Another session - another week.

We are blazing through this session people! It's already session 8 and there are only 12 sessions in a term. Before you know it, we'll be in body mechanics! This week we have a our first real blocking assignment due as well as a pose from Stu that communicates the feeling of strength. I haven't really blocked out my work before because I felt it's been easier going though the layering and straight-ahead method. This assignment looks like blocking material for sure.

As I'm going through this course I find that I'm planning my shots out more in more detail. When I sit down to animate the first thing I think to myself is if I even know what I'm going to try and do. I think I can take my planning farther and get more detailed because right now they don't include frame numbers, just poses, breakdowns, and paths of action. I do understand the value of planning though. The more I plan, the easier it is.

My assignment last week got critiqued yesterday. One cool thing Bret does in her eCritique is to tell you why something needs to be changed. It helps greatly in understanding why you need to change it and improves you as an animator. I just revised it and uploaded it to my student workspace.

Now on to planning this weeks assignment. Stay cool cats! =)