MLP:FIM Break down of a walk cycle

This is a little bit unconventional, especially considering the shows target demographic. However, this is still some of the best flash animation I've seen and this video clearly explains why. if you're interested in animating any sort of character to a musical number, I would highly recommend watching this. The guy in the video knows what he's talking about and also uses relevant parts from 'Richard Williams: The animator's survival kit' to demonstrate his points.

Breaking Down a Walk Cycle - My Little Pony: FiM Animation Analysis

Going to the store...

I didn't pick this because it's brilliantly animated. I picked it because this person has made the most of those random mistakes that arise from trying to animate with a broken rig. As always, enjoy

Watch: Going to the store

MPI104

MPI104 has been an interesting subject thus far. We have learnt how to create a web presence and how to utilize it. We started this by creating a Gmail account (regardless of whether or not we had one already) for submitting our assignment and using it to create other accounts on pages such as delicious, flikr and blogger. I have enjoyed this subject so far as it has really helped me with my other subjects especially the VFX101 forum as we are frequently required to upload our work onto different topics. I was skeptical about creating a blogger account at first as I wasn’t entirely sure on how relevant this would be, however, towards the end I have started to like the idea of updating a blog whether it be just a random collection of thoughts or a themed blog. In my case it is a themed blog on presenting an easily accessible site to view (in my opinion) some of the best short films the animation industry has to offer. It is still early days and I am sure I will continue to add to it.

Flikr proved to be an invaluable resource. Although we have only been shown the fundamentals of what it can be used for, I still use it frequently not only in MPI104 but in my other subjects as well. It is interesting to look through all the images people have uploaded and you can easily find anything you are interested in.

Delicious, although I personally feel is a bit outdated, has also been quite useful in particular this subject. It has all the links and urls to web addresses I am both interested in and ones I need to pass my subjects. It is convenient to be able to quickly access other people’s blogs to check up on their progress.

I have so far made 10 posts on my Blogger* most being links to short films I feel need to be viewed by as many people as possible, have changed its aesthetic look to be more personal, I have posted on other people’s blogs*. In Delicious I have book marked 8 pages three of mine being of personal interest mainly due to their layout, how useful they can be or just how entertaining how entertaining*. On Flikr I have uploaded three images and a video of my completed and submitted walk cycle*, links to some of my favorite pictures and my Flikr stream will be provided below.

Overall, I have enjoyed this subject and thanks to my lecturer Matt B, am no longer as web illiterate as I used to be J

Blogger

Interesting blogger posts: 

fantastic flying books of mr morris

3D Giants

Walk cycle post

Nick Bussy's blog

Delicious:

memebase.com

youtube

Pixarplanet blog

Flikr:  

Flikr photo1

Flikr photo 2

Flikr photo 3

Flikr stream

Flikr is pretty swuave, just uploaded the final final product of my walk cycle that I submitted

My walk cycle

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

This is a fantastic animated short. Inspired, in equal measures, by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, The Wizard of Oz, and a love for books, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story. Using a variety of techniques (miniatures, computer animation, 2D animation) award winning author/ illustrator William Joyce and Co-director Brandon Oldenburg present a hybrid style of animation that harkens back to silent films and MGM Technicolor musicals. Morris Lessmore is old fashioned and cutting edge at the same time.

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

... Finally

It's done. the walk cycle is complete. Here's a link if you're interested.

Hand drawn walk cycle

One step at a time...

Just some key frames of my handrawn walkcycle. at this stage it's still very much a work in progress but feel free to check it out.

View frames

What a walk cycle should actually look like

3D giants: Pixar

It's safe to say that when it comes to 3d animation,  Pixar consistently produces films of quality above and beyond that of almost any other studio. Their short-films are no exception. Burn.E is among one of my favourite animated short films and it is up there because of Pixar's inventive and effective execution of a story almost completely pantomime. Anyway, enjoy

Watch Burn.E