the principles of animation

Squah/Stretch and exaggeration

Anticipation

Timing/Spacing

Final animation

Camera angles

Camera Videoing Angles

These are camera angles that I have picked to use in my animation (Just screenshots)

Screenshots of The whole bedroom

Screenshots (Maya Modelling)

These are screenshots of object I modelled in maya (Everything else in on the CD)

Hint: Just relized that nurbs were really good for curves and polygon better for other shapes.

Modelling a train MAYA

Modelling a vase in maya
Modelling a wooden statue

Extrude, difference, union (Planning Modelling)

Before modelling the objects I had to choose which way was the best to create each object for my scene in maya. So here my plans, it shows how i broke down the objects into different shapes and how I thought about which technique to use to combine them and turn them into objects.

List of websites tutorials I used

I used VTC for http://www.vtc.com/ Maya Basics and Alias Wavefront/ Maya unlimited 2.o Website http://caad.arch.ethz.ch/info/maya/manual/MasterIndex.html for the rest.

Texture gallery

Some tests of my own

Some reference tests (Chain reaction) that I made myself to help me out with the animation.
(I had to replace the train with a small car and the lamp with a deorodant stick because the lamp is too big for the car and in my animation the train is heavier than the lamp).



Just trying to see how I could make my books and DVDs fall in the video

Storyboard

Animatic

Just an animatic showing how I picture the animation (There are three angles, this is camera angle 1).

Domino Effect- Reference videos

Here are some references on different types of domino effects or chain reactions.

Building shapes in Illustrator

Illustrator is a bit like a 2D CGI shape designer, to design shapes you have to break the object apart, and that's why I used illustrator to design the objects before modelling them in maya.

The video below shows how I broke apart and designed some of the objects using illustrator.

Here are the shapes that have been designed to be modelled later on in maya

Some objects with different views

See Illustrator shapes on CD for more objects with different views#

Illustrator- Sequence of events

I used illustrator here to create shapes using the different shape and pen tools, and to design a sequence that shows how I picture my domino effect animation (It shows the objects that are going to be animated and their motion).

The video that shows I designed my sequence of events

Here is the image that shows the sequence of events (The final piece)

(It has also been sved into an AI file- See CD)

Print or Web ?

This is part of one of the tasks we were given, save a file for printing or web in the right file format. So here is a screenshot of how I saved each file according to its use and the settings.

WEB- Coulb be saved as a JPEG, GIF or PNG

Colour mode: RGB Resolution: 72 DPI File Format: Either JPEG, GIF or PNG

PRINTING-Could be saved as TIFF or EPS

Colour mode: CMYK Resolution: 300DPI FILE FORMAT: EPS or TIFF

Objects references (From my Bedroom)

I had a look at real objects from real life just to be able to draw in 3 dimensial view, from different angles (Front, back, bottom, top, left, right and perspective), I used them as a reference.

And some objects references found on the internet (Objects that I couldn't find or didn't have).

Montage - Bedroom view 3

The final montage of my Bedroom (Another angl of the room)

How I came up with my montage

This is a montage that shows how I picture my bedroom scene (it shows four different angles views, Left, right, front and back of the room)- I have decided to place the animated objects on the wall shelfs only). - (See illustrator sequence event).

To select the different objects I just had to combine the select marquee tool, ellipse tool, magic want, quick mask mode, magnetic and polygonal tool.

MONTAGE PART 2 - Selection tools with FLIP, RE-SCALE and Rotate

Bedroom References

For my bedroom design, I wanted to go for a teenager bedroom style (Girly style), so I looked at some different girls bedroom designs. (Just to have an idea of what it looks like and what objects could be found in it).

List of Objects for my Bedroom

My Final Floor Plan

For my CGI animation I have decided to animate a domino effect taking place in a bedroom instead of a kitchen (I already have a floor plan, I just need to think about what objects I want to add to the scene). I need to come up with a list of objects I might include in the bedroom scene.

Room trial

Just a rough 3D room design

Final blue print trial

My own Blue print- Draft

Here my blue print draft for my kitchen-Just a rough design