Class 6 - Week 12

Hey everyone,

to officially finish my AM journey I definitely have to make the last post for class 6.
It was such a great experience to learn next to so many talented animators. I'm looking forward to the point when we all work side by side on a big project.
For now I will keep working on my animations and try to get better on the acting side as well.
I will continue posting my progress here.
I hope you will check back on my blog from time to time. It was fun writing short posts along the program. Thanks for taking the time to check the blog.
Take care,

Matt

Class 6 - Week 11

Hey guys,

week 11 assignment uploaded, I got my e-crit. Is it now over? Nothing more to come?

It really feels strange to know that the next weekend will not focus around making the deadline on Sunday for the submission. 

I learned so much during the program, honestly everything I know about animation. I know, without the help of my friends form AM my reel would not be what it is today. So thanks a lot to all of you :)

Here is my blocking progress for the new shot I started. I am going to change a few sections completely and see how it feels than. I will keep posting progress on my shots on this blog.

It was an awesome time and I hope to see all of my AM buddies soon in a big studio working next to me and we still keep helping each other out

Take care everyone

Matt

Class 6 - Week 10

Hey there,

here my upload for week 10. I am not uploading my reel this time. I changed a few things on the renderings and the composting. I want to show it to you guys when The term is over. What I can show you now is a rough layout pass for my next shot. There is no acting going on, so just the contacts for the walks. I hope my Mentor has some good tips for the layout and than I try to get more into blocking the next week.

Hope you like it, and happy animating

Matt

Class 6 - Week 9

Hey guys,

here my upload for the week. I changed a few things on the Sanity Clause shot. I also worked on the rendering. Stay tuned for the final reel when AM is over ;)
I put all the shots together for my reel and will see what my Mentor thinks about the order and if I should cut a shot from the reel.
I also started to plan a new shot which is kind of hard to plan for me right now. I'll try to get a layout up for next week.
Happy animating and until next time

Matt

Class 6 - Week 8

Hey Guys,

and week 8 is over... just crazy. I tried to get as much done on the shot as I could. Lets see what my Mentor thinks about it. I hope you like it. Happy animating and see you next week

Cheers Matt

Class 6 - Week 7

Hey everyone,
here is my upload for this week. Everything is now in the shot so next week will be polishing and fixing spacing problems. Hop you like it and happy animating

Take care, Matt

Class 6 - Week 6

Hello there,
week 6 is over... half way through! This is going way to fast. I don't really know how to catch up with all the work ;)
I started to spline my shot and splined my way through the first 200 frames. Next week the last 100 frames will be turned into spline. Than I will start to add some lip sync and more detail to the hands, fingers and face.
Besides working on the shot I updated my website and my show reel. The website can be found here and the new reel on my vimeo page. I will keep updating the reel when the next shot is done.
Have an awesome week and happy animating

Take Care, Matt

Class 6 - Week 4 and 5

Hey Everyone,

here my progress on the new shot. I really tried to push the facial animation right from the start. I really hope its working.
I made also some small changes on the old shots.
So jsut a small update for this week, hope you like it and come back next week. Same place, same time ;)

Cheers Matt

Class 6 - Week 3

Hey guys,
I really have to work on posting earlier in the week. Here my work from week 3. besides the fixes on the shots I planned out 3 new shots. This week I will record some reference and hope that the idea and camera cuts are working. Stay tuned for the blocking. Have an awesome week

Cheers Matt

Class 6 - Week 2

Hey Everyone,

here my work from week 2. I pushed the facial animation on the girl a lot. I think its working way better now. On the monologue shot I worked also more on the lip sync. I addition to that I tried to find a new audio clip. No luck last week, so I really hope to find something good this week. Wish me luck :)
Happy animating everyone and have an awesome week

Matt

 

Class 6 - Week 1

Hey everyone,

now it is official, the last class of AM has started and two weeks are already passed. 

My new Mentor is Sean Sexton. He is working at Dreamworks for quite a while now and is a great mentor. I watched a lot of critiques from him over the last terms and learned a lot from them. I'm really happy to be in his class. Ok than, the next weeks going to be really hard. I have to find a new audio clip again and try to fix my animation from the last classes. Stay tuned for the weekly updates, happy animating and take care

Matt