Aren's Production Blog

Practical Project Finished! Well, at least the film...

2009-03-26T19:55:00.004Z

Well, here it is folk's...My delivery for the practical project. The is a lot that I don't feel quite happy about with this piece. I feel like the animation is half way done and the lip-sync don't match and everything. But what the hell, it looks cool:P

Please comment on it...rip it to pieces if you like, it's good for the aftermath...

"Behind-the-scenes":

I said I was finished with it, but still, there is this god damned report left to be finished.

Agenda Teaser Trailer - Preview Render!

2009-03-17T04:09:00.003Z

Well, here is a preview render of the Agenda Teaser Trailer. Some tweaks will be made in the final render and some work will be done with the sound, but anyways...enjoy;)

Agenda Teaser Trailer - Preview Render:

CCA anim2 -stage1

2009-03-16T23:28:00.003Z

Hi again folks;)

Been working alot with alot, but had to be finished with our first presentation of the second character animation for my Creative Character Animation module. So here it is! It still need some clean up, but that will happen in the final delivery...

Oh, and the audio clip is from "Bolt"

CCA, Anim2 - Stage1:

Rough Animation for my practical!

2009-02-16T22:28:00.004Z

The next stage of my practical;) A rough animation with Jack McAction:

Introducing Jack McAction!

2009-02-07T18:26:00.004Z

Here is the first animation preview of Jack McAction, the star of my character animation piece for my practical:

It's getting there;)

2009-02-07T17:38:00.002Z

Another touch up on the "Lost" animation:

Still WiP!

2009-02-04T22:14:00.002Z

Some adjustments:

Animation test!

2009-02-04T18:40:00.004Z

Hi again...Here is an animation test I just did, tried to think about not over animated the preformance(the teachings of Ed Hooks). The clip is from "Lost" from a scene I like very much...It's still a WiP, so it's not completed yet;)

I was happy too:

"AGENDA" - Animatic, so far...

2009-02-01T17:06:00.002Z

Well, here is the animatic for the behind the scenes part of Agenda so far:

"AGENDA" - More pre-viz!

2009-01-21T13:23:00.003Z

Here is the openingshot for the trailer of "Agenda". Tested out some comp- and camera-work. The main character is missing from this shot, but will come out of the opening door, making a cool siluhette from the volume light;)

Opening shot, pre-viz:

"AGENDA" - Pre-viz, flyby!

2009-01-21T00:51:00.004Z

Here is a pre-viz for a scene in the fake trailer "Agenda":

City-flyby:

"AGENDA" - Some visual testing!

2009-01-20T23:47:00.004Z

Done some testing and modelling the last few days for my Practical Project! Here are some pic's to get the feel of the fake trailer:

Dropship flyby:

Cityscape test:

Wow guild animation intro - Test!

2009-01-16T01:35:00.005Z

Hi all

Done a test animation for the guild my brother is playing in World Of Warcraft (has nothing to do with my school work, but it's nice to be doing some other things as well). I'm going to do an extended intro film for them, that they can use in association with their guild. I took some character models out of WoW and fixed the textures, rigged and animated them in 3ds Max. In this test I've completed an Orc warrior. That's about all I know about Wow, hehe...Did some post in AfterFX to get a nice feel to and sample some music from the great library of videocopilot.net DVD: Pro Scores;)

Expression testing!

2008-12-10T00:46:00.001Z

Here is some expression testing I'm going through to find the "soul" of my action star in my practical project piece:

Agenda Teaser Trailer Animatic!

2008-12-09T23:55:00.004Z

I made an animatic for the teaser trailer I'm putting in my practical piece. Just to have an overview of how it's going to look;) enjoy, hehe...

- Agenda Teaser Trailer, Animatic

PP Update!

2008-12-09T19:28:00.005Z

Here is some WiP for my practical.

- Title scene

- Color pallet

- Concept art

Creative Character Animation - Anim1, Stage2

2008-12-09T19:11:00.007Z

We'll here it is folks, my final hand in for the first 10 second character animation at the CCA-module.

- Anim1, Stage2

Another project

2008-12-09T02:15:00.000Z

As part of my degree we have a practical project as well. I'm currently working on a character animation piece of an action star that has made his first big blockbuster movie. I'm telling the story through a behind-the-scenes sort of trailer, finishing of with a teaser trailer of the upcoming film. I did some voice acting for it in the recording studio at my school, and when you have a trailer, you'll need a trailer voice. So I gave it my best;)

- Trailer voice

An action hero also need's his weapons so I've started modelling an Assult Rifle for one of the sequences in the trailer:

And as long as I'm here...

2008-12-09T02:07:00.001Z

Here is another character piece I've been working on. Thought I'd might make a couple of them, as a little series, the working title is "When UFO's Attack". This piece is still WiP. Some of the things I will be correcting is trying to hold the poses a little longer, but also make it snappy.

When UFO's Attack no. 1

We'll here we go!

2008-12-09T01:40:00.000Z

First time on blogspot, second time blogger;)

I'm a student...for now.

I'm currently studying at University Of Teesside in Middlesbrough, England, and getting my bachelour degree in Digital Character Animation.

So, here is the progress of the first 10 sec animation that we were assigned this semester. We had to animate an audio clip from a selection of clips that we were given. I chose a clip from "The Dark Knigt". I've put him in an acting role, auditioning for a part in a play, so he is a little dramatic and emphesises his movements. In Stage 2. I've put in some stage curtians as well.

- Stage 1. Preview:

After some feedback from the Stage1 preview I made some changes. I tried to focus a little more on the wieght of the character, because it seems like he is floating a little. More anticipation on the walk-in and also focusing on cleaning up the arc so it didn't look as mechanical. I also tried to give the character more attidude and facial expression. This is not the final for Stage 2. I'm going to adjust more on the tilting of the character the first time he leans forward, it's like he is almost faling over. But here it is.

- Stage2. Preview:

Here is also the magnifisent acting video I used for my reference. A brilliant preformance by myself I must say:P

- Acting reference: