walk cycle project

Well here is my walk cycle assignment. I think it is a process not a product. I am humbled as I begin to recognise the skills that are needed to a good job of this stuff. Excited about the next project already...

better template support for blogger

Blogger is upgrading its support for a range of templates. This looks much better than the old range with lots of capacity to edit and make things look good.

http://bloggerindraft.blogspot.com/2010/03/blogger-template-designer.html

I hope to have a play with it shortly.

I believe we will be doing our own customisation to the code, but still, this is a fun place to start.

Bernard

blur photos led to animation

These blur photos were part of the evolution for me towards becoming more and more interested in animation.

Bernard

flickr blur images

Here is a link to my new Flickr site. These photos are some I took a while back. As I have been travelling a lot over the last few years I became fascinated with movement. I started to take video and photos all over the world. These were taken mostly in NSW and Victoria Australia.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bernsul/

FWAK address

A more current address for FWAK animation is at their more recent blog:

http://fwakanimation.wordpress.com/

Bernard

toon boom software

Here is a link to the toonboom software that Andrew was talking about in class last week as a professional 2d animation alternative better than flash.

http://www.toonboom.com/products/animating/?WT.mc_id=e_homepage_pdt_ANI

I have been thinking about it for awhile. It has been used on some interesting animations including the Triplets of Bellville.

There is a demo copy to download with lots of tutorials. It works well with a wacom. A lot of the people who started with flash when it first came out a switching to it - I am not sure how much is product endorsement related but some of them seem quite genuine with a few Australians including:

Adam Phillips:

http://www.biteycastle.com/

and Bernard Berriman:

http://www.squetch.com

and Eddie Mort and Lili Chin:

http://www.fwakanimation.com.au

So for 2d animation I am seriously thinking about it, though not rushing in to pay the money.

There is a new version of Animate coming out. But Animate Pro looks the business.

Bernard

Brand new blog

This new blog will document some of the projects I am working on as I develop my animation skills.

There is a lot happening as I have started a new course and I am learning lots of new skills. I will be posted regularly to the blog to show how things are developing.