2D tests and 3D lip sync!

Yo, Rob and I decided to go with some tests of one of his characters before inevitably bitting off more than we can chew. First up we have one of his Cow (or Tauren if your familiar with WoW) people drawings with a simple head turn. Now I say simple, but after drawing in some key frames over some of Rob's sketches I found a familiar problem in that I don't know how to draw these characters from memory! So first hold up to the project and its time to get on with some drawing practice before hitting the animation software!

Heres a cool snap shot anyways

Now I have to break down the characters into their most simplistic geometry to reverse engineer them and learn how to draw them myself!

In other news, my next attempt for this months 11 Second clube entry is on the way. This months sound clip is from Iron Man 2 and features the voice of Mickey Rourke's character, yes thats right! this month I get to play with a Russian accent.. or is it Ukrainian? No Idea anyways, this sound clip is a lot less energetic then previous clips and it hasn't lent itself to many scene ideas. So this time I'm just going for a subtle piece, not too much moving around, just a brooding character leant over his cigarette... and yes he'll be sitting down again. In all fairness i've left it a while to start so I want to keep this one simple, plus as i've said I don't think any grand gestures will suit this audio.
I decided this time to start with the lip sync, in the past i've done it this way around before. It's an excellent way to get over that first step and actually get animating, always takes me forever to get going, I'm hoping that will fade with practice. So i've set the first pose, which can change, i'm happy to alter it down the line. But the mood is set by the characters body language which will help me get into the mood/shoes of the character and act it out as i go. Anyways stay tuned for more on both these projects.

Laters!