Unfinished Ballet Dance

Over winter break, I started animating a ballet dance, it's still in progress but I'm hoping to get back to it someday. My thought was to practice a little more before my Animation Collaborative class started as well as live vicariously through my rig. I've always admired dancers and wish I could be as graceful and flexible as a ballerina. Maybe I'll take a dance class one day... but until then... I'll dance through my animation. :)

Using the Jill Rig from Body Mechanics Rig Pack by Joe Daniels

Unfinished Ballet Dance from Diana Martinez on Vimeo.

Studies from Last Semester

While each week, progress on shots were due, these smaller assignments were used to exercise good animation habits and/or try out new work flows. These studies are meant to be quick and I gave myself an hour time limit for each. I love these studies because, while they were assignments, they also gave me the liberty to test myself on areas where I could use improvement.

Poses

Below is a pose depicting "Feeling Small"

Below is a pose of someone acting like a monkey.

Below is a pose of someone accusing someone else of something bad. 

Quick Studies

Below is a study of overlapping action of a head turn, which I attempted a layered approach.

Quick Study - Look up from Diana Martinez on Vimeo.