Research Material
Whilst the research I did for this was quite minimal, I filmed my reference footage very early on and got to work fairly quickly. However as it was first task, I spent most of my research learning about Maya. I also learnt about creating projects and step animation.
However I was able to gather some insight whilst in our lectures, namely looking at the feedback that I got and the feedback that others in my class got.
Planning Work
I collected my reference very quickly, with the help of my friend who filmed me, I decided to animate a man painting a small figurine.
This reference was fairly easy to get collect, as it was a personal hobby of mine it was easy to lose myself in the role as it were.
Development work
I believe this may have been the piece I spent too much time on I was trying my best to get used to using Maya and once i had started this it was the piece I most comfortable with.
The feedback I’d received was very helpful, after restarting this animation 3 times the first time being due to not creating a project in Maya, a concept I’d never heard of before due to my inexperiance with the software. The second time was due to how I had placed the character. The reference footage shows myself say down, cross-legged and slouched forwards. I had not done this with the character, H had them sat up straight on a chair at a desk, and whilst the arm movements followed the reference the upper body did not.
After the third time I had him positioned correctly with a block out I was happy with. However, this would not be the first issues I had with the model and the reference footage. In retrospect it would have been better for me to go back and re-record my reference footage but I was falling behind on other animations in the course and decided instead to push on wards.
Refelection
Looking back, whilst I’m fairly happy with how this animation turned it is certainly the one I felt I spent far too much time on it. I should’ve used my time more effectively, however, I did learn a fair amount Maya and how it works and for that I’am grateful but I could’ve learnt that from my other modules also.
Acting in animation 