Animated the hat and Tash

Recently Josh finished the rigs of the hat so I have been having great fun playing with it. It has given me that extra boost again, in enthusiasm towards the animation.

Tasks for the group for the last weeks

Once again I have created a task calender, hopefully people will attempt to follow it this time.

Smoothing Roy's Animation

For the past few weeks I have been concentrating on cleaning up and smoothing out Roy's aniamtion trying to get it to the finished standard of animation. I'm just realy now waiting to get into the tie and hat animation properly.

Adding Breakdowns

Recently I have been tidying up the key poses and adding in the breakdowns. I think it's starting to look nicer, and hopefully using this method the animation will turn out looking realy nice.

Reaction animation

After working on the initial shock part of the animation, I wasn't particularly sure how to make Roy recover into his next position. Today I starting working on the following where he collapses and then comes back up into the position.

I wasn't realy that happy with how it looked, I tried to locate Peter to see if he could help, and then saw Denese and asked her advice. After discussing it with her she thought the best way would to have him hold his position longer giving him time to almost recover after the shock, and then return to what he was doing.

Ambulence Stretcher modelling

Stretcher process  

   1. Used a cube, stretched it into a mattress shape and bevelled it.

2. Created a bar to support the mattress form a helix.

3. Next I have created another bar that surrounds the mattress. I then created handle bars for both sides and the end.

4.  Next I created another bar with a cross bar on it. I then created a smaller one further below for the bottom of the stretcher.

5. Next I began sculpting the wheels. I started with a cylinder, I then pulled out faces to make the tyre stick out more. I then extruded out a bolt/nut, to connect the wheel to the frame.

I then contsructed a peice of metal that surronds the wheel,which also habrake attached. From hi I constructed cycinders toact as the conecti componants to allow the wheeto attatch tthe stretcher itself and add the twisting/movement that stretcher wheels have. 

6. Following that it was just acase of putting the wheels into position.

7. To conet the top and bottom part of the stretcer Idecided to go for the crosed br style stretcher which I fee resemled a better looking stretcher. Oncethe asic bars whee in position I sculpted partof the cylinde to resemle a peice tat conects the bars together. 

8. It was then just a simple case of adding crossing bars to support the frame.

9. Here is the stretcher. (not with final colours, and I may ke alterations latr on)