Alyssa's Animation Mentor Blog » Animations

Wayne’s World clip

aleeCO — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:57:40 +0000

Had an itch to animate Not polished, just something quick for fun.

two-person dialogue

aleeCO — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:30:22 +0000

Made some pretty big strides this month, thanks to my peers and mentor. Huge thanks to everyone for helping me out thus far

Single-Person Dialogue – Final

aleeCO — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:07:43 +0000

polished version submitted to AM:

Hit a lot of “ah-ha!” moments working through this shot (about eyes, hands, gestures, workflow, everything). I want to use those takeaways to start with a fresh shot. The process should go even cleaner and quicker…

Single-Person Dialogue – polish pass

aleeCO — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:35:49 +0000

Cleaned up the body and worked on the face. Spent a lot of time studying acting ~ really paying attention to eyes and hands. Amazing progress of learning this week ~ hit some “Ah-ha!” moments

Single character dialogue

aleeCO — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:53:13 +0000

This week we were given Bishop, so I’m tackling my first shot AM of a character with a face.

I ended up choosing the first dialogue clip.

Here’s my first blocking:

acting shot ideas

aleeCO — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:20:22 +0000

This week we get our first character with a face (Bishop). Oh boy…we’ll see how this goes! Hehe.

I pulled five clips I would enjoy animating. Just need one

Bored Angel blocking passes

aleeCO — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:54:09 +0000

v2 (turned off the hair):

v1:

Angel Pantomime

aleeCO — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 18:43:00 +0000

For my pantomime shot, I’m animating an angel who realizes that her halo is missing. The change in emotion will go from bored —> edge of panic (realizing the halo is missing) —> relief.

Following Marek’s advice, I established character first. I wanted to create a somewhat ironic character ~ one with characteristics that contradict what we would expect from his/her given role. I came up with an unlady-like angel. She’ll slouch, be absent-minded, lolly gag, and slip in and out of her expected angelic behavior.

From there I established a world. Easy…clouds! A heavenly setting in which every object is made of fluffy, cloud material. With the scenario and character, acting for the reference seems much easier…

Character concept:

Video reference:

Shot beat thumbnails:

Macho Macho Yomm

aleeCO — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 02:25:20 +0000

Most recent version of my Yomm shot. First time I’ve used this rig

Previous version:

Still polishing…

Earthquake!

aleeCO — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:18:44 +0000

Here’s the most recent version of my earthquake shot:

I need to polish it off more — I want to get a feeling of cushion into each pose. Definitely a fun shot