Will Kistler’s AnimationMentor.com Experience

I’ve been slacking on this blog this week, on account of taking a test for a company. Who knows what will come of it, but I figured I’d post the clips I generated, for posterity if nothing else. So here they are:

Test 01: Locomotion

Test 02: Demonstrate knowledge of the principals of animation

I realize these could be better, but it was a timed test, and time goes quickly. I probably won’t work on them any more, but I’d still like feedback from anyone who feels like giving it, so I know what to do (or not) next time I’m working.

Here’s week 8. This week we had a couple things. First was to block a walk in stepped mode, using the character “Ballie.” The instructions were that the walk was supposed to be “vanilla,” and devoid of personality. Here’s the planning, as well as the clip, in all it’s jerky glory.

Ballie’s blocked walk.

Next week, that will be smoothed out.

Also, we had the pose. This week’s pose was supposed to communicate “strong.”

Finally, revision of last week’s clip. Scott challenged me to make the jump much more cartoony, so I pushed it as far as I could, perhaps too far. You judge.
One leg jumps again.