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noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:09:00 +0000

fetch sequence

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:47:00 +0000

Walk cycle test

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:37:00 +0000

Poster

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:23:00 +0000

This is my poster.
I wanted to emphasize the eating part instead of the bowl, since that's what I tried originally.

eating sequence

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:20:00 +0000

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So this is what I have so far. I've been playing with the younger character but I haven't been able to shoot it and time it, not that this is perfectly timed. I realize I have to add some in between frames so that she moves better. I just couldn't get it done in time. :(

hair attempt

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:27:00 +0000

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I've been working on hair movement since I have an important scene of the littler girl running through a field.

turnaround

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:42:00 +0000

Film Poster

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:16:00 +0000

My story is about an artist who lives for soup. Every time she eats soup it takes her back to her youth (as she is now in her 80's). The soup brings back memories of her world travels reflected through her paintings.
Tag line: "Heart is where the soup is"

11 seconds_JanuaryCompetition

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:02:00 +0000

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This is my third of the 11 second animation

FInal Film

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:31:00 +0000

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Final Film-3

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:02:00 +0000

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I added the background to this one, however, I have to re-shoot it at the lab with the pencil test machine.

Final Film-redone

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:57:00 +0000

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This is a new pitch for my final film. I've change the perspective and the characters a bit.

Final Film Background

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:56:00 +0000

I am using this background for my final film.
I still have to figure out how to add color, but I'm getting there.

dog run2

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:42:00 +0000

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Second attempt at dog run sequence

dog run

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:41:00 +0000

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2D draft

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:51:00 +0000

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I wish I didn't have to post this so early, I am hesitant about it because it is so rough.
I do realize that it looks like the old man kisses the boy in the end (I gotta fix that) he is actually smelling to see if the boy ate the sausage.
Any suggestions?

Please be kind.

Character Design

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:02:00 +0000

The above are the character designs I've come up with.

Final Film idea

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:02:00 +0000

This is a rough storyboard of my final short film idea.
I am working on the key drawings and will post them over the weekend.
If its hard to see, my idea is:
Old lady coming home, the cat is going crazy jumping all over the house.
She slowly gets to the door and when she finally enters, the cat is asleep.

Zoo Drawings

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:18:00 +0000

Honolulu Zoo drawings

"what's the point?"

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:49:00 +0000

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Yay! I finally have a finished short film. I tried to animate the light but it didn't come out as natural as I wanted, it kinda looks funny to me. I tried really hard to animate the character's hands and eyes, I even added a seat adjustment to the blue character and a head tilt. The yellow character has a lot of eye and hand movement, it was fun to play with him.
This was a good experience. Now I really appreciate animators who do feature films.

11 seconds Film

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:35:00 +0000

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Ok, so this is what I have so far. I decided on importing Ollie on to the scene and this is what I have. Ollie still needs lots of help, but its coming along. I need to make both characters more believable, flexible, and relaxed. 3D is tough.
I'm not sure about adding the couple in background, I haven't made up my mind.

Character relationship:
two buddies going to the movies for a matinee. They're avoiding work and have gone into the dark cool theatre to kill some time.

Short film setup

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:51:00 +0000

This is the beginning of my scene. I am still working on the animation part and so I don't have a movie clip as of yet. I want to animate the mouths with the soundcllip (which is harder than I thought). After I get the sound and action down I'll add the couple in the background.

11 seconds idea

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:31:00 +0000

I didn't know how to approach this since I don't plan on moving the camera but here goes.
I plan on using the "11 Seconds Club" soundclip. I'll have two main characters set at the movies eating popcorn while a couple sits in the background making out. I'll rough it in 2D but finalize the short film in 3D using some of the resource rigs from the site.
The main characters are talking about the movie they are watching.

Character Design

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:27:00 +0000

These are the character designs I came up with during last week's class. We had to come up with three different characters based on the people in our class.

11 seconds favorite

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:12:00 +0000

This is my favorite "11 Seconds Club" entry. I like the expressions of the characters, the old lady is eerie and doesn't care to be caught. I also like that this was a different scenario from all the others I watched. Most entries included some sort of cup and a table, more like an interrogation when this one sets that old lady as the main character while the detective is investigating in the background. Good stuff!