Nov 4: flap while grounded

Today's draw from the jar was "flap while grounded"

Seems I bit off more than I could chew today. Took me a long time to find reference I liked, and when I did, I went with it despite the number of characters.

This is incredibly rough. Drew some sketchy thumbnails from the reference and then built my poses off that. There's only super rough posing in there right now. I think I will probably revisit this shot at some point in the near future to see it through completion. I really like the idea and direction of this shot, just way more than I could do in a day with any justice.

So here's the WIP. Rough blocking.

Nov 3: finger tapping

Tonight's draw from the jar was "finger tapping"

So the first test with the grey table is basically me going two frames in the reference, and "matching" two frames in Maya and keying. For the second test with the green table, I stripped it out back the first pose only and did alot of copying and pasting with just a few major keys, and in a fraction of the time.

This is interesting because while the first test looks much better, it's easy to see how I could get there much faster with just a little more time spent refining at the end making it snappier and getting more variety (which I did not do today, as I am down to the minute).

Nov 2: that's not what i expected

Last night's draw was "that's not what i expected"

Time is getting away from me lately. Ok. Here is yesterday's test, finished today...

Nov 2

Today proved to be a bit of a bust. Got the shot started, but only the setup and a few poses. Simply wasn't enough time left today. I'll complete this one in the morning, and then proceed with tomorrow's later in the day. Stay tuned...

Nov 1: Weight Shift

Today's draw from the jar was "Weight Shift."

Unfortunately, I only managed one go at this shot today, and its a mess. Could it be better? Of course! Will I spend anymore time on it? No.

There it is. An exercise, and its "done." Slow start to this challenge, but a start none the less!

One Day 30 Day Challenge Exercises

My series "One Day" is coming back with a new focus. I am combining my current goal for the series of starting and finishing the shot in one day, with Bobby's 30 day challenge , and ideas from Kenny Roy's October Lecture.

So the plan is to start November 1. Each day of November, I will draw one paper from the jar that I've pre-populated with 30 shot ideas. Shots will be 50 frames maximum. Every day dedicate roughly an hour or so as able or necessary/appropriate. The shot will be started, finished, started again, finished again- 3 to 5 times I'm thinking per paper per day. I'll string all the finished shots together in order of creation and post the results each day.

The next step

In other news, I will be starting AM's Lighting Workshop on Monday! Very excited about this.

So now when I have a decent shot for my reel, I can take a few minutes and give it that extra touch. Yay!