prop rigs - Final Assignment

2 rigs with prop controls

norman
hogan


Here are 2 rigs for the prop assignment. Just reference them in. I'll try to work up a generic background soon, but for the first week, just get your concept (post for critique), ideally some video reference, pose sketches and whatever you can to get a clear idea across.

Then, basic blocking of your scene with a camera.

To recap the final assignment

• first pass blocking with reference material is due on Friday for the Friday class, and a week from Tuesday on Tuesday's class
• Use reference and present that as part of your blocking. this includes - sketches rough thumbnails, video reference, reference of live action or cartoon animation that provides inspiration or style reference
• I'm opening it up to new characters WITH APPROVAL. Don't just show up with a high res or unfinished rig. The point of this class is to focus on animation - NOT texturing, lighting and rendering. I've let some of it slide in the past but in general, it's not productive to be a generalist in an animation class. Save that energy for polish.
• Fixed camera. No camera cuts - just a static camera. 
• Simple set. Use your judgement....cubes, cylinders, spheres are fine. It's good to ground your character and provide context, bad to blow your time budget on modelling an architectural masterpiece.
• between 5 and 10 seconds.
• topic. somewhere in this animation, hand a box from one character to another. 

Also, 3rd quarter grades are due. bring in for next class your music pieces named the following

shot#_studentName_weekX.mov

playblast with nothing but polygons and nurbs surfaces visible at 800x450, quicktime h.264 compressed