11 second club update 0.4

Today I've been trying to go over the lip sync of Mery and finding it a bit difficult, the problem which I've found is that I've tried to add in all the close and open shapes when really when talking fast the lips would have quick movements between each letter but would not close due to the speed of the talk, I've tried to adapt this in some places but there is still alot of work to do.
I've also added a bit more motion to the eyes and head in some parts of the animation to try and bring a distressed feeling more forward.

I've also started on the second piece of lip sync, this is still in early stages but so far I believe its going well, I love the little hand moment I've managed to put in, I want to add handcuffs to Mr Buttons to suggest that he is trying just to be nice to be set free by the other character.

I'm planning to have this finished and ready to render by next week.  

11 second club update

Quick update, lip sync added !!!!

11 Second Club September progress

Here is an update of my progress so far, I've managed to move out of blocking stage and I'm starting now to add the last through touches for the body movement. There is still some work that needs to be done on the arm and figure moments as this area still seems a bit robotic. Also the figures also seem a bit out of place, I need to work a lot more on the thumb placement as there are a few random twitches which are still happening with it and it doesn't seem to flow with the rest of the hand. Once I've tweaked this I'm going to start on the first pass of the lip sync.  

11 second club September

I have now started blocking out an animation for the 11 second club, this months dialog is from Spy (2015).

I've started on the first part of the speech but it is still early days, should make some progress during next week.

Mr Buttons rig

Just started animating with this really cool rig called Mr Buttons, has great stretch and bounce to it, best thing is it's free too. Going to be playing with this for the next few weeks so looking forward to it.

You can find the rig at:

http://www.bloomsbury.com/cw/cartoon-character-animation-with-maya/student-resources/mr-buttons/

Falling in Love

I had the opportunity to also work on this amazing short film this year as well, Falling in love. Look for it in upcoming festivals,  here are two short previews.

I AM DYSLEXIC - Short Student Animated Film - TRAILER

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJVxOpca86U

I was so lucky to work on this third year film this year, it was a great experience and I learnt so much from it. Keep an eye out for it at upcoming festivals.
Here is a short trailer for it.