Monthly Archives: February 2021
Week 3 : Collaboration Planning
This week was all about planning out how the scene was going to look and where everything would be in the scene so it would be easier to start building. I made a key for all of my digital illustrations … Continue reading
Week 4 : Houdini Lesson 4 (rendering)
Today we were learning how rendering worked in Houdini. I have experience in rendering in Maya now to it was definitely easier to understand in Houdini. Linearise everything when rendering HDRI images – photos used in sphere lighting (environment), linear … Continue reading
Week 4 : Pro Tips and Acting for References
Friday 12 feb We watched some videos where they talked through what the difference between animation and creating a believable character performance. It was clear that in the films we saw about Pixar e.g. Nemo and Disney films e.g. Tarzan, … Continue reading
Week 3 : Festival Project Meetings
Group Meeting on 8th February So we have decided that we would have three different acts because there were three animators int he group. This meant we could all focus on whatever music artist we wanted and didnt have to … Continue reading
Week 3 : Pe-vis & Post-vis
This weeks lesson was about the difference between pre vis and post vis. What is the difference between post-vis and pre-vis? Post-vis Fills on the gaps/rough Uses green screen Seeing the animation the whole way through Pre-vis Isn’t the final … Continue reading
Week 3 : Houdini Lesson 3 (destruction of wooden cabin)
So for this lesson we would be continuing from when we were building the cabin in the first lesson. Medhi said we could add to it e.g. another floor. Then we would crash up the cabin in his tutorial. Fracture … Continue reading
Week 2 : Collab Meeting and Class
Meeting 1 – 2nd February: This was our first meeting to discuss what we thought about the project. This was just nice to finally chat and talk to each other. We hadn’t really have had a chance to meet yet … Continue reading
Week 2 – Houdini Lesson 2 (particles)
Before diving into the next lesson we talked through how everyone found the cabin building. From what was said from other students, it looked as though people understood it enough. One student from another course showed his work and it … Continue reading
Week 1 – Collaboration Project Introduction
artslondon.padlet.org – Is where I can find people to collaborate from other courses at UAL. I can download the brief here and choose which format I want to work with. VR Production pitch Pre-vis Here I can post what my … Continue reading
Week 1 – KK’s Lesson 1
This was our first lesson with KK that we learnt about him and what he does. He talked us through a presentation where he describes different kinds of lighting and how they are used in different films. NPC lighting artist … Continue reading