.......

Ok, so from last time, a lot of people liked 2, 4, and 5 the best, but I got a lot of comments about people feeling that, especially in two, I would end up with too many associations to the Joker from batman (who obviously spoke the lines), and to stay away from those pre-determined feelings about a line of dialogue. SO...4 and 5 got the highest votes over all...though I think 5 will have the same issue, and looked for some more.....

Take a look at 4 and 5 again, and then I have added now 5 more..

thoughts?

Ideas for the next assignment...

Hey! Check these 5 out and let me know what you think... Hopefully the sound plays.....

Need some advice for my next animation mentor assignment!

Demo Reel

Check it out! What Ive been workin on lately......