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.

Cheers

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 :)

Ninja Animation

I wanted to brush up on my 3d animation skills before school start in a few weeks, so I did this shot. Initially I just wanted to do a fast jump/land, but it evolved a bit.
I have a few likes and dislikes about the result, but ultimately I feel I can take a lot with me from this shot, and right now, that is very important to me :)

Have fun!

Ninja animation from Christoffer Andersen on Vimeo.

First year animation exam

Alright, so this is my first year exam animation.

It's planned, animated and inbetweened in a week (monday to friday).
I think it went alright although I see a lot of mistakes.

First year Exam from Christoffer Andersen on Vimeo.

I have some thumbnails and stuff to show as well, but I don't have them on this computer so in a few days maybe

Edit:
Okay here is the extra material.
The first thing I did was to think about what the character feels, what is his needs and wants, and even try to make up a story of what happens before and after my shot.
I like to write stuff like that down, and here it is:

Then I started thumbnailing and even tryed to act it out, to know where the weight is.
I tryed a lot of different possibilities and here is the final thumbnail page:

Finally I did a small facial expression sheet. In the end I didn't really use it, but it was a nice opportunity to think about facial expressions, so maybe indirectly it helped me.

So this is pretty much all the stuff I have to show.
Hopefully someone will find it interesting.

Cheers

Animation Jam

Alright, a bit late but here it is.
A two week project produced with two fellow class mates:
Samantha Torres and Erik Thygesen.
A couple rule/contraints were given:
Emotion: Optimism
Random element: Telephone
Length: 30 seconds.

Here it is:

Instinct Calling from Christoffer Andersen on Vimeo.

Animation Reel

Alright, my first serious animation reel.
Another one is probably coming up arund summer break, but who knows. Maybe I wont make anything good by then, haha.

Check it out:

Christoffers Animation Reel from Christoffer Andersen on Vimeo.