Entry #12

I have busy and not busy over the last couple weeks.  I was supposed to UV the characters by this weeks, which I accomplished barely by spending all last night and this morning doing them.  I am a little behind in that I do not have all my props UV'ed but I will have all them completed by this weekend.

With the two deaths, funerals, and wakes I really did minimal amounts of work on my film as well as my other classes.  I am thankfully only a little behind and should have no problems catching up this weekend.

I am certainly looking forward to finishing his semester so that I can just work on my film.  I am hoping to begin animating over break during the last week or so.  Other than all the bitching above, I have no complaints.  

Entry #9

I am far less stressed than I was just a couple weeks ago.  I am back on schedule, and working towards finally getting all my assets created.  I had a few small hiccups with the three background characters, but nothing I am not used to at this point.  I know that my models were not perfect, but I am going to push forward and keep working on each new milestone because over break I can go back in and tweak a few things.

I have made progress on the music for my film.  Jeremy is doing the music, and I will be working with him to lock down timing  for my film.  I am excited about the music because he is going to do it like a Carl Stalling piece, where the animation and music sync up.

I am currently pushing ahead and I am on schedule at this point.  Finally, not freaking out and losing my mind.  I just have to stay focused.

As usual, I JUST WANT TO ANIMATE!!!!

Entry #8

Well, this week I switched up my schedule because it would have been impossible for me to complete everything.  I analyzed the schedule and I found that if I removed character rigging aspects of my film, I would be able complete everything else by the end of the semester.  I could definitely get a simple character rig done by the end of this semester, but it would not allow me to do the animation I am trying to achieve in my film.  I am going for a very "cartoony", Tex Avery/ Looney Tunes style of animation, which means that I have to add ribbon, squash/stretch, and effects onto his hair.

I suppose the falling behind is definitely my fault because I procrastinated a bit, and I am working full-time.  But really it comes down to the fact I really suck at modeling.  I wish I could have just went straight to animating my film, but unfortunately it doesn't work that way.

Luckily, with the new schedule I should be able to stay on pace as well meet every deadline from here on out.  I am excited to complete this portion of my film.





PS.  I JUST WANT TO ANIMATE!!!