Work Update #2 - 03/03/14

Over the past week I have been working on several different projects. Over the week, I worked towards the objectives that I set myself last week. The first objective that I aimed to complete was the completion of my character sheet poses. This meant adding the hands and hair to the existing poses, as well as adding a third and final, more dynamic pose. The first two poses were simple turn-around poses; from the front and side, with the third pose being of the character sitting at a desk, bored, staring forward, with a glum expression. The (current) final three poses can be seen below.

After completing after the character sheet poses, began work on my character model rig. Doing this involves follows the instructions in the guide that was given to me by David. I am currently about hallway through the booklet, having just moved on to inserting the ankle, heel, and toe nulls, and moving them into place.

During the week, I also began finalising work on my 300 word sections for the research portion of the current projects. This involved carrying out research on several areas, such as pixellation, stop motion  (with this, to an extent, clay-mation), and 3D. This allows me to now chose one of these areas and expand on it, with a much more detailed 1500+ word section of writing, based on the current research.

I also continued work with my print design, adding a border, as well as more detail into the background. I felt I needed to add a background design, as the project as a whole looked as if all of the pieces were floating in white space, and I wanted to fill this space with something more interesting. I am currently deciding on whether this should be the final version, or whether I want to add any more detail. The current state of the project can be seen below.

Having completed the poses for my character sheet, began work on my character rig, and having completed the initial research portion for my project, I have completed all the objectives that I set myself last week.

My new targets for this week are:

• Finish my character rig
• Complete at least one basic walk animation with rigged character model
• Finish my character sheet (add additional information on character and colour info
• Start and complete the 1500 word portion of the written work