Animation Mentor Class 2

So last week I started class 2, I'm so excited, I've got another awesome mentor this term; Keith Sintay, He has worked on some of my favourite films, including I Am Legend, Beowulf, Monster House & Surfs up. He has also worked as a 2d animator at Disney on features such as Tarzan, Mulan & The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Check out his website at http://www.keithsintay.com/

Here's a quick pencil test for the first assignment (180 Turn)

Animation Mentor Class 01 Progress Reel

So class one is finished, it's gone so fast. A Big Thanks to Raquel for all your help.
Here's what I did in the first term.

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This week we had to animate a pendulum, showing a clear understanding of overlapping action

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This week we learned about Squash & Stretch. We had to throw a ball round an obstacle course using this principle to give our ball life. We also had to do a devastated Stu pose.

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This week two balls, one heavy, one light

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First animation!
It's just a bouncing ball, but it really is a lot harder than it looks. This first bounce of many had to show the weight of a basket ball or a football. I also had to sketch and pose out Stu showing excitement.

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It’s the 3rd week already!
Last week we got our first assignment (we just had to introduce ourselves the first week).
We had to go out and sketch people then pose our favourite in 3D with our first character 'Stu'.

Here's what I did.

Started Animation Mentor

After waiting 8 months since applying I can finally log into Animation Mentor.com.
I can't wait to get animating.
My mentor is Raquel Coelho; She has worked on Happy Feet, Charlotte's Web, The Spiderwick Chronicles & Blue Sky's academy award winning short Bunny. It really is amazing to know that Im studying under such a talented animator, I already know that Im going to learn so much from her.

So here we go, 18 months of hardcore animation.

Pencil Tests

Got myself a copy of Digicel Flipbook. its a really nice, easy to use program. Great for doing quick pencil tests.

Here's a few I did earlier.

Finally Blogging!

Welcome to my blog,

To start with I can say that I will hopefully be starting Animation Mentor next month which im really excited about. If you didn't know, Animation Mentor is an amazing online animation school that focuses on character animation and is taught by some of the top animators in the industry. Check out their website at http://www.animationmentor.com/

My plan is to use this blog to document my journey as I progress through the school and basically to add anything else I might think or see at the time.