shot 12 blocking

blocking 12 from Drifting Eddy on Vimeo.

shot 11 blocking

blocking 11 from Drifting Eddy on Vimeo.

shot 10 blocking

blocking 10 from Drifting Eddy on Vimeo.

adjustments day!

here are a couple shots which needed some variance from the original boards because it didnt work when i finally saw it moving in 3d. for shot 3 specifically i decided to add a little stumble in order to break up the boring run across the screen.


shot 03 pass 2 from Drifting Eddy on Vimeo.


shot 09 pass 2 from Drifting Eddy on Vimeo.

shot 09 blocking

blocking 09 from Drifting Eddy on Vimeo.

shot 08 blocking

blocking 08 from Drifting Eddy on Vimeo.

shot 07 blocking

blocking 07 from Drifting Eddy on Vimeo.

shot 06 blocking

blocking 06 from Drifting Eddy on Vimeo.

shot 05 blocking

blocking 05 from Drifting Eddy on Vimeo.

shot 04 blocking

shot 04 blocking from Drifting Eddy on Vimeo.

shot 03 blocking

shot 3c from Drifting Eddy on Vimeo.

shot 02 blocking

blocking 02 from Drifting Eddy on Vimeo.

Shot 01

shot 01. stage: blocking


blocking 01 from Drifting Eddy on Vimeo.

rough animatic

here is the rough animatic. its missing one shot (shot18), because i need to create a track for the camera and attach the track to the character, so as i animate the character i will work with the camera. as a result the actual film should be about 13 seconds longer.


rough animatic minus shot 18 from Drifting Eddy on Vimeo.

The New Quarter Has Begun!

It's been a while since i posted, so this might include a lot of stuff. Let's see, where did i leave off. Oh yea, i was working on my dragons flight cycle. it's looking okay, nothing to brag about, but i sorta got the mechanics of how he is going to fly down, which was the whole point of it in the first place. i corrected a few mistakes with saias walk cycle, so now she is ready to go. also, i got my environment models from my free-lancers (i put a dash because they did it as a favor), so the last thing that's holding me up is the clouds and the lighting. i, with the expert advice of one of my teachers, have decided that i will simply put spheres together and call them clouds for the purpose of my project. if, after i graduate, i feel they are inadequate, then i will replace them with more proper clouds, but for now since i don't have time to do that, these will have to suffice. i will get those done by friday at the latest, so that i can finish putting together my scenes and be ready for full animation by the end of next week. my plan for next week is to do any last touch ups that i don't want to have to take care of during animation, including my rough lighting. so what i have to show right now is the first scene (the scene on the ground leading up to the flight), working out camera angles, compositions, and more importantly speed. take a look, tell me what you think, and let me know if i need to make any changes because i need to take care of it before next week.


scene 1 from Drifting Eddy on Vimeo.

ps. the end of the video cuts off about 1 second too early. the dragon flies out of frame

coming next week: scene 2 and scene 3, camera blocking etc...