i know i haven't blogged in agggggeeeeeeesssssssss!! i've been super busy with juggling between P3 and character design and practicing guitar (i really got to practice at least once in three days...i know i should prioritise and all but if i don't practice i feel like i've deproved!) and still having a life. and my saturdays are pretty much taken up by work (not school work) and i don't have a tablet at home...so i can only do my animation on weekdays! luckily, shermin lent me her spare tablet last week though so i could do some work this weekend. ;] thanks shermin!!
hmm i've been staying till late in the 2D lab the past few days. luckily there is some good company around though so it wasn't as stressful or depressed as i thought i would feel. ;] ohoh and not to forget good music (wootwoot liquid tension experiment!!) and little britain etc. heh. little breaks can really help me to move on and persevere sometimes.
anyway, that's not the point of this entry...tomorrow is our final presentation day!!!! woooooot!! after that, i'll be freeee!!! yayay!! holidays here i come! :D
i'm only fine with my piece though...i know that with more time it'll definitely be better and more complete. i had to cut out the end with the kids walking and another scene because i have no time to animate them! but luckily, those scenes won't take away from the gist of the story. BUT...i could only animate a particular scene (part where the girl loses her footing and falls) and so i'm just going to have a black shot and make use of audio to suggest that she fell off the ladder. hopefully people will get it! :S but i must say that i'm quite proud of myself for having a (somewhat) completed video. i didn't think i could submit a completed piece (though it's not exactly completed in the way i intended!) since i was so far off from my schedule but i still managed to so yay! :]
initially when i first heard that we have a project 3 to do, i was pretty annoyed that we had an extra project to complete unlike the previous batches of students, who only had 2 projects and an FYP. but now, i pretty glad that we had this opportunity to experience P3. now i know that i should set a more realistic schedule and plan more beforehand and not to procrastinate so much (though it can help emotionally and mentally...well at least for me. :X)! if i didn't get an idea on how FYP would be like (with P3), i'll be pretty much screwed i think. i'lll be even more complacent with the knowledge that we have about twice the amount of time for FYP!
hmm i don't really know what else to write...well this is probably the last entry for this blog so TA!! :D can't wait for hoooooollsssssssss!!!! :D:D
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Interim 3
today and yesterday, we had interim! i was suppose to present today, but i swapped with one of my classmates so that i could present on the first day since i was done with my updated animatic already. it was a pity that the speakers weren't working though so all the people who presented yesterday had no audio playing for their animatic. by the way, i don't think i've mentioned this yet, i changed my VO. rachael helped me to voice for the main girl this time! thanks rae! ;] but i couldn't get any feedback on the audio though since it cannot be heard. ahh well. but at least i'll be able to see if people understood my piece based on the visuals alone. and i think most people did. :]
some feedback i got from amanda and some of my classmates is that for the scene when the kids walk to the house for treats, the distance seemed a bit long. so i got to do something about that. maybe i might just cut out that part altogether...i'll see if i have enough time to animate that, if not i'll just have to scrap it.
another feedback is that the contrast for certain scenes are not contrasting enough...so i would have to play with levels of something. also, for the scene when the main character moves a pumpkin across the table, amanda suggested that i could use a close-up 3/4 front view of the girl so yea i'm going to do that.
unfortunately, i can't do much work yesterday and today since it's taken up by interim and we got to watch everyones pieces so i'm even more behind of my planned schedule. but at least i got to see my classmates' progress and i must say some of theirs are really looking great!! can't wait to see the finished product. ;]
and today, everyone was really distracted cos our animation year 3 stream had a self-proclaimed "wear-what-you-don't-normally-wear-to-school-day". heh! i wore a dress. it was pretty damn fun though it was a tad uncomfortable for me since i've never worn a dress for like more then a decade! loads of camwhoring and all. but it was a nice little break from our daily routine. so yeaaa. :] i don't know why but i've been feeling rather unmotivated to work lately! ahh i hope that feeling goes away soon. i'm working at a slower pace then when i first started and i'm taking more short breaks then i deserve.
some feedback i got from amanda and some of my classmates is that for the scene when the kids walk to the house for treats, the distance seemed a bit long. so i got to do something about that. maybe i might just cut out that part altogether...i'll see if i have enough time to animate that, if not i'll just have to scrap it.
another feedback is that the contrast for certain scenes are not contrasting enough...so i would have to play with levels of something. also, for the scene when the main character moves a pumpkin across the table, amanda suggested that i could use a close-up 3/4 front view of the girl so yea i'm going to do that.
unfortunately, i can't do much work yesterday and today since it's taken up by interim and we got to watch everyones pieces so i'm even more behind of my planned schedule. but at least i got to see my classmates' progress and i must say some of theirs are really looking great!! can't wait to see the finished product. ;]
and today, everyone was really distracted cos our animation year 3 stream had a self-proclaimed "wear-what-you-don't-normally-wear-to-school-day". heh! i wore a dress. it was pretty damn fun though it was a tad uncomfortable for me since i've never worn a dress for like more then a decade! loads of camwhoring and all. but it was a nice little break from our daily routine. so yeaaa. :] i don't know why but i've been feeling rather unmotivated to work lately! ahh i hope that feeling goes away soon. i'm working at a slower pace then when i first started and i'm taking more short breaks then i deserve.
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