𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐥 - 3rd Year Student - Daniel Kiesewetter

𝗚𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝘅𝗲 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

This is a show reel of my 3D Animation work completed in 13 weeks during 𝘝𝘌𝘌𝘋 2400 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴 3 class at CDW Studios in Adelaide SA.

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳: 𝘙𝘶𝘯 𝘊𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦, 𝘞𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘗𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 "𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦" 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵. 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.

The rendering for the above animatic was created in Blender with help from Gabriel Hackett. The Goblin Rig used was created in house and provided by CDW Animation Studios.

𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧 - Heres a quick little render of my game goblin piece I created for my 𝘝𝘌𝘌𝘋2403 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 2 - 3𝘋 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 class in my first semester of 3D Animation at CDW Studios School of Visual Effects and Entertainment Design.

In this class we had to deliver:

⚫ 2 x Idle animation.

⚫ Jumping from an idle pose.

⚫ 2 x Attack animation.

⚫ Getting hit.

⚫ Death animation.

⚫Polishing your animation.

The rendering for the above animatic was created in Blender with help from Gabriel Hackett. The Goblin Rig used was created in house and provided by CDW Animation Studios.

𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧 & '𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡' 𝐒𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍 this is a breakdown video encompassing some stages of both the above animation cycles that took place to create the final pieces.

Particular focus has been used when looking at:

⚫ Blocking key poses

⚫ Anticipation

⚫ Weight and centre of gravity shifting throughout an action

⚫ Follow through and overlap

⚫ Slow motion control of anim keys

𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 - 𝐅𝐥𝐲 𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤 - Heres a quick little render of my game goblin piece I created for my 2401 𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘛𝘊𝘈𝘔𝘗 3𝘋 𝘈𝘕𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕 𝘚𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 1 class in my second semester of 3D Animation at CDW Studios School of Visual Effects and Entertainment Design over a 6 week period.

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳:

𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵, 𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮, 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦, 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵, 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭, 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘵𝘤. 𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 - 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 100 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 - 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭, 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘦𝘵𝘤.

Rendering and Blender work is completed by me with basic lighting no textures to amplify the animation and provide mood. Judy Hopps RIG and Dummy RIG were used and ascertained through CG Trader. 

𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰 - Heres a quick little render of my Judy Hopps Rig throwing piece I created for my 2401 𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘛𝘊𝘈𝘔𝘗 3𝘋 𝘈𝘕𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕 𝘚𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 1 class, in my second semester of 3D Animation at CDW Studios School of Visual Effects and Entertainment Design over a 2 week period.

𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘹𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵.

𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯: 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 / 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘮

Focusing on:

⚫ Blocking key poses

⚫ Anticipation

⚫ Weight and centre of gravity shifting throughout an action

⚫ Follow through and overlap

Rendering and Blender work is completed by me with basic lighting no textures to amplify the animation and provide mood. Judy Hopps RIG and Dummy RIG were used and ascertained through CG Trader. 

𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐚 𝐏𝐢𝐠 𝐕 𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐳𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚 -Fun little creative project getting 3 Characters involved for the first time, utilising slow motion, some object creation, camera angles and stylistic approaches. I created this animatic piece for my 2401 & 2402 𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘛𝘊𝘈𝘔𝘗 3𝘋 𝘈𝘕𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕 𝘚𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 2 & 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘴 2 class in my second semester of 3D Animation at CDW Studios School of Visual Effects and Entertainment Design over a 6 week period.

In this class we had to deliver:

Animate two to three characters in a stylistic style with a polished end result.

𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩.

𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯: 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 / 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘮

⚫ Blocking key poses and blocking +

⚫ Anticipation and strengthening

⚫ Weight and centre of gravity shifting throughout an action

⚫ Spline Pass

⚫ Follow through and overlap

⚫ Polish

⚫ Render

Rendering and Blender work was completed by Gabriel with cartoonist textures, crowd and lighting to amplify the animation and provide mood. Music and editing of in-between shots completed by myself. Godzilla and Ninja Pig RIGS ascertained through Truong. 

𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 - was a super enjoyable project I created for class, this was probably the most fun I have had with animating since starting, it was a quick and easy process with a lot of clean up, polishing and set dressing.

I created this animatic piece for my the class 3420 3𝘋 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 3𝘢 - 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 3 class in my 3rd Year, 1st semester of 3D Animation at CDW Studios School of Visual Effects and Entertainment Design over a 5 week period. I think I would like to re-create a more straight on camera style with less movement to show Thor's more ferocious swings at the camera man and them not knowing what he's going to do next! (this will be in a future YouTube post).

In this class we had to deliver:

A Polished Motion Capture Piece.

𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯: 𝘜𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 / 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘱 / 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧: 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘐𝘒 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵.

Demo:

⚫ Selecting elements to blend

⚫ Euler filters and fixing rotations

⚫ Blending two animations

⚫ Studio library basics

⚫ Camera settings (custom camera rig)

Rendering and Blender work was completed in MAYA by myself, set dressing was created through environment assets from TURBOSQUID (3D model Grass VRayFur 3ds Max by Vilitay) and the RIG used was through CGTrader*.

Thanks for taking the time to read and visit my 3D ANIMATION rookies entry, please feel free to leave a comment and rate accordingly. Looking forward to continuing to work on my skills and improving as well as finishing strong at the end of this year to hopefully get a job in the industry!