late reference

ah forgot to put this :P i found the animation of this video really inspiring i love the cute little wiggle of his jelly tummy :) think it adds a really nice touch :)

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better facial animation

its starting to look a load better now :) i think i enjoy animating the face rather than the body but hey im still learning right :) i think that adding the facial animation has brought her straight to life :) i can feel her energy in her poses and expressions :)

im liking this so far but i think there needs to be a longer pause before the music at the beginning to really show the transformation in the character from shy to outrageous !

more stepped

getting there getting there definitely making progress :)

 more later :)

more blocking

here is a more stepped stage of my animation :)

this is prooving to be a huge challenge for me ive found it hard to try and restrain myself and not jump to spline to early so far so good...hope it lasts !

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mouth shapes

i decided to shoot some reference of mouth shapes to help along with the animation

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reference now

ok pretty embarrassing but here is my footage for the rap and clap reference...just ignore how terrified i look :|

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key pose sketch

here are the sketches i based my animation on ( i forgot to upload them first ) :) they helped alot with the choreography of the dance and the flow of movement.

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attitude

here is my beginning and mid attitude sketches just to help me get the feel of the different parts of the animation.

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final task

moving on to my final task dubbed "Rap and Clap" i have chosen a song clip from the song Kiss by Prince.

again i have written up a character bio for them:

Name: Jill
Age: 19
Occupation: Student
Gender: Female
Personality: Shy, Unpredictable, Energetic, Nervous, Determined
Situation: On stage for kareoke night, been made to sing by her friends, she timidly gets on stage before deciding to give it her all and belt the song out full pelt.
Power Centre: Will change during the performance, it will get higher as she gets more confident
Fears: Judgement, Letting friends down
Habits: Nervous fidgeting, Shifty eyes, eyes close when singing at points
Ipod: Variety (depends on what mood)
Friends: A few close but suportive

well now to get to work

more later :)