Evaluation

when we were set the task of animating a aesop's fable i knew it was going to be something which i would enjoy doing and would take a lot of time to complete. The module started off really well and i soon began making mood boards for the two crab fable and generating ideas and the style i would like to make my two crabs in. it was nice to be able to make cartoon 3d characters rather then life like models in the first semester because this is something which really appealed to me. once i started making the models and environment thats when i realised i still had some way to go in completing the project but was very interesting work. The camera views and rendering process was all very new to me and to be honest the most enjoyable part of it all was making the camera shots of the final renders. not only have i produced a nice 3d animation but i've improved my skills with studio max a considerable amount and now feel a lot more confident going into the final year using it. I know we have two more 3d modules next year so that will be very interesting to see what i produce for them. although i have succesfully completed the task of the module but i do feel there is improvements to be made on the animation like putting more time into the animating and actually getting over some of the problems i encountered. e.g. like the fact that i couldn't rotate the eyes from the centre point, every time i tried to fix the pivot on the centre it wouldn't work so when i pressed the auto key to animate the rotation point was in the wrong place, so i was forced not to use the eyes which really annoyed me. also i had many problems with my copy of the software when rendering as it keep crashing which made me lose massive amounts of time. i think if i was to do this module again i would do it on the uni computers as they are much more powerful and will handle the programme better and are more reliable. Saying that the module was really enjoyable and am looking forward to more 3D work next year.