"But It Was Real" Refining

Hey Hey Everyone!!!! Week 8 (holy cow!!!) and here's the latest- fixed a bunch of body mechanics issues with this shot and refined a few other areas. I included a no texture/ no facial version too, so it's a bit easier to focus on the body mech adjustments. The lip sync and expressions still need work and then it needs a coat or two of polish but it's getting there ;) Only 3 (maybe 4) more weeks!!!

Take it easy!

"But It Was Real" Spline

Hey Everyone!!! Here is the latest version of my shot, just got it into spline this week and am making sure everything translates well from my blocking. Things are super challenging with this shot, but I think I am learning a lot. You know what they say, "if you're not falling, your not trying". Next week will be 1st pass polish and then this bad boy will be all wrapped up in a few more weeks!!! Also is just the last minor changes from the "looking for hope" shot.

Take it easy!!!
Zach

"But It Was Real" Blocking Plus

Well here we are again guys! It's week 6 with only 6 left in my final class at AM. Time sure does fly.... So this week I brought my shot to the blocking plus stage- nearly ready for splinning. Some of the details like hand shakes and the lip sync of course will need to worked out more once I get out of stepped. Looking forward to making things shine next week! I've also got a couple last minute adjustments to some of the older shots and an updated demo reel (on the demo reel page and of course on my website!) The pantomime shot needs some polish attention, but I'll get to that in the next few weeks since this new shot it priority right now :)

Take it easy everyone!

New Shot Blocking & Some Polish

Hey Hey Guys!!! Just an update of of my new shot and some more polish this week! The new shot is in the blocking stage right now, making sure everything is really working before adding a bunch more keys next week.  As for the other shots they should be about final now, with only 1 more "old" shot to polish up in the next few weeks :)

Take it easy everyone!

New Shot Layout and Reference

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

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

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

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

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

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! :)