Character Design Document Assignment

Animation test for the bad guy, i think it shows hes evilness rather well.


Animation test for Hero character. i think it shows the fact that he loves himself and is very arrogant.

Animation test for Princess character. i think it clearly shows how dumb she is.

Villian Thought Pose

i tried making this guy look llike it was in pain with his extreme concentration

Princess Thought Pose

i tried making this pose make her look quite airheaded, a ditsy girl trying to remember somthing

Hero thought Pose

my aim for this pose was to make him look like he was thinking but still looking smug

Animatic

fairly pleased with how this turned out considering i have no idea how to make a camera in maya
I'm a 3ds Max guy :)
although there are some minor timing issues and there are a few less shots then in the story board. but in the final animation I'm really hoping that i can get the timing issues sorted out and have a crack at lip syncing

Story Board

Man in black "Then make your choice"

Vizzini: " I will, and i choose.....

".... What in the world can that be!"

Man in Black "What? Where?"

Man in Black "I dont see anything"
vinzzini swaps cups

Vinzzini " Oh, well I-I could have sworn i saw something. No matter.

im really pleased with how these came out and im really enjoying the facial animation which i have never done before.

Angry Pose for Villan

i neither like or dislike this pose.

Angry Pose for Princess

i find this pose my least favorite because this wasnt my original pose that i had in mind (turns out getting the andy rig to fold its arms without pinching is quite hard)
yeah and i dont think the hand on the hips look all that natural

Angry Pose for Hero

yeah im pretty happy with this pose, i think the stance looks fairly natural

Power pose for Hero

I'm really pleased with how this one turned out, I was going for a really cocky look on his face which i think i have achieved

Power pose for Princess character

Fairly pleased with this pose appart from the hand on the hip

power pose for villan character

i tried for the classic look into the sky and laugh, evil pose

Princess pose

for the princess i kind of envisioned the stupid bimbo blonde help me im an idiot style princess. this princess is relatively good looking with short blonde hair, not very tall or very intelligent. she is afraid of anything and everything, even though the hero has come to save her she is still even a little afraid of him. she is a very nervous person and is quite shy. for the pose i went for a kind of stupid / scared face with a gasp and hand up to the chin.

i guess i got influenced by alot of computer games where you have top save a damsell in distress, most of those games have the "damsell" as a good looking but rather stupid female character.

Villan pose

for the kidnapper / bad guy of the clip i envisioned a rather grotesque looking old man, balding with lots of gross warts and other skin defects all over his body. i thought he would look great with a hump back or hunched over look and really beady eyes. he is an evil old man but is also quite intelligent and is just as cunning and as arrogant as the hero of the clip. he cares for none but himself. for his pose i tried to get a real evil grin and overall kind of sleazy look on his face, and a somewhat hunched over look. i think the penguin from the batman movie kind of gave me some ideas for this character.

Hero character pose

for my "hero" character i envisioned a cunning and rather sly man reasonably tall with mid lenght black hair, completely arrogant with no sense of consequences he could talk his way out of any situation, but under the arrogance he is rather intelligent which makes him even more arrogant. for this pose i chose a kind of "casual" lean and a "i think im so good" expression on his face with a slightly "sly" grin. i think this pose really represents the character i imagine him to be in my head.
i guess the actually movie actor inspired the slightly sly grin for this pose.