Guitar Smash Animation

 Here is a 4th pass of my exaggeration animation I have so far. I referenced Pete Townsend of The Who for the windmill and eventual guitar smash. 

Sprint #5 Cyberstein Delivery

 This Sprint is my first on the Cyberstein team since my previous Tangled team's project was cut. I have worked on being integrated into the team and understanding the scope of the project now that there are two animators including myself on the team. My first task is to cleanup the motion capture animations on the scientist and I started on that by giving him a control rig and will be cleaning up the graph editor for the animations. 

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fieavr-cyberstein/505137

Sprint #4 Delivery, Asset/Feature Complete

 This sprint, I worked alongside the other animators and tech artists to compile, bugfix, and fill out the animation blueprint and state machine. I also helped pose a few more still frame poses to fill out the state machine animation changes that we will have in the final game.

Sprint #3 Sound and VFX

This sprint I found and edited sounds that will be utilized and played when the player interacts with Pascal. I also assisted in creating the state machine that has the sounds attached to the animations and helped diagram out the larger state machine we will need once the boat starts moving after the introduction sequence.

Delivery 2 Beginning, Middle, and End

 This week I created poses of Pascal that will be examples of what our final model and rig will show during our VR experience. I also made an animation that displays how when the player interacts with Pascal, he will jump from the dock to the side of the boat, and then land on the cushion in front of the player. Our project now has the elements of the beginning, middle, and end. The beginning is the dock area with Pascal waving, the middle is the player being instructed by Pascal to row towards the center of the lake, and the end is the player and Pascal observing the lantern festival until the scene fades to black.

Quadruped Walk Pass 03

 This week I figured out a lot of the timing basics I was missing in my older iterations of my quadruped walk cycle. Next I need  to work on the tail swing and giving him a more impactful fidget than just a blink.

Team Tangled VR Experience Animation Prototyping

 This week the animators on the team got together and made a list of animations that we plan will be in our final VR experience. We currently have 36 animations planned and are working with the tech artists on the team to see what more might be possible. We also started using a practice model and rig until our final Pascal model is ready to animate. I did a animation that will be referenced for when Pascal changes color.

Quadruped Walk Cycle Pass 01

 This week I completed my first ever walk and run cycle for a quadruped. I chose to use a Balto rig because I love the character so hopefully as I learn how to make the animation better I can give him some justice. 

Industry Review Presentation

 This is my presentation I created in Adobe After Effects to show off my two best animations in the fall semester at FIEA. Included are my jump and lift animations. 

Lift Animation

 This is a quick video where I experimented with a lot of new techniques and animation tools. I got to animate facial controls which allowed me to give true character to my actor. I also got to learn about constraints in Maya and how they can help lock FK rigs in place for translation.

I had a blast making this animation and love how it came out. I got to emphasize the wright transfer of the crate and also add a stylized accent to the end of the animation.

Jump Animation

 This is a Jump animation that allowed me to focus on the core mechanics of a humanoid jumping. I decided to have fun with it and have two basketball players jump, however one gets to dunk over the other.

I learned a lot through this process and enjoyed my time creating this piece.

VR Project Final Proxy Stage

 This was our last week to set up our proxies for our VR project in Unreal. I helped figure out the spline for the path of our boat that we want the player to follow and animation proxies using a rig my teammate created.

Week 13 VR Project Update

 This week me and my team continued production on our VR project. I personally continued making proxies and fully implemented an oar model that was taken through the art pipeline into the Unreal environment.