Personality Walk

This was a personality walk that was more of a caricature of one of my professors. It made quite a stir at school, so I think I nailed it.

Late at the Airport

I know I haven't posted anything in a while... things have been pretty busy. Here's the latest pencil test I've worked on.

 

Walking while dribbling a basketball

Here is the latest pencil test that I've worked on. It was definitely more of a challenge then the last one. First of all, it was not simple trying to figure out how someone walks while bouncing a basketball. Then, on top of that, I am dealing with a more complicated character design than the last one.

New Pencil Test

Here is a new pencil test that I recently completed. I'm trying to practice animation over the summer because I have a lot more free time. So, I decided to practice animating walks. With this one I tried to do some rubber hose animation like in the old 20's and 30's cartoons.


Bouncy walk pencil test from Aaron Soon on Vimeo.

Basic Walk Animation

Here is the final version of my basic walk cycle for my Maya class. It was hard for me not to put personality in it and just do a "generic" walk.

Lighting in Maya

I just recently learned how to do lighting in maya. Here are some screen shots from my most recent walk animation.

My first animation with a character!

Here is the first walk animation that I've done in my maya class. I actually got to use a real character instead of balls or shapes. It was a lot faster than animating in the traditional way, but I must say it wasn't as fun.

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So leave a comment and let me know what you think!

More 3d animation!

Here is the first real animating assignment I've had this semester. It is a weird 3d animation creature whose sole purpose is to combine the two concepts that we have been learning together. My teacher calls it an alien bug, but I think it looks more like a tadpole. Anyways, here it is, so leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Bouncing Ball

Here are the latest tests from my 3d animation class. I've recently learned how to incorporate squash and stretch into my animation.





Let me know what you think. Leave a comment!

Introduction to 3d animation

This semester I have recently been introduced to 3d animation. It is very different from animating traditionally in 2d. The funny thing is that it has been pretty easy for me. Using maya for animation has been pretty simple so far. I am really looking forward to doing some real solid animating in 3d, so i can really see what this new medium can do.


ease in and ease out animation test
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test of a ball rolling to a stop

The Fall Guy

Here is my final animation for my Art 28 class (Animation/Illustration Fundamentals). I had about two weeks to do it, and it was supposed to be 30 seconds long, but it came out to be around 45 seconds. I don't know how I could have cut the time back and still retain the same idea that I had. Oh well, the length isn't that important.

I've done animation before, but I learned a lot about timing and spacing during this class. It was from doing all those pencil tests of falling objects. I also did a buttload of gesture drawing. It was a fun class, and I'm happy with the way my final cartoon came out.



you can also find it at my youtube channel: The Fall Guy