Actimating

Long overdue for a post, but Term 3 has started and it's just great so far. I've switched over to a new computer as my old one was on it's last legs and this has helped endlessly. In terms of Animation Mentor, we've delved into learning about acting and pantomime. This assignment is incredibly challenging and I'm already a bit surprised the amount of time I've put towards it (technical complications with constraints not-withstanding). It's criteria involves an emotional change, leaving the playing field very open. I decided to try and go unique and, during it's evolution, it actually progressed into something that made more sense.
From the original video reference and thumbnails, all I can say is that so much has changed, and by next week, so much more will also.

I've also started reconstructing a new logo for myself and rebuilding the Julio model I was creating in Maya, well rerigging and reskinning mostly. A timely prospect, but my progress has been good and I decided to spend a little more time now to save time later. This is largely to save me from some insane compositing that I would have had to resort to in a couple weeks time. I did this screenshot as a test to see how it might unfold, the environment still needs a lot of work but it answers a lot of questions for me.