Week 13 lab 1 & 2

Rigging of Robot - Process

Lab 2:

Reflection: This assessment would not be possible without the help of Mr Ken. I was left in a midst of confusion during class and was totally lost a few times. I didn't understands the steps shown and I do not think I could remember everything now. Thankfully I got to finish this Rig following the pace of the class.

Week 12

Exercise 1:

Exercise 2

1) Do you need to be able to draw well to create good 2D animation? Explain your view.

No, you do not need to be good in drawing to create a 3D animation. Just skills.

2) Do you need to be able to draw well to create good 3D animation? Explain your view.

No you do not have to create a good 3D animation. It takes a creative mind and practice to perfect 3D animation.

3) What do you think would separate a piece of poor animation from a piece of good animation? In other words, how would you go about deciding if a piece of animation is good or bad?

I think one has to know the basics of animation. By watching an animation just like that is easy to critique however, an experienced animator will be able to pick out tiny flaws from the animation. In the end, the storyboard, concept and whole output has to be planned in order for the animation to be a success.

4) In 2D animation, you need to be very aware of timing at a frame by frame level, using timing charts and other techniques - but for 3D animation, this is handled using the graph editor, which is more concerned with manipulating rates of change over time.

Does this affect how you approach your animation work? Explain.

Honestly, using the frame is much more easier compared to the frames. By using the frames, one has to know and predict the right action which will happen in the next scene. And not many people are able to do that. By using the graph editor, you are able to see the next step that the animation will take. Which makes movement the object much more easier to adjust.

5) Give a brief critique of Maya as an animation tool. Don't just say Maya makes animation difficult, or easy, or that you need to learn a lot of stuff to use Maya - explain what Maya does well and not so well in terms of creating animation.

Personally, Maya does is quite complexed to use for new animators by the different functions. Also if one want to find a specific function, Maya DOES NOT have a search tab were we could search the location of the function or for the animator to quickly apply the function through the search engine. Other than that, I am unable to do my work on my labtop due to the certain corruptions while installing this application. Thus, I can only do work at home.

On the other hand, Maya is the very first animation Application that I use and its has been quite a difficult journey for me, going through every assessment. Thankfully I have made it through.