Polishing

Hi everyone,  I'm working on finishing this shot up and I could definitely use some fresh eyes!  If you get the time I'd love to hear any thoughts =]

Thanks!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wb4cxktwoq2q7br/YourSon_0016.mov?dl=0

Second pass

Hey everyone, here is my second pass. Please let me know what do you think . Thanks!

http://www.syncsketch.com/playground/642a38692b6148a5a25900c8e566baf1

More blocking from Janel

Heeey everybody! Hope you're all having a good week, here's my updated blocking for my texting shot. Still rougher than I'd like, but I think it's sort of starting to shape up. Posing is still pretty rudimentary in places, I just focused more on timing and working out the beats (the face is still quite rough as well) Let me know what you think!

https://www.syncsketch.com/playground/b19e710e7a894cdab72c8374c031bac4#126933

here is a dropbox link (looks like syncsketch compressed it a lot and made the text look wonky)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5833592/AnimC2016/texting_week9_midweek.mov

Also, I know that Malcolm's "neck thicken" control was mentioned in class, does anyone know where it actually is? I couldn't find it...

Hey guys! I thinking about my next shot and here is my first quick blocking. So what do you think?

http://www.syncsketch.com/playground/64461d79bbe94473803386181ab7b2d0

Hey everybody! Please take a look on my progress, work on both characters try to polish overall. Thanks!
http://www.syncsketch.com/playground/a79d1c900ee94620aa6f70fa19d25bf2

Passions of Santos - Progress

Hey everyone!

Here's my shot thus far....please let me know what you think. I'll be working on the set and the writer while I wait for your feedback.

http://www.syncsketch.com/playground/c87fafd543fb4a3994019f3b863cf54c

Dropbox link just in case:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9arqadbe2dlmu9y/passionsOfSantos_v03_04.mov?dl=0

Thanks and have a great rest of the week/CTN/Thanksgiving!

Jenny

Last class...

By the way, since we have no class this week, that means we would have to have our last class on Dec. 21, assuming we stick to Wednesdays.  Is everyone available that night, or do we need to pick another day?

Reminder: No class on Wednesday, Nov. 16

Just a reminder that there is no class this week or next week (Thanksgiving).  As always, feel free to post work here.  See you all on Nov. 30 if I don't see you at CTN!

-v

Constraint Demos I mentioned in class

Hey guys! I wanted to quickly post some links to the constraint demo videos I mentioned in class, luckily they weren't too hard to find, here's the first one:

https://vimeo.com/35335133

It's pretty basic, but I HIGHLY recommend watching the rest of the videos in his series on constraint demos, they are great and he does a really good job of explaining things in a clear way. Here is are his other videos:

https://vimeo.com/dlatour/videos

he goes over doing a simple hand driven-single prop setup in the second video, and then moves on to some more complex setups like the prop driving the hand, and various two handed setups. All really useful stuff.

Also, I mentioned the video capture software I use a few weeks ago but completely forgot to post it, sorry about that! It's called Open Broadcaster Software:

https://obsproject.com/

It's really great for capturing video and audio from Netflix/Amazon video/etc if you want to capture a specific scene that you can't find on Youtube. You can set it to capture your whole desktop, just a specific window, or just a specific space on your display.

It's also useful if you use a webcam for shooting reference, I do this sometimes and loop the audio in maya while I'm shooting ref, and this software captures the audio straight from maya rather than picking it up secondhand through a speaker, which is nice. (Though be aware that if you have desktop audio capture turned on it will capture ALL the sounds on your computer...almost didn't realize this once and put up some game capture along with the Beyonce song I was listening to in front my whole department at my old job)

Diana - Reaction Shot Update!

Hi!!

I thought I'd check in, I tried addressing all the notes from Wednesday. I worked out more of the spine issues as well as loosening up the head and neck. Tracking the nose revealed a bunch! I also moved the weight more SR when he does the shift, and adjusted the SR elbow to be less foreshortened. How's that working?

Also, how is the overall timing of the reaction at the end? I added a bit more love to that movement but I'm having a hard time seeing if it needs more or less time before he reacts for thought process.

https://syncsketch.com/playground/437260a906574ef697a78d0a56f24ee2#122181

Moving forward: I plan on sweetening the timing and movement of the wipe of the mouth. I've been antsy to do that but wanted to get all the larger movements fixed first.

Let me know what you all think! Thanks a bunch :)

- Diana

Working it out

Hey All!

So I'm just working through the shot.  I think I've gotten to all the notes from class.  I've also done some more work with the dude from the first 60ish frames.  Doing keep alives and such.  As for her, I redid the phone, so the rope is a little haywire, will get to that soon.  

I've added that flutter in her eyes at f96, however I feel it should be before the big blink. What do you think? Her screen right arm is now in FK and I've just roughed in that.  Next pass will consist of lip sync and more refining.  Thank you in advance for any and all comments!

https://syncsketch.com/playground/3d81c55205d74a458cc8c27b41b70a3a#122178

New Ending Idea

Hi everyone,

I've been racking my brain, trying to come up with a funny ending to my shot.  This may be too wacky, but I've roughly added something in to see what you think.  Main character is still very crudely splined.

Do you think this ending could work?  I'm also concerned about the staging, and if people will buy that the main character has enough room to walk and sit like he already is.  (For the record, there's no contact/geo crashing in the set up, but the camera angle can be deceptive!)

Thanks in advance,
Jamie

https://syncsketch.com/playground/9bc4c96744d047f4aa164cc4fe44b986#122173

Think I'm Ready for Splining

https://syncsketch.com/sketch/113932#122169

Here are my changes based on class notes from this past week. I ran into some issues with setting up parenting constraints for the hands/cartridge/controller, so I might use snapping instead. I think I'm ready to begin splining, but wanted to get some feedback before doing so. Thanks!

  - Ryan