Class 3, Week 5 - Poker Saloon, Phantom Dance Blocking

Here I am, this is me, there's nowhere else on Earth I'd rather be,
..and I'm not Bryan Adams, I'm Fonz!
Any who, here we are with another week. This time I finished quite early, although I'll probably work a bit more on some small details through out the weekend. I'm rushing out because I have an animation project I must attend to, and it's in 3Ds Max (gasp!), so I have to learn the software and all. Later on, I'll reveal the animation if possible, but for now, I'll just ask you to focus your attention on my AM assignment!
I decided to make a poker scenario, it kinda fits to the music (Parov Stelar - The Phantom "1930's version") and the Italian mobster in NY I was going for. Plus, I LOVE poker. And I'm not a bad player either, I kinda miss being in England for the casinos. ANYHOW, here's the scenario I've done:

And here's my blocking thus far:




AND here's a little bonus for you: Revised football animation, with a better resolution and motion blur:

Class 3, Week 4 - Football is done, let the dance begin!

Boys and Girls, Ladies and Gentlemen, behold as one more assignment comes to and end!

And watch a new one being born!

This was a stressful week. I need rest, for tomorrow starts a new (busier) one!

That is all. Please go out of my blog as soon as possible please, I need to sleep, it's not cool that you're clicking around all the time.

Class 3, Week 3 - Can he do it with a goalkeeper?

This is being a really amusing shot to animate! I'm having a lot of fun with it, also learning a lot. It's still a long way from finished and it could be better in some parts, but the real joy is in the ride. I added a goalkeeper... but Oh, the irony! He has no arms. Added a bit of humor to my non-cartoony shot! (About that, my next one will be cartoony).

Well keep tuned to see the final result next week, hopefully I'll be proud of it!

Class 3, Week 2 - Blocking Football

Hey folks! So, i started blocking the football shot. In the Q&A, Mike Gasaway told us to keep it as simple as we possible could, giving us a maximum of 12 key poses. Too bad that by that time I had 27 poses done, and I hadn't even finished the shot! So, i finished the shot my way, and then deleted the poses that I didn't consider essential to tell the story. Here's the result:

Class 3, Week 1 - Football!

It's always an amazing feeling to change class. And I couldn't be more excited about this one! As i had several time problems last term, making it hard to give 100% to animation, I decied to quit my job at A Bola TV. So now I'm doing AM full-time!
My class is pretty cool - For the 3rd time in a row, Tom Pinon and Sue Alves are my classmates. Also a re-encounter with Irina Wolf & Gergely Tatar, and I'm glad to be in the same class with the french troll, Timothée Billiet. My mentor is Mike Gasaway - I liked him, in the Q&A he was extremely energetic and fun
For this term, we were allowed to choose between AnimJam (work the entire 3 months in 2 or 3 shots that have continuity, that belong to the main story) or AnimExercise (3 completely different shots). I chose AnimExercise, as I think I'd get bored of my own story after so much time working on the same. My first shot is going to be about the big passion of my life - football. Here is the planning and reference:

I have a really good feeling about this shot! See you next week ;)