Back in Action!

So I finally have the time to post in my blog!!! Wooo! I have been down with the sickness, literally, all week long and I am recovering from a nasty cough/running nose/flu cold thing. However, I will not let it get me down! I have exciting news!

I was accepted into Animation Mentor recently (yay!), and took an intro class over the summer called Maya Springboard. It was technically a Maya refresher class that went over all the basics. During this time I got to meet some really awesome people, and had a great mentor. We barely touched on animation, but no worries! That is coming soon enough. Here is some of the awesome art I created over the summer. Enjoy!

This was one of my first assignments, to create a simple maya background. I really like how this turned out.

 A later assignment was to take our background and add textures and lighting. I like lots of color :D

We had to create a simple character out of primitive shapes and basic modeling. Above is a little sketch I did before coming up with the final product.

I really like how my character turned out. He can fly! Whoooosh!


                   
This was my final assignment for the Springboard class. We had to animate a one legged character jumping. I am still not 100% happy with it, but I think it is alright for now. I am looking forward to animating in the next class! This is going to rock!

More updates coming soon!

~Rachel