Advanced Animation - Exercises
Avery Ong Xuan Ting / 0344462
Advanced Animation / Bachelors of Design (Hons) in Creative Multimedia
Exercises
INSTRUCTION
WEEK 1
Task 1 / Bouncing Ball
For the first week of the class, Mr. Kannan briefed us about the upcoming exercises and projects we are going to work on for this module. We are required to produce and manage a practice series individually by using Maya every week. After the briefing, he showed us how to animate a bouncing ball in Maya, which is our first exercise for this week. We need to animate three type of balls with different size and weight. I chose to animate basketball, ping pong ball and bowling.
First of all, I started to animate following the instruction Mr. Kannan had taught us during the class. I applied some texture for the balls.
fig. 1.0 ; animating basketball in Maya
fig. 1.1 ; animating ping pong in Maya
fig. 1.2 ; animating bowling in Maya
After animating these three balls, I tried to render it out but I couldn't find the H.264 format in the render setting. This took me a long time to figure how to render it out. Although I watched some YouTube video but it still couldn't work.
fig. 1.3 ; render issue
Meanwhile, I asked Mr. Kannan and he told me to download QuickTime from internet. Finally it works. Below is my first outcome :
fig. 1.4 ; first outcome (ping pong)
fig. 1.5 ; first outcome (bowling)
fig. 1.6 ; first outcome (basketball)
Lecture's Feedback :
- (Basketball) First bounce too slow. Move forward a little bit at the end. Besides that, check the rotation.
- (Bowling) Wave shift too much. Rowling must be fast.
- (Ping Pong) Fast then slow down. Ending much more longer.
WEEK 2
After receiving the feedback given by lecturer, I tried to adjust the keyframe again and again. I found that we need to be very patient and careful to animate a good animation although is just a bouncing ball. However, below is my final outcome :
fig. 1.7 ; ping pong (revised)
fig. 1.8 ; bowling (revised)
fig. 1.9 ; basketball (revised)
WEEK 3
Task 2 / Walking Cycle
Mr. Kanan had showed us how to animate a good walking cycle in Maya today. For this week exercise, we are required to download a Maya file provided in TEAMS and animate the character's walking cycle based on what we had learned today.
fig. 2.0 ; perspective view
fig. 2.1 ; side view
WEEK 5
Task 3
For this week exercise, Mr. Kanan want us to try to set the curve on a car and animate it. The model could be very simple because we are only focusing on learning how to connect the curve and model together. I watched back the recorded video again and follow the instruction. It took me a lot of time to explore and try out the tools.
fig. 3.0 ; finally connected all the curve
I was very happy after trying out all the connection and it works. Therefore, I added some color to my model and also adjust a little bit to make it look nicer. Below are the screenshot of each view of my truck :
fig. 3.1 ; side view
fig. 3.2 ; back view
fig. 3.3 ; 3 quarter view
fig. 3.4 ; top view
Lecturer's Feedback (08/10/2021) :
Need to export it out for progression check.
I export it out in different angles and submitted into TEAMS.
fig. 3.5 ; Side view
fig. 3.6 ; Back view
fig. 3.7 ; 3 Quarter view
WEEK 6
Task 4
Today Mr.Kanan had showed us how to create face expression in Maya. However, the class exercise for this week is to animate the face expression using the Maya file provided in TEAMS. We could use any audio for this exercise.
I try to find a suitable and short audio which I already downloaded in my files. Therefore, I decided to use the audio I had downloaded for Motion Graphic and Composition project. I started to animate the character Jerry, and finally below is my outcome.
fig. 4.0 ; first outcome
Lecturer's Feedback (08/10/2021) :
Check the action. The lip sync and expression was good but the action was too much.
I acted out myself in front of the mirror to see how is my face expression. Then, I adjust the action of Jerry according to my own expression. I'm happy with this outcome now.
fig. 4.1 ; final outcome
REFLECTION
I found that I really not good at 3D modelling while working on these exercises. I tried to learn the technique Mr. Kanan taught us each week and also study a lot from YouTube, but still always forgot the shortcut keys and how it works in Maya. I watched back the recorded videos a few times but still can't remember it. However, I think this module was quite interesting. I was very looking forward for my final project outcome. I hope it works well as what I was imagining it to be right now.
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