Show reel whole video link to vimeo

https://vimeo.com/65756719

Dragon god (completed scene)

Dragon scene storyboard

Improved and new animations

Here is a new walk cycle style animation. I animated my four legged beast as if it was stalking something also I took some time to redo my run four legged run cycle animation. I have shortened the tail and made it so it didn't move so much. Also I have coloured a Cossack run cycle.

'New' Lip sync video

Finished scene from my idea (gif format)

One of the scenes from my little idea.

Completed Lip Sync (gif format)

Here's the finished lip sync, unfortunately I wasn't able to put it in good film format therefore the line that is being said cannot be heard, however within few days I will change that and place a proper video format.

Lip Sync basic information

The part of the lipsync that I would like to use is at 01:36.
Here's is a storyboard of what is happening in the lipsync:

and here is a basic breakdown of lipsync:

Cleaned up work and new animation work (GIF format)

Most of the cleaned up animation work for show reel. For some reason my computer is not able to process QuickTime movies and that's why they are in Gif format. I will most likely colour some of them, especially first two ones.  

Storyboard Idea 1

This was meant to be uploaded a lot earlier. Here's a little story I created about my beast and some other creature, however due to little time I don't know whether I'll be able to complete all of it. I will most likely animate first few scenes (1- 6).  

Animation work so far

Cossack animation ideas and Character page edit

Research on 2D show reels.

I have found few 2D animation show reels ranging from 2006 up to today. Some of the chosen show reels are made by animators from Disney and others are made by students and freelance animators.

Richard Bailey's Animation show reel (2006): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a2-o3w6Jqs

Jennifer Hager's Animation show reel (2007): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlXGzUouqjE

Kyu-bum Lee's Animation show reel (2009-2010): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTIdnZJ6rg4

Leigh Way Animation show reel (2012): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp_JtWlnnkQ

Four legged walk cycle

This is just a very rough walk cycle. I did it just to get the overall feel of how a four legged animal walks. I know that the beast changes volumes and faces, but again it's a very rough test and it won't be shown in the demo-reel unless it has been improved and cleaned up.

First animation test of the beast

I did this piece before changing the design of the character. It can be seen that the hair flow moves in places, that's why the character has been made more streamlined. However I enjoyed animating this.

Colour charts for the beast

It took me a while to decide what colour the beast should be. Here are some possible colourations that felt appropriate for the character.

Character Designs version 2

I have created a clear designs of my characters. There wasn't much to change in my Cossack character whereas I have made few changes to my four-legged beast. It doesn't have the long hair or a detailed tail like before, these changes had to be made due to difficulty of animating everything and making it look realistic.

Cossack colour scheme

Since I feel that my Cossack character doesn't need that much changing. I decided to give him a colour scheme because I already knew what sort of colours I would use, but I found a historical website with some examples of how Cossacks, and Slavic nations dressed in 17th century: http://www.kismeta.com/diGrasse/Costume/CossackGear.htm 

here are my colour schemes: 

Character pages

I decided to finalise my two designs without talking to Peter last week. After consulting him yesterday I have decided to change some things, like the creatures flowing mane due to the fact that it is going to be difficult to animate without keeping the hair still. I will change the cossack's  shoes a little bit to make them more believable and make him look like he's standing properly. Therefore here are the 1st cleaned up designs for my animation tests for demo reel.

2D Character sketches and thumbnails

As you can see that I have changed my quadrupedal creature from big wolf to sort of Chinese-like creature to which then I decreased the amount of details for easier animation. For my bipedal concept I have chosen to create a Cossack/ eastern European dressed person. I have done some small changes to him as well, like giving him black lines instead of the Disney-like eyes that he had in the beginning. I think that these two characters will never meet due to them being from completely different things and I will mostly likely make animation tests with them. Overall I have chosen to make my show reel in 2D as I would like to improve in this area. 

Proposal

Patrycja Szypula
Animation Student Proposal

My Skills: 
 
 Achieved:

• able to use a rigged model in Maya
• able to use Flash, Maya, Flipbook, Zbrush
• good anatomy drawings
• creative 
• team worker
• able to work independently 

Desirable: 

• improve to get smoother animation flow
• better knowledge of Zbrush
• advanced knowledge of Maya to help in animating 
• working consistently throughout the project

Carrier intention: 

• 2D or 3D animator 
• Modelling 

in either games company or movies/ television. 

Show reel:

2D animation: - quadrupedal animation tests

                      - bipedal animation tests
                      - lip sync

3D animation:  - quadrupedal animation test
                       - bipedal animation test

Zbrush : - 1 x humanoid design
             - 1 x creature design

To do these things I'll need to use the following software:

• Flash 
• Flipbook
• Zbrush
• Maya

This whole process may change throughout the course.