Gimp

Gimp... my own personal touch.

5 Second Animation Olson

Cellphone

walk sequence

Setting up your maya scene

Open Maya and Go to File > Project Window. Click New and title your animation. Select the folder below the "new" button and choose the desktop and press select. Next you will press the accept button down below. The last step is to copy the rigs and props your going to use from the server into your "Scenes" folder within your project folder. This will keep everything organized and prevent problems from occurring.

5 Second Animation Assignment

The objective of this assignment is to use the principles of animation and create a 5+ second 3D animation. The concept is up to you, but it must be school appropriate and must interact with a prop.

Get some ideas here: http://www.11secondclub.com/

Grading Criteria

1. Stick figure storyboard - 10 points - Student breaks down and sketches a storyboard of their proposed animation in 20+ frames. You will scan your drawings and post these to the blog.


2. Principles of animation - 10 points - Student notes principles of animations in their storyboard and are visible in the animation.
http://www.animatortraining.com/the-12-principles-of-animation

1. Straight Ahead & Pose to Pose
2. Timing
3. Spacing
4. Anticipation
5. Squash and Stretch
6. Exaggeration
7. Arcs
8. Secondary Action
9. Follow Through and Overlapping Action
10. Solid Drawing
11. Staging
12. Appeal

3. Environment/Prop Interaction - 10 points - Student uses their character(s) to interact with a prop model or environment.

4. Animation Length - 10 points - The length of the animation is 5+ seconds at 24 fps. (120 frames)

Moving walking guy thing

Jamies Moving Dude

He's a Pimp

Possessed Walk Dude

OY I uploaded twice

ha(;

My Goon's got a swag walk

Yes yes he does XD

normal walk

Goon walk

ball bounce