Semester 2 Week 9 3D

Researching for Animation Assignment

I'm currently doing research on animation techniques so I can have an academic basis for my animations later on. I have looked at the Animator's Survival kit, and I've also read the Illusion of Life. I do feel like I'm a bit behind on this assignment since I didn't work on this over the holiday. The Assignment is due on the 11th of May, so I'll plan out my work like this:

• Friday the 13th: Reading Material notes and research
• Friday the 20th: Animator Techniques and Styles.
• Friday the 27th: 2 Animation Studies.
• Friday the 4th: 2 Animation Studies.
• Friday the 11th: Polishing and Submission.

I highly doubt I'll end up keeping to this schedule perfectly, but I do hope that I can follow it so I don't end up in hell when May comes around. 

This will be really helpful for a study, since I'm thinking about making one of my animations a walk cycle.

In terms of the research I've come across, I'm actually a bit more confident with what I'll be able to do. There's a very mechanical process to creating animations, and there are detailed instructions on how to make a walk cycle or something like that.  Most of the difficulty will be to adapt this animation into something more individual, or representative of an artist's style. 

I've already made a walk cycle animation, back in December, so I think I have a good understanding of the task ahead.

I'll just have to start thinking about what styles I want to go for, and what animators I want to study. I am thinking about doing first hand research, but at the moment I'm not sure who to contact. What comes to mind is a Youtube Animator called EsquireBob, because I think that they would be easy to contact. I'm not sure who to go for essentially, because I doubt many would reply. I guess it's still worth sending the message anyway.

I'll continue doing Animation Principles research this week, mostly with the books in the Library.