Work in Progress

Here's my work in progress on our first assignment for term 3. I have one more week to polish stuff up - still need to work on arcs and phrasing. :)

Term 3 - Assignment 1 - 2nd Pass

Here's my second pass at animation for my piece. We moved into linear keys, which is something I've never done - it feels a bit "robotic". But it was really helpful - it showed me that my timing was REALLY slow - so I had a decent amount of time to add some more depth to the character - give the magician another magical swish with his wand. Overall, I like it a lot more - but I still have posing and timing issues to work on.





Forward march!!!! :)

New Mentor - Mike Belzer

Woooo hoooo! Term 3 is in full effect - I originally had Jay Jackson for my mentor, who was amazing, but I had conflicts with work and class - so I swapped into Mike Belzer's class (Thanks Ben!).

I'm just starting week 3 - so here is what I have so far. The first assignment is a pantomime project - basically with a change in emotion.

My idea: magician who pulls a rabbit out of the hat - only to be surprised by what happens.

It's cute, and short, and I'm really excited to be working on it. :)

Here are my week 1 and 2 drawings / reference / blocking. The blocking needs a lot of work (which I've already spent a few hours changing after crit - so I'll post up the new pass soon. :)

Reference Footage (god I love my boyfriend) :) :



Sketches from Footage:




First Blocking Pass (aka - the poo pass):




YAY!!

Starting Term 3 Tomorrow

YAAAYYY!!! I can't wait to see who my new classmates are, and meet my mentor. :)

hee hee hee

Term 2 - Better Late than Never

Well - here's my reel for term 2 - we worked on 3 pieces total for the term. I had some family emergencies happening during the last project - so I couldn't devote a lot of time to it, bummer, but a-ok - I'll just work my butt off next term. :) Hope you enjoy.

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white_christmas
Originally uploaded by Teri Shellen

Gotta take time every once in a while to enjoy what's going on around you. :)

Inspirational Video

Hey there - here's a new music video from Psapp. It's a bit gory, but fabulous. I hope you enjoy!

Psapp - The Monster Song


Here's their information about the piece:
Description: The Monster Song is our brand new single, released on November 3rd in the UK and Europe. It is the first single taken from our forthcoming album, The Camel’s Back, released through Domino in the UK on October 27th.

We worked with Stephen Irwin (http://www.smalltimeinc.com/home.htm) for this animation who kindly and skilfully turned our scribbles into moving images. Be warned, it’s our most violent video to date with LOTS of blood, gore, dancing teeth, fishcakes and exploding mammals.

Here’s the press release bit:
The Monster Song is a sad song about loss and depression; it’s the morning after the big night before, when the green eyed monster is lurking around every corner, just waiting to pounce. Despite its dark and uneasy lyrical content, The Monster Song has an uplifting and playful pop edge due to Psapp’s trademark use of found sounds and Galia’s harmonising vocals. The Monster Song is a taste of what to expect from The Camel’s Back, Psapp’s most starkly beautiful record to date.

Term 2!!!

So term 2 has started - my mentor is Matthew Russell - amazing animator! I really enjoy my classmates so far too.

This semester is working on Body Mechanics - like weight shifting, pushing, pulling, jumping, etc. I'm so excited about what's to come.

dipity / animationpodcast

This is amazing - it makes me want to watch all the animated movies on here in order.

Between Terms

So in my effort to post fabulousness about my AM experience, nothing really happened. But now, we're on a week hiatus, so I'm going to go back and post up all of my work in progress and revisions - it'll be nice to get it all in one place - plus, it's a good use of time on my week off. Sooooo --- soon to come --- updated work.

In the meantime - Here's my term 1 progress reel with all of my finished work on it. I still promise to upload the sketches and the original submitted works as well. :)