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June 19, 2012

A history lesson

I found my original storyboard that I did for The Men's Room, still in the sketch phase. I think I remember the original story was inspired by a humor book I read a while ago, possibly Maddox or some other men's humor book. I did the colored version of the storyboard in Flash, which I lost the original files to. I was originally going to do the entire animation in Flash, but due to the lack of 2D classes and time, I kinda had to make the sacrifice. The animation mostly stays true to the board though I made some changes that I think made it better.

Looking back, I think I made a smart move doing this in 3D. I know as much as I can know about Flash that's not coding, but there are still things in 3DSMax which I still have no idea you could do, and when you learn about them it's one of those,"If I learned this a week ago I wouldn't have to waste all of this time!" I don't want to quit the 3D, honestly, I just wish the frustrating stuff was less frustrating, but of course, this is just me whining again. I do want to become better at being an artist as I still feel I haven't decided whether I want to be a cartoonist or an artist. The only thing I can really do for myself really is to keep doing projects and improve on them through each one.

Next Project to get done: Defiantly Chrono Cream!

The Final Characters!

Character Turnarounds!

Main Dude:

Progress Report 6-9-2012

After Friday I will have my completed movie! .Check out my last few progress stuff!

The Final Bathroom Shots!

I have successfully completed my texturing for my animation all that's left is my animation to complete! Wish me luck!

Another Update

I update too much... I think I should relegate this to only one big update a week but whatever, here's some more and lighting work as well as an animation test.

Progress Report 5-30-2012

Almost the end of the month and I have two more weeks till the deadline hits. So it's time to make or break for it folks!

Here's most of what I've animated so far! There still some tweaking to do but time is still available!

There are also some more stills shot of the restroom.

An animation test plus a shot test too!

More development work for my animation. It's still in step mode! Isn't it amazing!

Plus a shot and texture test featuring the main guy!

Animation Pose Sketches

Key pose sketches for my animation. It is good to sketch out a little in between the marathon bouts o siting in Max for hours on end. Plus, having a plan saves some thinking time in the long run.

Test Animation

New test work! This time it as video!

April 24, 2012

Progress Report 4-24-2012

So far I have the background mostly modeled but the characters are a little delayed. I know I still have a little time to get animating but I don't know If I can get all of this completed in the next five weeks, But I'll continue to trudge on through.

More Progress Today!

It's working! It's finally working!

Also more progress!

We have teeth!

Ambient Occlusions in my bathroom block outs! This is mostly so I can have a block out of where things will be and how to possible approach lighting the scene.