Class 2 Officially Begins

And we are off and running on Class 2! The first weeks assignment was to choose from a list of options of an animation to do. It was either hopscotch or log rolling for me and I eventually chose log rolling!! First week also included getting (or filming) video reference.  Since I don't have the means to film myself log rolling, I scourged YouTube and found a few videos that worked nicely! Below is my reference:

We also had to draw out some thumbnails/planning shots for the animation.  I'm so happy Ballie is just hips and legs!

This week we were to go through the process of actually blocking out the shot.  The log roll proved to be more difficult than I originally thought but as mentor Travis keeps saying "Good planning = smoother blocking" and it's totally true.  Below is my initial blocking pass ...awaiting to be critiqued and torn apart!! The good news is we get two weeks worth of blocking before having to worry about splining the whole animation :) Wish me luck!