At the beginning of the week, I looked at converting the backgrounds I made in Maya to rendered pieces in Photoshop that I could then animate over. I did this as a lecturer suggested that I work on my proportions, as for my first landscape boards, they felt the angles were wrong and the pieces seemed too flat.
I have to watch out however that I don't invest too much time on the backgrounds as in a previous module's feedback, I was instructed to focus less on perfecting a background and instead focus on the animating aspect as in my final study task for said module, I bit off a little more than I could chew in the time I had, and therefore the animation suffered as a result and came across rather stiff.
My animation itself has three total settings (outdoors, a living room and a kitchen) however within these settings there are nine different angles to capture. So, half-way into the week, I felt I had already invested too much time into this part of the production.
So, I got to work with the animation. I animated the in-betweens on 1s and 2s which I felt made the animation incredibly smooth and I am very happy with the timing of this section however, I have to watch how much time I am spending on certain shots as if I continue to work at the rate I am, I will not finish this animation.
I tried to move onto another scene as quickly as I could as due to other module commitments, I would be busy all of this Friday and next, and with the holidays approaching, I have to factor in the days I will be travelling to and from home.
At the weekend, I worked on updating my blog, ready to continue with the animation next week.
Intentions:
I plan to spend the last week before the holiday working towards the final animation by focusing on the more difficult elements so if I need any help, I can ask while I'm still at university. Then over Easter, I will work from home on my animation.
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