Weight shift

A two day animation exercise in weight shifting and reaction with the "hogan" rig.

Hogan Weight shift from Christoffer Andersen on Vimeo.

Cheers

two new animations

Two new animations made this week, where we progress from the simple lamp into a bit more advanced floursack rig.

Bellysack from Christoffer Andersen on Vimeo.

Floursack jump from Christoffer Andersen on Vimeo.

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3d intro week 1

Summer vacation has ended and the first week of second year has just ended.
This was the very first week with 3d animation, and a really nice introduction to this whole new media.
In between small tests and lectures we worked on a "bigger" piece, trying to build a small story around a sphere and a room.
I decided to tell the story of a kid trying to get his dads attention, but he is watching tv and wont be bothered.
The playblast ended up a bit dark, so a few of the details dissapears, but generally I'm satisfied with it - simple as it is.

Bouncing ball exercise from Christoffer Andersen on Vimeo.

I've included the quick thumbnailing I did.
I really want to use the 2d knowledge I gained last year, and roughing out the animation in stickfigure style in a 2d package is really neat.

Withing 30 minutes or so, I've tried a few different concepts/solutions, nailed the timing as well as the most important poses.
From there on, it is just a matter of plussing it in CG :)