just computer animation & less random stuffs

Despicable me – Minions (Banana)

zpixelcgblog — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:43:44 +0000

Love and will always love this guys. ‘papple’

Just finished Nreport Ep2

zpixelcgblog — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:41:10 +0000

Finally, after under estimating how much time would be spent working on this episode, I’m happy its done, even if there are still issues that could be corrected.

To self criticize myself, i would say the biggest thing i don’t like about this video is the audio. I tried avoiding what happened on episode 1, but i guess i didn’t try hard enough. The animation is the second thing to cry about; i wish i had enough time to tweak the animations, some shots were fair, while some were just terrible. Anyways, i hope to learn and practice enough before my next one talking of practice, i have this new idea inspired by Tron legacy… i should just create another post for that.

Well,watch and let me know what you think.

3d closeUp ad

zpixelcgblog — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:47:54 +0000

First of all, Happy new year, dont worry i know its late…hope i get to post more this year.

Well, this video was made last year for a contest here (closeup section) which won 4th place. Hope you like it.
Done with Autodesk maya and aftereffects.

Busy/laziness…

zpixelcgblog — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:39:13 +0000

i know it might not be possible to be lazy and busy at the same time. In my case, I’ve been busy lazing around.

Actually, the reason I’ve not posted in a while is because i been trying to round up a 4 minute clip for an animated political satire at work. However, i should post the clip here by the end of this week hopefully.

By the way I’m going to see the movie the whole world is happy about this Wednesday. Inception has really impressed some people, so let me go see what the fuzz is about.

How to train your dragon

zpixelcgblog — Thu, 27 May 2010 23:37:46 +0000

Finally i saw the movie yesterday. what I loved best about the movie was the animation and performance of the characters. The lighting and effects was good too. But the only thing i didn’t like about the movie was the fact that the story was similar to shark tale, no originality in the story. Anyways, it’s a wonderful movie to watch and learn from especially if you’re an aspiring character animator like myself. I’ll rate it 8/10.

Timing and Spacing…

zpixelcgblog — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:59:50 +0000

Well, i spent the whole of today learning timing & spacing. Its really a simple subject to teach, but a difficult one to grasp easily. I realized how much life can be added to your animation when you understanding the concept of spacing. I was also able to put my new understanding of this two powerful principles into practice and I’m happy with the result so far. Besides, animation is not something you just read and wait till the day you need to apply it.

Next weekend, i’ll be learning weight and body mechanics generally. I should come up with a basic walk-cycle, a personality walk-cycle, run-cycle and jump. I might decide to change the rig I’m using currently to the lowman rig for maya. My current rig was created a while ago and its not all that animation friendly. it takes time to pose and there are some rotation problems…well lets see how it goes.

I’ve posted the outcome of my study today. I feel like this weekend wasn’t wasted. For the baseball player animation, i posted three versions; blocking(golden keys), breakdowns and the polished. Comments & crit are welcome.

I need to know if it’s possible to add quicktime movies on wordpress. Its easier to play the video frame by frame that way.

This blog is a year old

zpixelcgblog — Sat, 15 May 2010 08:12:07 +0000

Wow, can’t believe I’ve had this blog for a year already, even though i never get to update it often. Well you guys can help me in the celebration by coming back often too, i will work harder to make sure i post regularly. Yes! i also plan to start posting about other things that interest me and my experiments in life.

There is a serious problem I’m trying to fight, i don’t know how to organize my time at all. I always plan to do stuffs but i never really do. I don’t know maybe you’re reading this and you have one or two tips for me you can just leave me a comment I will appreciate it. See you guys later.

Must watch…

zpixelcgblog — Sat, 15 May 2010 07:59:50 +0000

Yes, I’ve been away for probably a long time… I’ve been busy at work and at the same time learning new stuffs (not necessarily 3d though). I will be posting the project that has kept me away in a couple of weeks.

Well, this post is about this new animated feature stated to be released July 9. I’ve seen four different trailers for this movie and i can’t wait to see the full movie. There’s so much interesting things going on in the movie, especially the main villain and those little yellow characters, don’t know what they are called yet. I think animated movies are becoming the main source of original entertainment lately.

Basically, i think in the nearest future, animated movies will overshadow the entertainment industry.

3d text…

zpixelcgblog — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:23:01 +0000

Made this for a friend of mine who’s a graphic artist…

Goat trial (babanaija)

zpixelcgblog — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:56:42 +0000

We’ve finally concluded the first part of the goat story. it has taken a long time to get to this stage which just makes me imagine how long it will take to finish up the remaining 3mins or so. Mistakes have been made and hopefully learnt from, and i hope the next project won’t take this long, also with improved quality. Anyways, enjoy the animation and let me know what you think.

more about “Goat trial (babanaija)“, posted with vodpod