Creating: An Adventure…We did it!
I have a completed capstone animated short film!! A year and a half later, I have conceptualized, brainstormed, storyboarded, collaborated on the script and voice over, animated, composited, sound designed, learned new programs, struggled with technical difficulties, discovered new mediums that I want to learn more about, and completely grown as a person/animator/student. It has […]
Final Week
As we enter the final week of this 1.5 year process, I finally have a full film. I am using the next 7 days to polish, rerender, and time out a few sections. But overall, I am very proud of the progress I have made and the vast amount I have learned. We are almost […]
Houston, we have an ocean.
After many issues, setbacks, and crashed renders, we have an ocean! I now can start on the background and character implementation over the weekend. I’ll keep track of any final changes I want to make (i.e. adjusting the foam and extending the ending to include time for the credits) But it is so incredibly rewarding […]
Milestone 12 Progress
I finished a lot of work over the past week! Stop motion animation is complete, I have half of the additional 2D character added, and I am working through the bugs on my Houdini Ocean. I will be able to finish the 2D character this week along with finishing the ocean scene.
Stop Motion Take 3
Finished another pass on my stop motion section. After receiving feedback from one of my professors, I had more ideas on what to do in the first half. I feel like I have more cohesive shots now, but may need another pass to iron out the glitches.
Full Pass Update
I have moved my schedule around a bit, but I am still on schedule! Here are the updates: The first section is 99% complete! There are just a couple little things I would like to add. But if I do not end up having the time, that is ok. The second section is ready for […]
Houdini Ocean
The Houdini Ocean is underway! After playing around with the program, meeting with my professor, and a long render time, I have a new plan. I am very excited with the results I have so far and look forward to finishing the larger scale render. Some sections of my audio will be cut, but I […]
Houdini
Throughout winter break, my main goal has been to learn Houdini’s modeling software in order to best animate my final ocean scene. It has been a larger undertaking than I originally realized, but I have made incredible progress and have begun the rendering process! More cool ocean scenes to come!
Pass 1 Complete!
It is finals week and I am finished with pass 1 of my capstone animation! Even though it is still rough and I have a lot of notes I want to finish over break, I am so proud and happy with the progress 🙂
Stop Motion 1st Pass
Officially have the first pass complete for my stop motion section (scene 2)! This is probably at least the 5th pass since I did many failed test runs prior to this one. There are still many changes I want to make, but after making many notes I am ready to complete more passes! I need […]