Another Snow Day

So today we are all supposed to be in Rave. For those who haven't got the e-mail. Rave is not on today. copy of the E-Mail below. Means work hard on your modelling and keep up the good work lads. Hopefully we can actually see each other soon and have a look at each others work in person soon.

Dan



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Subject: Re: Today?
From: "Mike Smith"
Date: Wed, January 13, 2010 9:46 am
To: "Simon Harvey"
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Hi Simon,
My mail server tells me this did'nt connect with the BA anim address.
Can you send it on to as many of the BA year as you can.

Cheers,
Mike


Hi All,
I'm afraid the weather has once again caused severe disruption and
cancellation to all classes today.

LEVEL 1
Dan Dalli has phoned me and due to train cancellations cannot get into
college. He has cancelled the life model.I suggest all level 1 students
work on their other 2 units.

LEVEL 2
I have phoned Steve Crocker and as he decided, wisely, to not attempt
drive in, due to transport disruption he has not been able to come in on
public transport.
I suggest all level 2 students develop their individual projects on
Industrial Exercises.

BA ANIMATION
I have just got back from Charing Cross after finding that all trains to
Elmstead Wood were severly delayed or cancelled.Foiled again!As I was due
to see all BA students I can suggest that if any BA student feel they need
to discuss their work with me urgently then I will be available Thursday
afternoon and possibly some of Friday afternoon as well as Monday
afternoon.In the meantime keep developing your group projects. Hopefully
the weather will be less treacherous tomorrow.

Regards,
Mike Smith; Animation course leader

Forces of Nature

Yeah I'm back home again, I went out at 9 this morning and just got back. Spoke to Sam on the phone we came to the conclusion that the icey, slushy roads and the traffic were too much. Round here they havn't got salt on any of the roads, cars are just crawling along. By the time I met up with Sam it would be too late and god knows how long it would take us to get there if we can't even get out of our own back yard, so to speak.

Well I'll probly get more done at home anyway. We have gotta get in tomorrow though, I need some help with my dissertation :/

Anyone know where they have listed the times for dissertation tutorials? I didn't get an e-mail or anything.

sniper update

quick update shot of the sniper model. Still far from finished as you can see but at least u can see what ive been up2. The plan is to model it first and then play around with the verts to exaggerate some of the parts. Once i get an idea of the hitman's size i can then get the proportions right :)

News Flash!

Quick question, does everyone have their grades and feedback for the 302 film analysis. Am I the only one who hasn't?!

Sammyboy.

Sam

Feeling awful atm... been in bed all day so might be in bed tomorrow as well... so you might wana come in for around 4.15 or whatever in the boardroom. (arrive 15mins before!!!! Don't be late lol) Anyway mate.. I'll keep you posted but I doubt I'll be in tomorrow at 3pm.

One ill Dan

Rig Question

Guys....just thought...whos doing the Face rig on our characters?.... Anyone please comment... lol

Target model finished?

Ok so firstly he has eyes I just forgot to add them to the occlusion layer. I also just realised that I forgot to make some eyebrows lol. I had intended to ship him into zBrush quickly but my `grace` period ended apparently so I can't get into it. the keygen thing doesn't work either.

Anyway this is it. I hope y'all likes. Only thing that bothers me is the overhang I had on the shirt in my drawing. I couldn't work it in properly, I think it looks ok without. If you guys disagree I can have another crack at it. There where a few other little problems, last few days have been mainly trying to re-do or fix these and this is about as good I'm going to get it right now.

So come Monday I will get cracking on the hitman. Ferhan just drop me a line when you want me to send over the file so you can get cracking on a rig.

Post your thoughts.

Locked Off

Thought I'd create a camera and lock off the shot from the other side of the street. I'm currently making sure the layout and composition is correct before I add more details. This will give me a better Idea of what will be shown and hidden etc.

Note: I think the buildings in the background should be less detailed to avoid distracting from the main focal point ie. The Motel.

For Sam

I know they are pretty awful considering they were token with my phone and I was getting a few odd looks as well so I didn't want to persist too much... anyway I don't know if they will help you at all...
Taken from the shop GAS STATION in Sevenoaks.
Dan

Animation test

Just got one of my mates to do a little quick basic walk cycles jus to see if the rig is ok, the only problem i see is that the weights needs be painted