Archives "October 2009"

Lifting a Box is Harder Than You Think

Posted on Oct 26, 2009
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This week we were assigned another short exercise, this time to animate a character lifting up an object. Once again I decided to work in 3D, just so I have the option to play around with ease, as I mentioned in my post for last week's exercise. Lifting Animation The aim was to animate a character lifting an object, keeping in mind the principles we have learnt up to now. These include: Weight Timing...


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What is Character?

Posted on Oct 18, 2009
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Character has a lot of meanings depending on the context, but in this case we are talking about character in animation principles. It's about what builds strong character and creates something believable. Character is all those little things we take for granted every day, it is built on the way we move, the way we interact. It can range from talking with hand gestures, to how you hold a pen....


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Back to University and Back to Drawing

Posted on Oct 12, 2009
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So we begin our second year of digital animation at Falmouth. Myself and a few friends did try to get involved with the fresher's events, but it isn't quite the same when you aren't, umm, freshers. Aside from that, it appears to a continuation of what we had learnt in the first year. Biggest change this year aside from an extra 30 students crammed into our studio is that we have a new lecturer...


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