Advanced Animation - Project 2

03/10/2023 - 17/10/2022 (Week 08- Week 09)

Yong Kai Yi (0352826)

Advanced Animation

Project 2: Jump Animation

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REFERENCES:

fig: reference 1

fig: reference 2

After consulting, I chose the 2nd reference for the first attempt. 

 

fig: final reference

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PROGRESSIONS:

fig: first attempt

My first attempt was just to follow the reference and set extreme pose by pose, but after I showed it to Mr. Kamal, I realized I made some mistakes and decided to redo them.

fig: first standing pose

By following the tutorial referring to the animator's survival kit jump animation reference. Start with a natural standing pose.

fig: contact pose

After the anticipation, clear the upper body and move it forward for the jump.

fig: middle position

After key the landing pose, need to find the middle point of both contact pose, by converting the graph to linear then only key the mid-air pose.

fig: mid-air pose

Move up both feet and hip to go mid-air. and rotate the feet.

fig: timing

Adjust the timing by following the animator's survival kit, with slow in and slow out.

fig: timing

Adjust the timing accordingly and make sure to select all the controls and frames. 

fig: lighting 

Setting up the lighting with 3 area lights, a mixture of cold and warm light.

fig: facial expression

After rendering, I felt like the facial expression to stiff so I made a simple animation for it, the character closes his eyes when he is in mid-air. Basically three frames in total.

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FINAL OUTCOME: