Category: 3D Computer Animation Fundamentals

Through this semester’s study, I have more in-depth understanding of the basic knowledge of maya, as well as animation principles, through the teacher assigned homework, I more proficient master some operations, especially for the character animation, in the four years of undergraduate study for animation, I think the character animation is the most difficult part, through the first semester of study in lcc, I have more confidence, and for their own I will try to integrate it into my homework, for example, lighting.

Besides showreel ideas, I also met the team and did a team project. In my undergraduate studies, I did a lot of 3D animation shorts, but I had never tried 3D rendering 2D, this was my first collaboration with lcc in the UK, the first short film project, I was mainly responsible for the script, storyboard, scene model, prop model, some material mapping, some character animation, the lighting and rendering and nuke post compositing. I was responsible for the script, storyboarding, scene models, prop models, some texture mapping, some character animation, lighting rendering and nuke post-compositing. I really enjoyed the collaboration and although there were some difficulties along the way, I benefited a lot from it. I am looking forward to working with more people next time to produce more animations.

In addition to this I recorded a presentation to explain in detail what I have learnt this term and what I am looking forward to.

Continuing with the head bland shape animation and lighting as per the reference video.I gave the head sss materials to make it more life-like, rendered it and added the background using nuke, as well as toning and depth of field.

Based on the video reference found last week, use the characters for character animation, unlike the reference video, to make the movements more animation-like during the production.

This week’s homework is to first find a video of the action as a reference, first of all, the production of 2D keyframe animation, familiar with the whole action, in order to better produce 3D animation.

I sculpted the model in maya and can toggle it with the bland shape.

Reference and bland shape talking

This week’s assignment is to make the walk blocking into a smooth curve.

For this week’s assignment, we’re going to do a simple walk blocking of the ball using MAYA.

This week, I learned about head rigging and weight making in MAYA, and used blandshape for simple operations in my homework.

For this week’s homework, let’s use a simple model to make a walk, and use a human model to pose, so that people can feel the sense of weight.