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New Shot Layout and Reference

2012-01-29T12:25:00.000-05:00

Hey Guys and Gals! So this week I polished up and finaled a few of my older shots and started a new one! For the new shot (named for now: "but it was real") I was able to get a bunch of reference shot this weekend as well as put together a rough layout pass. For more planning (x sheets, dialogue breakdowns, and character descriptions) hit the link below:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/738545/AM/Class%2006/Planning.zip

That's all for now, take it east guys :)

Dialogue Shot Polish and Planning

2012-01-22T14:20:00.001-05:00

Hey Guys!!! This week I was able to put the final notes from my critique and a couple more polish notes on my 2 dialogue shots. Should be able to move on to polishing a few spots on my AnimJam and Pantomime next :)

Also I have a few rough animatics/pencil tests trying to play with ideas for my next shot. So far I like the audio for #1 the best, but find it a little harder to work the bigger, broad movements and mechanics in that Sean (my mentor) wants to see. For a little bit more description of each shot I have included the idea breakdown.

Take it easy!

Polish Updates

2012-01-15T11:47:00.000-05:00

Hey Guys! Long time no post ;) This week I spent a lot of time looking for new audio clips for my new shot (I'll post them up next week) and polishing up a couple of my previous shots. Hopefully my mentor will have some great notes so that I can truly final these bad boys and get started on the new shot next week!

Take it easy!

New Animation Reel

2011-12-15T09:56:00.000-05:00

Hey Everyone! My latest reel is up on my website and blog - a special thanks to my Class 5 mentor, Brent Homman, as well as a big thank you to all my other mentors and friends who have helped me learn so much at Animation Mentor! Now on to Class 6 to really polish this thing up :)

Take it easy!

"Looking For Hope" Final

2011-12-11T14:13:00.001-05:00

Alright everyone, it's that time again! The very last assignment for Class 5!!! Can't believe how fast time at AM has gone, only one more class left... crazy. Anyways, this is the "final" although I'll be making what ever changes my mentor has next week before putting it on a new reel. Then it'll be really final... well until I have to open it back up for Class 6 Polishing and Portfolio :)

Take it easy!

"Looking For Hope" Polish

2011-12-04T14:59:00.001-05:00

Hey Guys, here's the weekly update! The shot is just about finished now- only a couple small polish things to go over next week to final it up! Take it easy! :)

"Looking For Hope" Update

2011-11-27T14:09:00.001-05:00

Hey Guys!!!! Long time no post :) CTN was sooo amazing, it's tough to even pick out my favorite moment. Might have been seeing Andreas Deja and Richard Sherman in a back to back panel... could'a been getting killer feedback from the folks at Disney, Dreamworks, Reel FX and Digital Domain. Maybe it was getting invited to Disney Studio's to catch a super sneak screening of the new Prep and Landing and then scoring the rare plush figures of Lanny, Wayne and McGee!!! Topping the trip off by going to Disneyland was crazy too, but one things for sure: I'm totally goin back next year! Thanks to everyone who put time and effort into making CTN so awesome this year- you guys rock and I can't wait to see what you have in store for us next year :)

As for my shot- I'm obviously playing catch-up from last week/this week so I am kinda at a 1st pass polishing stage on the body stuff, but need a few more passes on the facial animation. Pretty sure I'll be back on my game next week with much progress, so stay tuned!

Thanks again and take it easy everyone! :)

Dialogue Shot Blocking Plus

2011-11-13T14:27:00.001-05:00

Hey there everybody! The latest on my new dialogue shot is up- I decided to stay in stepped just to make sure things are working before going into spline. Next week I will move into spline and take another pass at the face- but it's gonna be crazy since I will only have a couple days to work before CTN-X 2011!!!! See you there!!!! :)

Dialogue Shot Blocking Plus

2011-11-06T13:31:00.001-05:00

Hey Guys!!!! Week 2 in Maya for the newest shot. I've got some rough facial stuff laid out and a pretty solid blocking plus going. Next week should be more refinements and going into spline! Other than that, another face pose for this week- I choose that lovable panda.

Take it easy!

Dialogue Shot Planning

2011-10-30T14:48:00.000-04:00

Hey guys! Here is the latest planning for my new shot- just a layout pass (blocking will be next week) some sketches and reference! Take it easy!

New Clips!

2011-10-23T15:02:00.001-04:00

Hey everyone! Here's the top three clips for my new two character shot. I have also included a short breakdown of the story and rough character designs for each clip. Should find out which one my mentor likes soon enough, then on to planning!!!

***Bonus Expression Sketchbook Pose***

Take it easy! :P

Lip Sync Final

2011-10-16T13:46:00.003-04:00

Hey guys, just posting my final shot, lip sync and all!!! Final... what!? Whoa there settle down, "final" for now.... that is until I add any revisions from my mentor.... and notes from polish and portfolio class in a couple months :)

I'll be picking out dialogue and planning my two person dialogue shot in the next couple weeks, so get ready!

Take it easy!

Facial Expressions #2

2011-10-16T13:43:00.002-04:00

Hey Everyone, just some more sketchbook pages this week- still battling the rig but tryin' to make the best of it :)

Take it easy!

Lip Sync Blocking Plus

2011-10-09T12:11:00.001-04:00

Hey Everyone! Here's the next pass on my lip sync and facial animation. I ended up changing around the ending a bit too as suggested by my mentor. Only one more week and this shot is "finished" :)

Take it easy!

Facial Expressions #1

2011-10-09T12:08:00.004-04:00

Hey Guys! Just a couple of "Sketchbook" pages from this weeks assignment. Trying to get the feel of the expressions in the photos, which is pretty challenging sometimes considering the limitations of the rig :)

Take it easy!

Figure Drawing

2011-10-07T14:33:00.000-04:00

Hey Guys! Just thought I would make a post with a bunch of my figure drawing sketches, since I don't have them posted online anywhere. They are mostly just quick gestures usually about a minute or less :)

Tale it easy!

Lip Sync Blocking

2011-10-02T13:02:00.003-04:00

Hey Everyone! First pass at lip sync is up this week :) Some more adjustments in the next couple weeks and this shot should be "finished" Take it easy!

2011-09-21T22:08:00.000-04:00

New and improved website is up! A little easier to get to my reel now and with multiple versions from vimeo/youtube/quicktime. Check it out!

http://zachbova.com/

Demo Reel Update

2011-09-13T16:10:00.001-04:00

Hey Guys! Just a quick post to let you know my demo reel has been updated with my Class 04 work. Just high-res playblasts for now, perhaps I'll do a clean render when the lipsync and facial animation is all finished on it :) Take it easy!

Dialogue Shot Final

2011-09-11T14:51:00.002-04:00

Hey Guys! Here's the final (not facial though) for my Dialogue shot... I'll probably still be making some tweaks next week before putting it on my demo reel though :P Take it easy!

Dialogue Shot Extra Polish / Surprised Hand Pose

2011-09-04T14:23:00.002-04:00

Hey Guys! New upload is a bit more polish on my dialogue shot as well as a surprised hand pose. Next week will be final animation (no facial still) so stay tuned and take it easy!

Dialogue Shot Polish / Relaxed Hand Pose

2011-08-28T14:17:00.000-04:00

Hey Hey Everybody! Just an update for the week, 1st pass of polish on my dialogue shot (remember not full facial yet) and a relaxed hand pose! Take it easy!!!

Dialogue Shot Blocking Plus / Angry Hand Poses

2011-08-23T19:50:00.000-04:00

Hey Guys! A little late on the upload today- had some connection issues the last couple days :( Anyways here is my blocking plus! Just a couple little fixs suggested by my mentor, then hitting the spline button.

Also a few Angry Hand Poses for the week- I tried to do a bit more than just the standard fist pose. I think some of the poses work, but over-all could use a few adjustments:

Take it easy everyone!

Dialogue Shot Blocking

2011-08-14T13:32:00.000-04:00

Hey Guys! Just finished up blocking for my latest shot- can't wait to get all the little details and personality ticks in on blocking plus next week! Oh and keep an eye on those "coming soon" posters- I'm sure some interesting shows are bound to hit the theater soon ;)
*FYI no facial or lips sync on this shot until next class*

Dialogue Shot Planning

2011-08-07T13:54:00.000-04:00

Hey Guys, just a bunch of planning for each of my three ideas, the basic story each is below:

Clip 1: A disgruntled hot dog vendor (with a hot dog hat of course!) is reflecting on his past career as an Actor.

Clip 2: A man (orphanage caregiver) approaches a small orphan who blames himself for not being adopted earlier that day.

Clip 3: Janitor in a school is admiring children's finger paintings on the wall when he is interrupted by the art teacher.

Dialogue Shot Ideas

2011-08-01T11:39:00.000-04:00

Here are a few of the clips I am considering for my 1st Dialogue shot at AM. Pretty exciting stuff! Can't wait to start it up. Take it easy!

Acting Shot 1 Final

2011-08-01T11:37:00.000-04:00

Hey Hey Everybody! Back after a busy weekend in NYC, forgot to post this just before I left though :) It's the "final" but there are actually a couple minor adjustments I'd like to make before archiving it for good haha. Take it easy!

Acting Shot 1 Polish

2011-07-24T13:26:00.000-04:00

Hey Hey Everybody! Here's my latest on the acting shot in the polish stage. Not too much further to go! Next week should be final... and if your lucky... some dialogue ideas! =)

Take it easy!

Acting Shot 1 Blocking Plus

2011-07-17T14:26:00.000-04:00

And here we have the Blocking Plus from this week! Lot's of polish left to be done, but I think the idea is reading nicely now. Take it easy :)

Acting Shot 1 Blocking

2011-07-17T14:23:00.000-04:00

Hey Guys! Didn't get a chance to upload my Blocking from last week, soooo here it is!

Stay tuned for this weeks Blocking Plus! Take it easy :)

Acting Shot 1 Planning

2011-07-03T12:02:00.001-04:00

Hey Guys! Just a bit of planning (rough pencil test, character design, cam layout, and reference) for my next shot, blocking next week so lots of fun!!!!

Class 3 Progress Reel

2011-06-14T13:44:00.002-04:00

Annnnd here's my Class 3 Progress Reel! It's been a lot of fun and hard work this class but I am pretty happy with the results. Can't wait for acting to start next class :)

Construction Part 3 Final

2011-06-14T13:22:00.000-04:00

Hey Everybody! Here is the final version of my AnimJam Part 3 shot. My Class 3 Progress Reel should be up soon, so don't turn that dial! :)

Construction Part 3 Polish

2011-06-05T15:10:00.000-04:00

Hey Guys! Just an update on my last part of the animjam. This is the polish stage, still have another week to work on it but it'll probably just be tiny tweaks! Later!

Construction Part 03 Blocking Plus

2011-05-29T14:02:00.000-04:00

Okie Dokie guys and gals... here we have the Block+ of the very last part in the trilogy. Next week I'll be putting it into final polish, then another week to super final it :) Take it easy everyone!!!

Construction Part 3 Blocking

2011-05-22T14:41:00.001-04:00

Alrighty!!! Blocking pass is up for the final part of my AnimJam! Lots more to work on but I think it's getting there :) Take it easy guys!

Construction Part 3 Planning

2011-05-15T14:20:00.001-04:00

Planning for the next shot, some reference, a rough pencil test and some extra thumbnails :)

Construction Part 2 Final

2011-05-15T14:17:00.003-04:00

Final for Part 2!!! Part 3 Blocking next week :)

Construction Part 2 Blocking Plus

2011-05-08T13:07:00.000-04:00

annnnnddd here is the latest blocking plus from my animjam part 02. Splining and polish for the final next week :)

Construction Part 2 Blocking

2011-05-01T12:49:00.000-04:00

Part 2 Blocking! Later guys!

Construction Part 1 Final

2011-04-24T13:52:00.001-04:00

Hey Everyone! Here is the final for my first part of the AnimJam assignment!!!

Construction Part 2 Planning

2011-04-24T13:44:00.000-04:00

Hey Guys! Here is my Planning for the next shot. Some video reference and a quick pencil test :) Later!

Construction Blocking Plus

2011-04-17T12:45:00.000-04:00

Hey Guys! Here is my latest Blocking Plus of the Construction shot. ~enjoy!

Construction Blocking

2011-04-10T14:36:00.000-04:00

Hey Guys, Here is my first blocking pass of my AnimJam! ~enjoy

Construction Planning

2011-04-03T12:08:00.001-04:00

Hey Guys! Here is the latest planning for my next project at AM. The next few weeks I will be working on Part 1 of 3. Enjoy!

Class 02 Progress Reel

2011-03-25T21:50:00.000-04:00

Untitled from Zach Bova on Vimeo.

Here is my latest Class 02 Progress Reel! I decided not to render any of my new shots as recommended by my mentor and a couple others. Doesn't look quite as clean, but saves time for more animation! :)

~enjoy

"Step In Time" Final

2011-03-20T14:44:00.000-04:00

Wooo! Finally done, until revisions next week ;)

Class 02 Progress reel should be up sometime next week as well!!!

~enjoy

"Step In Time" Polish

2011-03-13T14:20:00.000-04:00

Hey Guys, here is the latest polish pass of my dance animation. ~enjoy :)

"Step In Time" Blocking Plus

2011-03-06T13:16:00.000-05:00

Hey Guys! I was trying something a little different (for me) by staying in stepped this whole week and working things out without going into spline. Hope it turned out alright!

"Step In Time" Blocking

2011-02-27T14:05:00.000-05:00

Here is my Blocking Pass for my dance assignment,

based on "Step In Time" from Mary Poppins!

~enjoy

Sticky Gum Final

2011-02-19T22:05:00.000-05:00

~Here is the final! Enjoy!~

Sticky Gum Blocking Plus

2011-02-13T12:13:00.000-05:00

Here is the Blocking Plus for the Sticky Gum Assignment. Just a little polish left and it should be ready to go! :)

Sticky Gum Blocking

2011-02-03T20:16:00.001-05:00

Here is my first pass at blocking on this assignment! Blocking + and the final should be coming in a couple weeks!

Teleporter Final

2011-02-03T20:14:00.000-05:00

Here is the final guys, some revisions and tweaks will come a little later for my progress reel :)

Psychology of Body Mechanics Assignment 1 - Blocking

2011-01-17T11:45:00.000-05:00

Hey Everyone, here is my blocking for the first assignment of Class 2! Enjoy :)

Class 1 Progress Reel

2010-12-16T17:40:00.000-05:00

Personality Walk Final

2010-12-12T14:23:00.000-05:00

Balance Pose

2010-12-12T14:22:00.002-05:00

Balance Sketches

2010-12-12T14:22:00.001-05:00

Personality Walk Blocking

2010-12-12T14:21:00.000-05:00

Personality Walk Sketches

2010-12-12T14:20:00.002-05:00

Exhaustion Pose

2010-12-12T14:20:00.001-05:00

Exhaustion Sketches

2010-12-12T14:19:00.000-05:00

Concern Sketches

2010-12-12T14:18:00.001-05:00

Concern Pose

2010-12-12T14:18:00.000-05:00

Vanilla Walk

2010-11-28T12:51:00.000-05:00

Vanilla Walk Blocking

2010-11-28T12:50:00.000-05:00

Vanilla Walk Sketches

2010-11-28T12:49:00.004-05:00

Concern Pose

2010-11-28T12:49:00.003-05:00

Concern Sketches

2010-11-28T12:49:00.001-05:00

Physical Strength Pose

2010-11-28T12:48:00.001-05:00

Physical Strength Sketches

2010-11-28T12:46:00.000-05:00

Tailor Animation

2010-11-16T20:03:00.001-05:00

Tailor Animation Sketches

2010-11-16T20:02:00.001-05:00

Pendulum Animation

2010-11-16T20:00:00.002-05:00

Pendulum Animation Sketches

2010-11-16T20:00:00.001-05:00

Devastation Pose

2010-10-30T11:48:00.000-04:00

Obstacle Ball Bounce

2010-10-30T11:46:00.002-04:00

Obstacle Ball Bounce Sketches

2010-10-30T11:46:00.001-04:00

Devastation Sketches

2010-10-30T11:45:00.000-04:00

Light vs Heavy Ball Bounce

2010-10-27T17:18:00.000-04:00

Light vs Heavy Ball Bounce Sketches

2010-10-27T17:16:00.000-04:00

Ball Bounce

2010-10-27T14:37:00.000-04:00

Excitement Pose

2010-10-27T14:34:00.001-04:00

Ball Bounce Ideas

2010-10-14T22:07:00.001-04:00

Some rough ball bounce ideas. Tryin' to keep it simple :)

Excitement Poses

2010-10-14T22:05:00.000-04:00

Pick your fav!

2010-10-11T22:40:00.000-04:00

Hey Everyone! This is my first posed character from my Animation Mentor classes. It is based on the last posts sketch #23. Enjoy!

2010-10-06T15:33:00.001-04:00

Check out the first Sketchbook entry for Animation Mentor. I still haven't pick my favorite for the CG pose... more to come!

http://www.zachbova.com/am/sketch/Sketchbook_01.jpg

Malibu's Surfer Shop Teaser Animation

2010-07-16T22:31:00.000-04:00

The latest teaser. Be sure to check it out at the Malibu's Surf Shop Classics on Saturday July 17th!

for better quality: http://www.zachbova.com/malibus/teaser_01.mov

Long Time No Post...

2010-02-19T12:29:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone out there, seems I have been updating my website more than my blog. But here are a couple links to my work to check out until I can post more here.

http://www.zachbova.com/Portfolio.htm

http://www.zachbova.com/Graphic.htm

http://www.zachbova.com/Sketch.htm

The Latest!

2010-02-19T12:15:00.000-05:00

Hey Everyone! Here is the latest Animation Reel- I have been trying to do monthly updates to it via 11 Second Club. :)

http://www.zachbova.com/Movie_AnimationHigh.html

2009 Animation Reel

2010-02-19T12:14:00.000-05:00

2007 Lighting Reel

2010-02-19T12:09:00.001-05:00

2007 Senior Goodbye

2010-02-19T12:07:00.000-05:00

2008-01-23T18:26:00.001-05:00

2007 Senior Thesis

2007-05-29T17:53:00.001-04:00