Nelly Luckett : BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts, UCA Rochester

Egg Cups http://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/maya-egg-cups-tutorial.html Ray Gun http://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/ray-gun-block-model-maya-tutorial-2.html Scooter http://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/scooter-model.html Digital Alley http://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/digital-sets-alley-part-1.html http://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/alley-digital-set-finished.html Common Shaders http://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/common-shaders-maya-tutorial.html Basic animation (car, rocket, chain etc.) http://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/maya-lectures-basic-animation.html Felix Jnr walk cycle http://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/3d-animation-walk-cycle.html Pose to pose animation - Pirouette http://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/3d-pirouette-animation.html Squash and Stretch http://eleanorl-caa.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/toadstool-squash-and-stretch-animation.html Anticipation and Follow Through http://eleanorl-c...

Animation was one of the sections of this first year that I found arguably the most difficult. I feel like I have improved a lot as the year went on, however it has really highlighted for me some areas that I need to work on over the summer. These include doing more drawing from life in a quick paced environment (eg. on public transport etc) to get my drawing of people and capturing of positions quicker and ultimately more sucsessful. I think this unit also taught me that I need to get better at organising myself when doing a planned out animation so that I do not have to go back and alter it as much as I had to in some of these shorts. However, I believe overall my animations communicate well when viewed by an audience and are ultimately sucsessful. I also discovered that I definitely find animating with cut outs and Maya much easier than hand drawn animation.