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On Monday, I began key framing scene 3, as this is the most complicated shot. I started with the Spider, and then moved onto the Fly. I struggled animating the spider at first. As I was only responsible for the key-framing and not inbetweening also, I was struggling to picture what a walk cycle would look like, especially at a 3/4 angle.
The eight legs were also frustrating as in Photoshop, the onion skins are quite dark so very quickly, eight legs became twenty-four. The fact the character isn't walking on the ground either, however is suspended mid-air using it's webs to move about, also didn't make matters easier. Below is my first failed attempt. Wow, he's flying. He shouldn't be.
I continued working on it and eventually, found a way to animate it. I watched some videos of spiders walking as a reference and decided the best way to go about it would be to animate each leg separately, as the body needed to be grounded somehow, otherwise it looks odd.
On Tuesday, I attended a seminar on time management and planning. We discussed how to go about forming a team for Extended Practice. I've already talked to some people about working together so from here, I will make a presentation and pitch my skills to the class next week.
On Wednesday as I had both: a tutorial and a lecture on self employment booked, I decided to animate the scene I believed to be the easiest, as I didn't want to choose a more difficult scene and then get stressed if I couldn't complete it in the time I had spare.
Thursday was the deadline I set for myself to get all three scenes key-framed. I met this target.
What Went Well?
- I managed to complete every shot by the end of the week, meaning I can now focus my attention on the other module until I'm needed again for colouring.
- In the seminar, it was suggested that we focus on the competition briefs now, so that we have longer to work on our finals films at the end of the year. This made me feel more confident that my decision to message my classmates this early and form a team was the right move.
Where to Improve?
- On the first scene, I struggled to key frame the Spider. Despite seeing where I went wrong and making a plan of action on how to better approach it, I still allowed myself to panic over the time I felt I had wasted. Obviously it wasn't wasted time as I was able to learn from my mistakes. Yet, because I am on a tight schedule and had other members of the team relying on me, I became incredibly upset and stressed as I felt I wouldn't be able to complete the work in the time I had left. Once again, I was wrong. I continued working on it from scratch, fixed the mistakes and met the deadline.
Next week I shall start colouring; that is, if the inbetweening has been finished by then. If not, we still have the next couple weeks so I'm not worried. I will also make a PowerPoint showcasing the skills I possess and the jobs I'm after so that I can start finding teams to work on for the final films.
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