Monday 29th March - Friday 2nd April
I started this week, finishing off the layout I wanted for the scene, placing a table, chair and gun for my character to interact with and also a colourful background.
I then moved on to animating the main character, trying to block them out.
I initially ran in to trouble with the rig as the IK arms were following the body, this was the opposite of what I wanted and I couldn't seem to find a fix un till I found a group dedicated to the rig set. I posted my problem and within an hour or so I had help from one of the members.
This was a new style of rig for me as it was built by someone who worked at Pixar during their internship so the rig was very detailed and had different pre-sets for all the body parts to either follow the world, the a joining body part or other. This is new to me but I know will come in handy knowing for the future.
Note to self: Make sure to try and find groups like this for other new rigs as the information coming from them is very useful and isn't covered in the provided guide.
It didn't take me long to block out the basic poses following my reference video, trying to follow what I felt were the best poses and by the end of the week the whole thing was blocked out.
I feel I could do this quicker now because I am more use to the rig but I am still on schedule so I am happy so far.
(Bellow is the outcome of this weeks blocking)
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