Block, Blocked, Blocking!!!
This time, I will be doing blocking animation!!! Before doing it on Maya, there is a need to see how it fit in real life of course!!!
Soooo, view this video first –
I am the one getting punched as you can see…..The ending part is funny huh? Haha
Alright, lets get to blocking stage of this video!!!
First Pose –
This shows the staging of the whole thing, both characters are standing apart of each other, doing nothing for now that is. (With me and my blur face @_@)
Second Pose –
This is where Yang Mei, the attacker, raises her arm up, getting ready for the full force punch that she is about to execute. (I looked stoic as ever T_T)
Third Pose –
And here is the climaxed part $_$, also the anticipation part!!! This is the part where the audience will know that there a very powerful punch will soon happen by the way that Yang Mei pulls her arms back. (Still looking very stoic *_*)
Fourth Pose-
The part where I got punched (Ow…) Her punch was executed at this point, this causes my face to be turned to the side due to the force of that punch. If this was in manga view, perhaps I will be spitting out saliva. (I seems to be laughing when I got punched. Opps! Wrong expression!)
Fifth Pose –
This is the aftermath of the punch. With the force of that punch, I was thrown a few steps back. Lifting my arm to cup the place where I was hit, this is to show that the punch was quite unexpected, as well as to show shock running through me. Also, due to my position, it shows that I am on the verge of falling down once the punch I received has sunk into my head. Yang Mei, on the other hand, is still following through her action, which is the punch. (I swear she is laughing….and wrong expression yet again T_T)
Final Pose –
Finally, the punch has done its job, making me fall to the ground, while Yang Mei stood there admiring her work! (please sense the sarcasm at the last point…..Me: “Poor me, getting punched and falling like a lady.” Yang Mei:”NOT!!!”)
Question Question Questionssss??!!!
Some Question regarding the previous posts!!!
1st Question –
Does a blendshape require the base mesh and the target mesh to have the same number of vertices? Explain your answer, with reference to how blendshapes actually work.
To speak logically, if you want to change the original product, into something new and back to the original again, but you end up using a different product to affect the original product, it is sure that this different product will not affect ALL the part of the original product.
So, similarly, if the target mesh is different from the base mesh, the target mesh will not be able to affect all the vertices in the base mesh.
2nd Question –
Can blendshapes only be used for facial animation? If not, prove it! Animate something and post it on your blog.
Of course not!!!! Haha here’s the prove :
3rd Question –
If you want a character to look angry, you might decide to create a target mesh of the character’s head and then modify it to have an angry expression. This is NOT how it should be done. Why not? And what would be a better approach? (Hint: you want to give the animator as much freedom as possible.)
It is an of course, not a very good idea to do this way. The reason being that by doing this, when you need to animate, all you end up with is an angry expression, you will not be able to change the expression otherwise. This makes the animator, by default, create an angry face, which might not be what the animator wants.
A better approach will be……BlendShape!!!! (Duh, this is the whole point of this exercise ^_^”’ )
By using blendshapes, different expression can be created, just like what I have done in the previous posts.
Cluster and Blend Shape deformers
This is the prequel of the previous exercise!!
Looking at the lesson from this website about clusters and blend shape:
http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/Maya2012_Getting_Started/index.html
After getting through this lesson, I had to make expressions!!!
So here’s the first expression:
And here’s the second expression:
this is continued from the first expression ^_^
and here’s from the 1st to the 2nd expression:
Haha, it looks like he’s eating something very bad @_@.
A New Year & Facial Expression!!!
A new year!!! Haha
This must be accompanied with a new subject of course!!
SOOO000ooo….Welcome to 3D Production Foundation!!!! Hahaha
A new subject ALSO means…….(Drum rolls!!!)…….new homework!!!…………..(Crows: Stupid! Stupid!)
Ok. Not funny. FINE!
Anyways, shall we get to work?
First Off, is facial expression!!!
I am going to animate a person talking, according to the sound that is given, which is:
“You don’t know the POWER of the dark side” – Darth Vader
and here it is:
1st version –
This is the first one that I did ^_^. My impression of what a person should look like with the a voice like that. However, my teacher said that when a person looked angry or, when a person is looking intimidating, they would not shake their head. (I don’t know if Darth Varder was angry when he’s saying this, I never watched star wars…T_T)
2nd version –
Here’s the improved version of the previous one………However, it seems he’s looking a bit exasperated at the beginning, doesn’t he? Haha. But I suppose it works too ^_^
3rd version –
The improved of the improved version!!! But now, my teacher commented that Boris(the rig in this animation), looks like he smell something really bad at the beginning. But, I think that it kind of fit with the voice…I have seen people who turn the face sideways before snapping it to the front when saying something that is of seriousness.
last version –
This is the final one. Since it is not working well with the head, I decided to just remove the movement all together and use the eyes to speak. See? At the beginning, you could see Boris narrowing his eyes to show his seriousness.
Haha that is quite a lot of animation huh? But doing this animation made me realized that with just one phrase, there are a lot of facial expression that could go along with it!!! Just like what I have done above ^_^ Quite cool huh? Human emotion sure is one mysterious thing ^_^
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