Flour Sack Waving

I decided to jump a few exercises. Instead of doing character head turns, I decided to animate a flour sack first. In fact, right now I'll be alternating between a character and the flour sack until I finish the first level of the exercises. So, this is the eighth of the exercises - a flour sack waving in a loop:


08. Flour Sack Waving from Saberi Knakon on Vimeo.

Simple Head Turn

Forth assignment from the list. This is a simple character head turn. I haven't thought much into the character. It is just a girl looking from one end to another in amazement I guess.

04. Head Turn from Saberi Knakon on Vimeo.

A falling brick

Third of the fifty one animation exercises from this list. A brick falling from a shelf onto the ground.

Falling Brick from Saberi Knakon on Vimeo.

Ball Bounce - Across screen

This is the second of the fifty one animation exercises from this list. A ball (I decided to do a golf ball) bounces across the screen.

02. BallBounce from Saberi Knakon on Vimeo.

Ball Bounce - in place

This is the first of the 51 animation exercises taken from the list : here
Ball bouncing in the same place:

01. Ball Bounce from Saberi Knakon on Vimeo.

Another animation list...

::Basics:: (Be comfortable doing these before anything)
:::: Ball bouncing/Rolling
:::: Balls of different weights(basketball, tennis ball, bowling ball, beach ball, etc)
:::: Balls in an obstacle course
:::: Flour Sack
:::: Overlap/Follow through (hair, tails, etc)
:::: Weight shift
:::: Side step
:::: Hop-scotch

::Intermediate:: (Slightly more advanced, have a good grasp on the basics. Character interactions, realistic weight, etc)
:::: Character lifting/pushing/pulling weight(give them a realistic situation, not just a box in an otherwise empty room)
:::: Jumping and landing(straight up and down, across a gap, etc)
:::: Sword Lunge/Swing
:::: Character on a pogo stick
:::: Character using weighted objects (hammer, axe, etc)
:::: Baseball Throw
:::: Baseball Hit
:::: Discus/Javeline/Shotput Throw(or any number of other Olympic events)
:::: Sports (basketball, skateboarding, boxing etc)
:::: Character showing off on a diving board(does he fail or succeed? See Link on Monsters vs Aliens for a fail)
:::: Changing from one emotion to another
:::: Being hit by a ball
:::: Throwing a heavy object
:::: Slumping into a chair
:::: Standing up (on the ground, in a chair, etc)
:::: Sitting down (on the ground, in a chair, etc)
:::: Diving for cover
:::: Answering the phone
:::: A giant falling over
:::: Bursting out through a door
:::: A character clutching its head in dispair
:::: Waiting for the results of a job interview or tryout
:::: A character slapping it head as if it just said something stupid
:::: Tasting something delicious or disgusting
:::: Watching a scary movie
:::: Trying to take operate a complicated DVD player
:::: Falling out of a chair
:::: Leaning on something only to find that it gives way and falls over
:::: Trying to carefully remove a painting from the wall
:::: Waiting for a late bus
:::: Late for a bus that's on time
:::: Tuck and roll
:::: Trying to remember where they put something
:::: Trying to move against wind, such as from a giant fan, trying to reach a goal
:::: Catching a heavy object, such as a boulder
:::: Climbing a wall (different heights)
:::: Back/front flip
:::: Wall run/flip
:::: A tightrope walker
:::: Trapeze artist
:::: Weightlessness/underwater
:::: Running through/avoiding obstacles such as an obstacle course
:::: Having fun on a trampoline
:::: A character climbing a pipe such as on the side of a building
:::: Two characters of different strengths/sizes sawing a log
:::: Quadrupeds/Creatures
:::: Winged Creatures(dragons, birds, etc)
:::: Dropping something off at the mailbox
:::: Character tries to access a bank machine and it misbehaves
:::: Character tries to use a restroom and can't
:::: Character thinks they're going to sneeze, then not sneeze and then finally sneezing
:::: Character trying to swat a fly or catch a bug
:::: Stretching
:::: Coughing
:::: Laughing
:::: Lying down
:::: Kneeling down
:::: Rubbing your hands
:::: Checking the time
:::: Answering a phone
:::: Ducking under a swinging object
:::: Reaching into a cupboard
:::: Pulling out your keys
:::: Buttoning your shirt
:::: Brushing your teeth
:::: Flipping a pancake
:::: Turning on a light
:::: Opening a window
:::: Putting on a Shoe
:::: Putting on a Hat
:::: Putting on a Belt
:::: Putting on a Pants
:::: Putting on a Glove
:::: Putting on a Shirt
:::: opening a Soda (variation: it's been shaken)
:::: opening a Box of chocolate
:::: opening a Car Door (variation: for a date)
:::: opening a Jar (variation: it's stuck)
:::: opening a Bag (variation: it's a mystery what's inside)
:::: A character climbing a ladder, but has to jump and pull himself up to reach the first few rungs.
:::: Dropping onto a soft surface, such as a giant pillow

::Advanced
:::: Walk cycle (show different attitudes)
:::: Run Cycle (same as walk)
:::: Lip Sync tests
:::: Coming to a stop from a walk/run
:::: Starting to run from a walk or stop
:::: A pace back and forth
:::: A Sneak
:::: Fight between two characters(big vs small, etc)
:::: Dancing(Any number of possible genres. Pay special attention to footwork)
:::: Parkour
:::: Two or more characters working together to reach a goal (i.e. a high place where character a gives character b a boost with his hands, then character b pulls character a up)

New Rigs

A website with some cool new rigs:
http://www.uguryetiskin.com/ultimate_rigs/

New Assigment: Animation51

This is a new personal assignment : 51 great animation exercises to master

I believe most of these exercises are more relevant and more achievable in 2D animation but that is no excuse to try them in 3D. 

Demo reel August 2012

My most recent demo reel

Demo August 2012 from Saberi Knakon on Vimeo.

Thesis Stuff

So finally my project is all set to go into production and it is already slightly delayed. But no worries, I'm glad that it is over the pre-production phase. So here's all the pre-production material:
Character Turnarounds

Jack

Cat

Background

Beat Board

Thesis Animatic Jan 2011

This is my thesis animatic as of January 2011

Animation from fall 2010

Fall 2010 - illustration

Illustrations from the Drawing from Imagination class in Fall 2010

Drawing from Imagination - 2 point perspective

This was a two-point perspective assignment. The assignment was to draw a 2 point grid, draw an interior and finally light it with an artificial light.

First the two point grid:

Then the overlay: 

and finally the interior:

This didn't turn out that well. The line weight is all messed up and the drawing is not that clear.
However the lighting turned out really well. For artificial lighting, every wall/surface has a different base point for the light. So doing shadows for the staircase was very complicated and time consuming. But the hard work did pay off!

This is the overlay for the artificial light shadows.

and that's the final. I could still add some more detailing with some blending and some form shadows, but I'll leave that for later.

Thesis Animatic

This is my thesis animatic. It is quite crappy right now. The story needs a lot of development. I'm thinking of placing the cat in the attic with a bunch of other broken toys. Lets see how that turns out.



My friend Wini sent me a cat character design for my cat:

Some more references

Here is a cool animation reference for a running dog


Dodger Slow Motion Running from D__E on Vimeo.

And one awesome tiger reference! I wonder why we did not see this before, when I had to animate a tiger. I guess I've just become better at reference searching now ;D


Tiger Tiger from Linsel Greene on Vimeo.

Walk References

One random day while browsing through random videos on vimeo I came across a bunch of animation reference videos. A few of the walk references below...



ref_walk_arms_side_01 from maxloegler on Vimeo.



ref_walk_foot_front_01 from maxloegler on Vimeo.



ref_walk_foot_side_01_a_01 from maxloegler on Vimeo.



ref_walk_foot_side_01_a_02 from maxloegler on Vimeo.



ref_walk_foot_side_01_a_03 from maxloegler on Vimeo.

The Fall Semester

Crazy funny looking walk cycles and animation, insanely complex yet simple drawing from imagination and a very random Pre-production work. That seems to sum up Fall 2010 for me..

Some of the animation work that I have been working on.





And some Drawing from Imagination:

 

This is the 1 point grid for my drawing

This is the overlay

And this is the final drawing! Quite simple for the final drawing, huh!! But its not that bad!
The next assignment was to add shadows

 This is the overlay for natural lighting.

And this is the final drawing................................

More to come!!!!!

Work from Summer

This the dialog work from the Summer Semester. Still have to work some more on the curves...

Summer Classes

Phew!!! I never realized that the summer classes would be so hectic. The Story-boarding classes are really interesting but the assignments almost kill! But the good thing is, the character animation class is beginning to get interesting. I started off with an assignment to shoot and kill a chef... lol! Well I guess, the instructor wanted to see how much and how well I could animate... and also to check timing and spacing and weight etc. etc. So here it is:


Can't wait to get started on the dialog piece!! wooohoooo...........