Post 11 - Task One documentation

The next few posts will be concerned with recording the initial work and animation tests from the 3D Animation module. The following two videos are my first attempt at a walk cycle. This can be seen from both the side and front. The animation lasts for 7 seconds and ends with the character ending in a stationary position. I paid close attention to the motion of the feet in addition to the arms, hands, head and waist.

 

I feel that this was a great start to understanding what is involved in making good animation. I paid close attention to ensuring it looked correct and that certain limbs bent and moved as they would in the real world. This animation was directly influenced by looking at the first post of this blog. This is a great start, but there are several issues. Firstly, the animation is too slow. The character looks as if he is trying to be 'silent' with the 'tippy toe' motion associated with over gestured animation. So as the key frames are a little too spread out, a little bit of meaning or clarity has escaped the figure. This will be taken into account and more knowledge of the time-line should be adopted. As it is only 7 seconds long, it is difficult to analyse the clip in any more detail.

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