Lip Sync

I found the lip sync task quite challenging, mostly because I have very little experience using after effects and find it quite intimidating, particularly time remapping. Once i got the hang of it though, I found the task made lip syncing make more sense to me and i have gained knowledge that will be useful in future projects. For some reason my lip sync matched up to the audio much more smoothly when i played it back in after effects, and didnt match up as naturally once i had exported it.

Character and Narrative shot progress

This is the final result of the first shot where we see Spindra's shadow. I am pleased with how it looks, however i think it looks a bit choppy which bothers me. I tried a few different spacings of the frames to see if it helped with making the motion look smoother, but this was the closest i managed to get that i was happy with, with the amount of time i had to do it. 

Character and Narrative Shot 2

I have finished the animation for the panning shot of Spindra. The main problem i had with this show was actually not with the animation, but with aligning the camera in animate cc so i got the shot i wanted. I had alot of trouble because I first made the canvas very long so i could pan up the animation, but positioning the camera in the correct way with this canvas proved to be very difficult. I may take my animation into premiere to try and fix the framing of the camera because, while i am happy with the animation, the camera movement is really annoying me. 

Finished Walk cycle

Below is the finished walk cycle scene when Spindra first enters the office. I am really happy with how this has turned out, especially because I spent so much time on it. It is the most complex walk cycle or even shot i have ever done and i found the angle of the walk hard to get right, which is why this shot in particular has taken me so long to complete. I drew over the rough guide on a different layer for each asset, such as the legs, dress etc. and then coloured each individually. I would like to go back and add some motion to the spider legs if i have the time, but my focus now is finishing all my other shots.

Shot 3

I have begun working on the first shot where we actually see the character of Spindra the spider lady. It is a panning shot which will being at her feet and pan up to her face, revealing her spider-y face. I took some reference videos for the shot of me shifting my weight from one hip to another, so that it wasnt just a static pan of her, so it wont look so static and boring. I will add the pan up to her face once i have finished animating her movement.

Walk this Way

Below is the final result of my 3D walk cycle. I found this task made me more confident in using Maya and also helped me better memorise the different steps in a walk cycle, which will be helpful for me in the future when doing walk cycles for other projects. It was more straightforward than i thought it was going to be, i mostly struggled when doing the alternative poses on each side and getting them to match up with the rest of the cycle.