Category Archives: animation

Finally Animating…

Here’s the first 7 seconds of animation on the project.  Warts and all, I’m very happy with where it’s going. Actually, I was animating about 3 weeks ago, but life got busy and this is the first chance I’ve had … Continue reading

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Animation Table

This weekend I took two hours and made an animation table. It measures 48 inches long by 42 inches wide about 42 inches high. I’m not sure if that’s too high or not, but it should make it easy to … Continue reading

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It may not look like much, but I’ve successfully matchmoved a shot and got that info into Blender.  I know I promised some animation after this past weekend, but this was such an important element to my plans that I … Continue reading

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It’s Rigged!

I finished the rig early yesterday morning and spent the evening trying out a run cycle.  Here’s the 1st blocking pose.  It works!  Hopefully, I’ll have some actual animation to share after the weekend.

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Beware the Mailagator: Animatic

Next up in the progress of The Mailagator, the animatic. An animatic is basically an animated storyboard. It gives a pretty decent sense of timing and screen composition. It’s far easier to work out an edit in this 2D form … Continue reading

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