Gentle's Animation learning thread

#51

On the one hand I was drawing in Starbucks with Thomas:





On the other hand, I worked over the footage I took yesterday. 60 videos- 10 different walkcycles, 6 different camera positions/angles.

I thought about it for a long time, now I’m sure: there will be a bigger, widened version of this thread, as an ebook.
Don’t worry, I won’t post less content in this thread … there’s just much, much more than what you have seen here :slight_smile:

So … “just” 6 footage videos.
Now I can feel like these tv-series-producers…

“To be continued” :wink:

More on this ebook-thing alteron, I don’t want to make too much worries to it.

this is a quick sketch of how the footage videos are concepted

I marked my legs with duct tape, as a bone-imitation … on really tight pants, which looks a bit weird - have fun :wink:

So here are 6 videos - 6 views of the same sneaking motion.

http://www.gentle.tk/anim/silent_left.mov
http://www.gentle.tk/anim/silent_right.mov
http://www.gentle.tk/anim/silent_front.mov
http://www.gentle.tk/anim/silent_back.mov
http://www.gentle.tk/anim/silent_top_left.mov
http://www.gentle.tk/anim/silent_top_right.mov

Gentle

#52

Ah, I lost my blocked-walkcycle-virginity :smiley:

Actually, I tried the whole day to delay it and delay it, my first walkcycle, but finally I did it.
This is my screen setup:


So, CInema and three views, which are running continually in loop mode. Perfect for finding out the right movement from all perspectives.

Here’s the animation, first blocked if there should be some mistakes. :slight_smile:

http://www.gentle.tk/anim/Walkcycle_normal_block.mov

Gentle

#53

I’m not quite sure, if my method was good - I first animated the single body parts on the not-moving character and then animated the master mover to give the character a motion. So the single parts don’t slip on the floor, but is this method useful, or what would be an alternative to move the character?

Suggestions?

http://www.gentle.tk/anim/Walkcycle_normal_block1.mov

Gentle

#54

Soooo … what do I have to offer today?

One neutral polishing and one depressed blocking … :slight_smile:

http://www.gentle.tk/anim/Walkcycle_normal.mov

http://www.gentle.tk/anim/Legs_Depressed_block.mov

Gentle

#55

Yesterday worked a little bit on the depressed walk:

http://www.gentle.tk/anim/Legs_Depressed_block1.mov

Gentle

#56

Smuf!

http://www.gentle.tk/anim/Legs_Depressed.mov

Gentle

#57

Acting school…:

SGK: Billiard, space recognition without seeing or hearing anything (or trainer put in the “Roxanne” song from the Moulin Rouge Soundtrack … superb. Really fascinating how we are able to recognize space without our common senses.

EBT: Gorilla walk, penguin run, karate exercise WITH using the liver … man I was feared of my partner, I mean, just punching, okay, but with a really aggressive expression, screaming and moving towards me while punching the punchtargets … whow! Then we did a JuJitsu-like exercise in which you had to push your partner on one shoulder and he tried to stay as soft as possible in his torso so that he just tuned but didn’t have to step back.

SPKA: Stone-throwing with different emotions and intensities, exercising for the final evening.

PH: Reading a wikipedia-piece loudly (about perversion, which is the topic for the final evening), and of course the warming-up training. As soon as I said the text the first time freely, my pronounciation got quite instable. Interesting.

AKS: Really cool lesson. The main topic was the back, so first we did the normal warming-up and stretching, but then we sat in pairs back-to-back and produced some AAAA- and MMMM- sounds… by that I could feel my partner’s vibration and warmth, which was a quite impressive feeling. Then we gathered in a circle (with our backs to the inner side), very tightly together and produced very resonant sounds… this was awesome, you could feel the energy in the room and the resonance between our bodies. Amazing :slight_smile:

Gentle

#58

Hot. The first video is orientated at my footage, the second one shows the exaggerated movement.

http://www.gentle.tk/anim/Walkcycle_hot_block.mov

http://www.gentle.tk/anim/Walkcycle_hot_block_exaggerate.mov

Gentle

#59

… hot!

http://www.gentle.tk/anim/Walkcycle_hotfin.mov

and again life drawing.










Gentle

#60

im loving your drawings here, im sure youve read it, but if not— read the book the animator’s survival kit by richard williams , and maybe stop staring by jason osipa- survival kit is leans more towards 2d animation, but the concepts apply to 3d as well, and stop staring is all about 3d facial animation, but the concepts can apply to 2d in my opinion- keep up the art!!

#61

Thanks :slight_smile:

No, to my shame I have to confess that I didn’t buy it yet… :smiley:
But I will. Definately.

Here the new polished version:
http://www.gentle.tk/anim/Walkcycle_hot1.mov

Gentle

#62

tweaked around a little bit. :slight_smile:
http://www.gentle.tk/anim/Walkcycle_hot2.mov

#63

Again live drawing. Damn I have to get a new pencil … I hate this one :wink:









Gentle

#64

Soo, today again life drawing; the next week will be again a pure animation week.

I thought, it is important to set a sign. There should be no genitals shown on the internet. Especially in boards where underaged kids are surfing.
Because we all know, genitals are weird, ugly, bad, pervert, evil, dreary, disgusting and from hell.
So I think people should no show them, and of course, should not draw them.

Just as little, there should be no nipples shown. And no armpits. And hollow of knees. And ears. And hell knows, what else not.










Gentle

#65

This time I used a fineliner pen, with which it was much easier … to get the proportions right :smiley:








gentle

#66

Yeah, a new animation-week has started!

Today I began with two blocked animations (you remember, blocked meins not-interpolated Keys). I took the next level and added a torso to the legs.

http://www.gentle.tk/anim/Armless_Schleichen_Block.mov

http://www.gentle.tk/anim/Armless_Kipup_Block.mov

Gentle

#67

hi,
this is really cool stuff

#68

Una Polishda porr favorrrr

http://www.gentle.tk/anim/Armless_Schleichen.mov

Gente

#69

The show must go on…

http://www.gentle.tk/anim/Armless_Kipup.mov

By the way, you can look forward to a little longer animation, man-woman topic :wink:

#70

Oh, poor guy, the censorship hit him!
http://www.gentle.tk/anim/Armless_Schniedelwutz_Block.mov
est. 4MB

(the poses are not yet complete, e.g. the walk is very rudimentary - I’d be especially thankful for critique concerning timing, breaks and this kind of stuff :slight_smile: )

Gentle