Final Animation
Principles Involved:
Anticipation - When Talos the robot is going to try and carry the box up the second time, Talos prepare himself by going upwards a little before trying to carry up the box to show the audience Talos is going to try and carry the box again.
Timing - When Talos tries to carry up the box very fast with frustration, the fire starts up which cause by the friction between the arm and box, the timing was just nice when the fire starts up and Talos surprise reaction.
Exaggeration - When Talos was afraid of the fire and hops away, it shows that such a heavy robot Talos can actually jump and hops away.
Arcs - When Talos carry the box and putting it down, the movements of the arm forms an arc.
Staging - The fire effect that occurs direct the audience attention and to show the importance of the fire with interaction with Talos.
Appeal - When Talos looks around the box and wonder why it is so heavy, also when Talos bang on the box and after that Talos gets dizzy and shake its arm for awhile, and the frustration it shows when the tries to carry up the boxed very fast.
Reflection:
Done-ed! Finally finish my animation after days and hours of doing it. So happy to see my animation when I finish it, giving me a sense of accomplishment! Overall, Im still satisfy with my animation, such as the fire effects, the background image and floor looks really cool, as well as the robot hoping away from the box, looks funny and interesting. I actually do encounter an error, this is actually my second animation done. I have actually finish the first animation previously, but when I tried to open it, it says fatal error, and the whole thing just shut down again, thus I really have no choice but to delete away the files. I was very frustrated when I first saw the fatal error, it was already late night when I finish the animation, thus I was vexed and very tired. However, it didn't stop me after I thought of that I must finish it no matter what in order to pass the subject and course, I tried to do it again and manage to finish it! Luckily this time I doesn't have any fatal errors, nevertheless, I will still try my best to do again if there is still any fatal errors. Thus, it really teaches us a lot that no matter what are the troubles, we must still try our best to do it and not to give up!
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
IN3D Project 2 - PART ONE: Weblog journal entries
Self-Critique
Overall, I think I will give my animation 60/100. I feel that I could have done much more to my animation. But one of the thing that Im proud of would be my expressions and emotions on the robot. I feel that the expression is quite well-done and realistic. Also there is the fire effect which can be say to be the middle man of the interaction between the box and the robot. I try to make the animation more realistic and also interesting and fun to watch. For what I have done on the animation, there are still a lot more rooms for improvements.
Some parts not well-done and need to improve on
- Could add elements such as Squash and Stretch principles
- Put lighting on the animation, where shadows can be seen
- Could involve more boxes with more interaction
I feel that more in depth research needs to be done in order to get a better result in the animation. Concentration, patience and creativity are much needed in the animation, as well as skills of course. I have learnt a lot through this animation, where I found out that patience and concentration is very important as you need to set the keyframes one by one and not get distracted, and also creativity, where you can animate a much more interesting and lively animation with the help of creativity. With all the factors considered, I will strive harder and make better animation in the future to keep up with the expectations.
Overall, I think I will give my animation 60/100. I feel that I could have done much more to my animation. But one of the thing that Im proud of would be my expressions and emotions on the robot. I feel that the expression is quite well-done and realistic. Also there is the fire effect which can be say to be the middle man of the interaction between the box and the robot. I try to make the animation more realistic and also interesting and fun to watch. For what I have done on the animation, there are still a lot more rooms for improvements.
Some parts not well-done and need to improve on
- Could add elements such as Squash and Stretch principles
- Put lighting on the animation, where shadows can be seen
- Could involve more boxes with more interaction
I feel that more in depth research needs to be done in order to get a better result in the animation. Concentration, patience and creativity are much needed in the animation, as well as skills of course. I have learnt a lot through this animation, where I found out that patience and concentration is very important as you need to set the keyframes one by one and not get distracted, and also creativity, where you can animate a much more interesting and lively animation with the help of creativity. With all the factors considered, I will strive harder and make better animation in the future to keep up with the expectations.
Friday, 5 August 2011
IN3D Project 2 - PART ONE: Weblog journal entries
Character
In a few light years ahead, in the World of Tyles which is dull and plain, each and every robot was doing their boring job by stacking the boxes everyday. One of the robot grew smarter out of a million, whose name is called Talos. Due to the dull and boring job Talos was doing, he start to think out of the box. One day, an incident surprises him and which he will never forget a scary yet exciting incident.
Storyboard
Talos was doing his boring work as usual which is moving the boxes from a red platform and stacking it up to a green platform. Today was a rather simple day for him, where he just need to stack up 3 boxes, but the one of the box is more heavier compared to the normal ones. While stacking finish 2 of the normal weight boxes, Talos finally got to the heavier box, where he try all his strength to pull the box up but it still wont bugged. He knew that this was the last box, so he tries very hard to try to stack the box up so he can go and slack around for the whole day. He became very frustrated as the box wont even bugged a little and start to pulling the box faster and faster. Suddenly, due to the friction between the Talos armed and the box, fire starts to arouse. This is the first time he have seen fire before in his entire life, as the World of Tyles has no elements in the planet, only dull, solid and plain objects. Talos was afraid at the first sight due to the heat of the fire. Talos tries to move some meters away from the burning box where is not hot, and admires the beautiful flame. This is the moment where he will never forget for his entire life.
In a few light years ahead, in the World of Tyles which is dull and plain, each and every robot was doing their boring job by stacking the boxes everyday. One of the robot grew smarter out of a million, whose name is called Talos. Due to the dull and boring job Talos was doing, he start to think out of the box. One day, an incident surprises him and which he will never forget a scary yet exciting incident.
Hi, Im Talos, one of the few robots who can be able to think like a human, pretty cool huh? What on earth is going on with the dull world?! Everyday living in boredness and doing the same thing all over and over again, Im sick and tired of all this work. If only I could become a scientist? or an artist? which will be able to turned this dull world into a more interesting and brighter one.
Storyboard
Talos was doing his boring work as usual which is moving the boxes from a red platform and stacking it up to a green platform. Today was a rather simple day for him, where he just need to stack up 3 boxes, but the one of the box is more heavier compared to the normal ones. While stacking finish 2 of the normal weight boxes, Talos finally got to the heavier box, where he try all his strength to pull the box up but it still wont bugged. He knew that this was the last box, so he tries very hard to try to stack the box up so he can go and slack around for the whole day. He became very frustrated as the box wont even bugged a little and start to pulling the box faster and faster. Suddenly, due to the friction between the Talos armed and the box, fire starts to arouse. This is the first time he have seen fire before in his entire life, as the World of Tyles has no elements in the planet, only dull, solid and plain objects. Talos was afraid at the first sight due to the heat of the fire. Talos tries to move some meters away from the burning box where is not hot, and admires the beautiful flame. This is the moment where he will never forget for his entire life.
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Week13_Labs 1 & 2 (Exercise 1, 2, 3 & 4)
Exercise 1:
Going through a famous short movie on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmhZm5FRV4s
A nice short video clip where it stands out the principles of animation along with the techniques and skills implement in this short video clip.
Exercise 2:
Going through the tutorial:
http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2011help/files/Inverse_kinematics.htm
To learn how to animate a basic animation with the robot and the box.
Exercise 3:
The final product of my animation after following the tutorial in exercise 2:
Exercise 4:
1) Apart from their different sizes, it is obvious from Luxo Jr. that the big lamp is “older” and that the small lamp is “younger”.
How is this communicated by the animation? Give at least THREE examples.
Do NOT say because the small lamp is playing with a ball, or that its name is Luxo Jr. – you should be looking at the animation, how the lamps move and emote (emote means to express emotions).
2) Give an example from Luxo Jr of how timing is used for comic effect. Explain how the timing decisions contribute to the humour.
3) When you create a joint chain, these form a hierarchy, with the first joint at the top and the last joint at the bottom. Explain why this is necessary for the joints to work properly.
Going through a famous short movie on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmhZm5FRV4s
A nice short video clip where it stands out the principles of animation along with the techniques and skills implement in this short video clip.
Exercise 2:
Going through the tutorial:
http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2011help/files/Inverse_kinematics.htm
To learn how to animate a basic animation with the robot and the box.
Exercise 3:
The final product of my animation after following the tutorial in exercise 2:
Exercise 4:
1) Apart from their different sizes, it is obvious from Luxo Jr. that the big lamp is “older” and that the small lamp is “younger”.
How is this communicated by the animation? Give at least THREE examples.
Do NOT say because the small lamp is playing with a ball, or that its name is Luxo Jr. – you should be looking at the animation, how the lamps move and emote (emote means to express emotions).
2) Give an example from Luxo Jr of how timing is used for comic effect. Explain how the timing decisions contribute to the humour.
3) When you create a joint chain, these form a hierarchy, with the first joint at the top and the last joint at the bottom. Explain why this is necessary for the joints to work properly.
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