spring!! :D

Both yesterday and today the weather has been so nice that we've been able to open the windows and the patio door. Provided of course we have the screen up, since we have cats



Anyways the weather has been so nice that in the past 2 days I've been able to go outside and go jogging. It's been wonderful!

Animation Mentor Update!

So, here's what I've been doing the last 2 weeks in Animation Mentor! First, we have the walk cycle that they gave us two weeks to work on. Week 1 was strictly blocking, while this past week was more timing and clean up work. I learned that walks like this are called vanilla walks, because they are pretty boring and have really no defining characteristics:


Animation Mentor: Class 1 Week 9 Vanilla walk from Alex Harms on Vimeo.

And next here is some sketches I did. First is for physical strength, which I had to kind of rush out, and the second is concerned:





And then finally, some posed and rendered images showing both physical strength and concerned, respectively :D





Talk to again soon!

March in Minnesota!

It just recently turned into March, which is kind of nice. It feels like the closer I get to spring and summer the better. I'm not sure what's going to be going on this month, but I'm hoping it will be interesting....next week I'm going to be going to New York City to see my sister in a play, which is a week I'm looking forward to. Anyways, I didn't upload anything for last weeks Animation Mentor assignment because I didn't really have anything to upload...the assignment takes two weeks so I'll be uploading it this weekend!

Anyways, not much point to me writing here, just wanted to check in...

:D

Animation Mentor: Class 1 Week 7

Another light assignment load this week, which was nice since I had to finish this quickly and leave for Chicago that week. That's why I'm sure I'll be doing a revision of this for this week.

Lets talk a bit about some non-animationmentor related stuff next time :D


Tailor bounce from Alex Harms on Vimeo.

Animation Mentor: Class 1 Week 6

Heyyyy!!! This week, we took a look at overlapping action. Our assignment was to make a pendulum rock back and forth. Check it out:


Animation Mentor: Class 1 Week 6 Pendulum from Alex Harms on Vimeo

And that's all I had this week! I'll update again soon! :)

Animation Mentor: Class 1 Week 5

Here's my weekly update of what I'm up to here in Minnesota!

First up, my redo of last week's bouncing balls:


Animation Mentor: Class 1 Week 5 Redo from Alex Harms on Vimeo.

Next up, this week's main assignment. A bouncing ball through an obstacle course:


Animation Mentor: Class 1 Week 5 Obstacle Course from Alex Harms on Vimeo.

And finally, some sketches that suggest DEVASTATION:

Now it's Thursday

Another day spent at the Japan America Society. Tuesday I was in charge of preparing all the membership renewal notices for our private members, which means today it was time to prepare the corporate renewal notices. It's pretty much the same as the private, expect we print everything on our nice organized letterhead, and of course ask them for much more money.

I had to go home slightly early. I'm house sitting because my parents are in Florida for the week. We have two cats, Beans and Cali. Beans is a diabetic. He needs 2 insulin shots per day as well as is on a special diet. I fed Beans, and then watched the movie The Chungking Express, which I saw my freshman year of college and really like a lot. It's a Chinese movie.

Then it was time for an online Q&A with my animation mentor. Then I found out that there is the possibility that there are 40,000 worlds out there which can support alien life. I think it would be cool if one came to visit someday. Thursday.