tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53826539105157106732024-02-21T07:11:36.736-08:00Hardly WorkinDavid Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-51541592542535401612011-03-30T13:12:00.000-07:002011-03-30T13:14:30.720-07:00Back for the last round!HAHAHH!! *pirate laugh<br />So the Break is over, and refreshed I sorta am, for the last bout of movie making magic (the most awesome part :D) So watch out! The crew must be assembled, because it's your time to shine! bring it all out! I'll be talking to you shortly, and this is when we break the shins if you don't finish >:(David Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-83010820792551367942011-03-08T01:38:00.000-08:002011-03-08T01:39:53.259-08:00whoops!I left something on this page that wasn't supposed to be here... so i apologize. :( I meant to put it in my a sketchblog, but instead put it in here by mistake.David Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-79294763328441462492011-02-27T21:32:00.000-08:002011-02-27T21:51:27.496-08:00Color!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgy_w1TxsB4xJo06sWjzixrOYVq3olGYxMQ0MNmPaQA0N_PaP4ONNA55ZPdwJofapp5IikjYb7ZVI2qa1SO2FZUEwif5APPaXUF8ChK6aXmudsvXnAQbSRu-tg70J0eYj6n21BOy4i00/s1600/ColorShotScript.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 41px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgy_w1TxsB4xJo06sWjzixrOYVq3olGYxMQ0MNmPaQA0N_PaP4ONNA55ZPdwJofapp5IikjYb7ZVI2qa1SO2FZUEwif5APPaXUF8ChK6aXmudsvXnAQbSRu-tg70J0eYj6n21BOy4i00/s200/ColorShotScript.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578613969333755010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvwyo1n_UpS7yjfmf0p8o9zaJzBZjM7pt4ZRbfGEKnmy-CfyDnT8M4KvcLPDoZnIbRM58yuh2d7ua5GkKBQMLC9NkHTp4n_yc8clSob2AxiMRFxa5npyUJndHE4afJv1sn9MyumToGR0/s1600/colorkeys_01.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6dTR3v83XY3xBjqc3ojmN0r5px5CHPf8mJV48d98X_EyFfIXFcrqUBxmrsGWpVdmHzewjCuFBsf5qyR4nh6B0z-V_MSBWTrnOj_6F0T5bLCuoLF5QM7Q9WRfP9GdnHc_3JF06kPKUlM/s1600/colorkeys_01.jpg"><br /></a><br />AHAHA! The color script is ... more polished!David Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-46415257697786344782011-02-19T23:17:00.001-08:002011-02-19T23:22:05.828-08:00Meeting today!Good News everyone!<br /><br />The meeting for all the potential animators will be today, Sunday, at room 110 at Monty, at 4pm. <br /><br />Hope to see you there! I'll bring food and we can have a nice long talk about what needs to be finished this quarter.<br /><br />Bring your HDs. We will hand out the shots.David Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-62346735905041185212011-02-16T10:14:00.000-08:002011-02-16T10:27:01.511-08:00Sadness... Fills my HeartIt seems that pacing has been a huge problem with the overall story; The situation finally came to a head two days ago, when a massive cut was made to the story, to shave off excess bumps. As a result, the story is now better paced, but I feel is too short (of course, only a few seconds were cut off, so it's really just irrational sense of loss I'm feeling.)<br /><br />Also, Shot 11 is being put in the CBBs of Post production. :( again.<br /><br />The paperStacks Run (shot3) has been cut, since it seemed to be fighting the climax for attention rather than building up to it. I don't have time to try and figure out why, so the best solution is to cut it, and think about it afterwards. The resulting scenes will be changed to fit continuity.<br /><br />Somehow I just don't think that Bob is working hard enough now in his scene. I just can't seem to get over it. It's like he didn't do his cardio before his workout, you know? Perhaps it's because I've just gotten used to "that paper forest scene that I'll get to eventually," and i kinda feel out of place now that that's been cut.<br /><br />Well that's the eulogy for the forest chase.<br /><br />Still need animators.David Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-18817584740749986132011-02-08T21:43:00.000-08:002011-02-08T21:47:19.678-08:00WE HAS COLOR?!?!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_S0Zy1enyOBB1mksFBMNTjgFa_J_iWTODhRZtAiLFgKOLEpZp5kvSB7OUmIGrTpIGv560IUIL2rxYgYG-gCiT3Q4Fs4qUEkgtBG4PWYwGd1zvQ8OS_SkLm62I5HjQJY5HNzuhO5myzA/s1600/colorkeys_01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 9px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_S0Zy1enyOBB1mksFBMNTjgFa_J_iWTODhRZtAiLFgKOLEpZp5kvSB7OUmIGrTpIGv560IUIL2rxYgYG-gCiT3Q4Fs4qUEkgtBG4PWYwGd1zvQ8OS_SkLm62I5HjQJY5HNzuhO5myzA/s200/colorkeys_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571561544862191906" border="0" /></a><br />Okay, i understand that the format is really ridiculous, and that there is absolutely NO regard for where a shot stars and ends... but there it is... a color key for most of the film. So i can finally have something to show! :D (even if it's not done...) I'll make it much for presentable after i finish soon, But for now I HAVE to get something to Bridget, so... :P and it helps tie almost everything together. WE ARE STILL MOVING ALONG PUTT PUTT >:)David Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-58544385404687848982011-02-02T12:56:00.000-08:002011-02-02T12:59:58.458-08:00the art forumSo I have uploaded a new cut on vimeo, but you will have to email me your vimeo account name so i can add you to the list of people that can watch. It's for security, but if everyone just finds that too bothersome i can arrange other settings for the cuts.David Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-5686320725211645162011-02-02T00:43:00.000-08:002011-02-02T00:54:15.188-08:00ARGH BOBSo i was trying to get bob to animate today... and one thing led to another, and then before i knew it, i was fixing his blends on his arms , what with the vertices and component editor. And then I remembered that i was supposed to be animating. So i have to make this post to remind myself that although i would like perfect deformations on Bob wherever he moves his arms, ANIMATING is what i should be doing.<br /><br />AND IN OTHER AWESOME NEWS, some AESOEM PEOPLE liek have joined my crew! So that means that all of you reading this are not so alone anymore! :D<br /><br />And i really have to start getting my crew on the blog so they can post too? that would be nominal, yes?David Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-11328400507401158132011-01-25T20:31:00.001-08:002011-01-25T20:35:56.532-08:00Working out the timing!Hey! it's been a while, you must be wondering where the movie is. well it's coming along, but like a spastic epileptic, the movie right now is suffering from bad timing and pace. So as I am typing this, i am actually procrastinating from the immediate task of re-timing out the shots. Once i have that finalized to the next degree, i shall block to my heart's satisfied content!<br /><br />On another note, my inner struggle (lol mine kampf, but nothing like the german connotations) has been that I've been using other people's scripts to get my rigs done. but as it turns out, my struggles are unfounded as it is common practice! I just have to credit everyone that has helped me make my life easier, which I will most obviously do! So that's one emotional load off my back, and i can proceed with my reel makings in time for the hunting season (for jobs, of course. my reel will be like my gun, it will shoot as far as i can polish it...)David Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-60525585586479348602011-01-09T19:38:00.000-08:002011-01-09T19:39:12.282-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdYA7-cB8q6rpiIhCsjH7XMGlxaDlUC2E5Nuk9Mn03ls_xOVch2W-Puvkh7tU8j_34mQP49QuIVBVoK5Y5yb2WKQqoqvctRQy4IAYQcg09cvSBibfvj4E-Nmm7U5g-yZ7EbBi-ebVF6Bc/s1600/Beach_Waste.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdYA7-cB8q6rpiIhCsjH7XMGlxaDlUC2E5Nuk9Mn03ls_xOVch2W-Puvkh7tU8j_34mQP49QuIVBVoK5Y5yb2WKQqoqvctRQy4IAYQcg09cvSBibfvj4E-Nmm7U5g-yZ7EbBi-ebVF6Bc/s200/Beach_Waste.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560396573717520738" border="0" /></a>Lookdev for wasteland beach. the warm colors kinda turn into drabness of greys then we go into blues that way. :PDavid Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-5140559127776399492011-01-08T19:56:00.000-08:002011-01-08T19:58:21.230-08:00okay try this one on for size<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5f__4IIcW44brIFhDXncrDItgQADBAB8oJDh9M_LubHmWlcZowuDGZc2eiBG2kugBVMIuHoYJFg9LVKi1lx2xrIkAh_zQNtPo8gEoLpHYJwHMH_F_XLCQ5yVUI1LibSyHsWuwb17Fxw/s1600/BeachLook_dev_01.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5f__4IIcW44brIFhDXncrDItgQADBAB8oJDh9M_LubHmWlcZowuDGZc2eiBG2kugBVMIuHoYJFg9LVKi1lx2xrIkAh_zQNtPo8gEoLpHYJwHMH_F_XLCQ5yVUI1LibSyHsWuwb17Fxw/s200/BeachLook_dev_01.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560030406954911410" border="0" /></a><br />okay so here's kinda... what i want for color and light. but stiill think it's not vivid enough... did i link Gui to this blog?....David Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-23342081998752796102010-12-28T14:50:00.000-08:002010-12-28T14:52:45.621-08:00okay still behindalright! as always, i am one step behind where i wish i was. But work is moving, so it's going on. the beat sheet is done, but for some reason i've not sent it out yet. i'm rigging the monsters now, and hopefully i wont lose incentive, even though my butt's on fire :/ it's an odd feeling.David Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-9032306800899025892010-12-22T00:38:00.000-08:002010-12-22T00:45:43.456-08:00alright!So... The progress is chugging along!<br /><br />Finished updating the sound sheet today... but that beat sheet is still needing to be scanned. Then it's off David K to see if he wont shout at me for being so tardy and slowww. :( The rigs are slow too... the feeling i'm getting here is that they need to be done! But this happened:<br /><br />Christmas: hey! you should chill out for a while, pig out and get fat and not productive<br /><br />me: hey that sounds good<br /><br />New years: hey I'm almost here! how about some relaxing time?<br /><br />intuos4 in the mail: hey why dont you just wait around,,, until i get there so you can play with all mah buttons ;)<br /><br />Me: no you are the demons!<br /><br />Protfolio: No, YOU ARE TEH DEMONS YOU dont has portfolio<br /><br />and then i was without film assets or portfolio.<br /><br />and so i'm trying to move against.. that. but motivationon the film is slow since the festvities have me seeking warmth in friends and family. but to the cold ruthless machine, that is weaaaakkk.<br /><br />cubicle monster bides his time... he shall grow stronger :( but like Yoda says, "not if anything to say about it I HAVE"David Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-32746777169634983002010-12-17T00:39:00.001-08:002010-12-17T00:43:35.807-08:00well, it's about time.So... you're here because I called you here? Most likely. No one else know this site exists. Because i havent told them yet. Right now this is just a blog between you and me. <br /><br />So won't we begin to work together, to bring this cubicle monster to its knees? or rather, to life? will you help me bring this film to its full potential, so that you will never have to hear me whine and beg and moan about how bad my film is (well it's coming along... and you're on the project now, so it's already 100% better! potentially.)<br /><br />Let's get some sound/music/visuals/animation/set construction/film rocking!David Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-46644521992409842112010-12-08T00:10:00.000-08:002010-12-08T00:14:25.995-08:00Nothing new today...Finally finished up setting the beach shots. How i just gotta set up the new ending office shots and i should be ready to re-edit, and recut! it should take tomorrow. It. SHOULD. If you find out that i didn't do it, then there will be much shaming.<br /><br />Things that popped up at me that i need to do apart from the many other other things i have to do.<br />: the Office chair should be rigged.<br />-the telephone need wires.<br />-setup the rigs for the beach victims.<br />- cry. because there's not so much time left.<br /><br />okay the last one I wont do because i'm an occasional user of apostrophes and because then i won't be considered macho.David Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-27449766367641452182010-12-05T00:08:00.001-08:002010-12-05T00:26:16.072-08:00MouthRig<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRH3aAz6F_cGelihyh6F4PkDl-mIHzQAXyuPcGR56djhLhSuqOIoLCzJITPggIsCCwhyF0rPjzA7jMGYwCiA9_QS0KHNyORG7bleh126K7hRppRBkImOV3aVPwqoQ-JD_igkoW5YS_548/s1600/look_Test_04.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRH3aAz6F_cGelihyh6F4PkDl-mIHzQAXyuPcGR56djhLhSuqOIoLCzJITPggIsCCwhyF0rPjzA7jMGYwCiA9_QS0KHNyORG7bleh126K7hRppRBkImOV3aVPwqoQ-JD_igkoW5YS_548/s200/look_Test_04.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547107879188325330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAP4lshvMhRUoSIvmpquU-DCr5gkqSCie7GradZJv8hnkoatSWLpMBBXs6QZwD9np36L9ae56Js9gYIf2F42HowasSEl4ClZCZRxAdF3QmTPmbfkcszsG8Pi60bxQ0V5pQxCzOUz2HYU/s1600/look_Test_04.jpeg"><br /></a><br />So i did Bob's mouth Rig today...I think i got the shapes i need for his expressions... Have not added in controls for the Mouth yet, so it's all dialing in the blends right now. Set driven keys and NURBS tomorrow? Time will tell.<br />I also fixed the lights in his eyes. They now shine like coals(well, coal is really kinda dull right? are we talkin' charcoal? i'd think it's more like slate? can we all agree on black reversi pieces?)<br />anyways, the goal is to make him look like he has a soul. Even if he's an office drone.<br /><br />One thing that i will log that i overlooked is the bevel on his glasses' outer rims. That bevel is seen in the inside of the frames, but is lost when it reaches the outer edges. I really wish i caught that before i made all those blend shapes for the glasses. It would have brought out that bit of rim highlight on his glasses. Ah well, it's done with.<br /><br /><br />And as it is 2:30 over here and i'm feeling particular chatty despite my freezing hands, How are you enjoying the background? it's a stock image from the Google templates. It kinda relates, but i see those line of decrepit trees on the left here that kind look like a storm passed through recently and ripped some foliage off that tree line. So this isn't Bob's paradise, but i don't really have a matte painting for that scene yet, so the world is not perfect. Speaking of which i need a matte painter. and speaking OF that i need to Get working on prelim mattes for the scene.David Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-39926476002022488782010-12-04T16:03:00.000-08:002010-12-04T16:04:17.118-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhg9Jw56pGTPjnHH1lI4OQXQN3R3MsuCmR43llMHebGloSI8I_iXIGP2HPApYeJ4N0kt9yvUpA162gpaqi0MiAdlWgXqk92aoAiRXeR74inxxQVUaSrDPxo-Os5ebB1TCsuXsWuYtTnbs/s1600/look_Test_02.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhg9Jw56pGTPjnHH1lI4OQXQN3R3MsuCmR43llMHebGloSI8I_iXIGP2HPApYeJ4N0kt9yvUpA162gpaqi0MiAdlWgXqk92aoAiRXeR74inxxQVUaSrDPxo-Os5ebB1TCsuXsWuYtTnbs/s200/look_Test_02.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546982206895013122" border="0" /></a>bob. not the best employee.David Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-17737178933889518792010-12-04T00:22:00.000-08:002010-12-04T00:23:47.504-08:00AND...and i'll have to spruce this place up. It's kinda boring (understatement, kinda been ignoring this blog for sooooo long.) Depends on the season.David Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-81537397290674365252010-12-04T00:14:00.001-08:002010-12-04T00:22:42.054-08:00What i did today...So I'm updating today because i feeel like i did something worthy of posting. and also to force myself into doing something worth posting.<br /><br />Nothing visual just to say that i scale-proofed the Bob rig. Well sorta. His Back Scaling expression doesnt scale, because it requires the arclen of the spineCurve, which will be variable then on how much Bob is scaled for each scene. Because the arclen would change, there would have to be a way to either make a button to set the default arclen for each scene after the animator has Bob at the right size, or update continuously the arclen.<br /><br />But, the latter renders squash and stretch useless, and the former would require a button. This means installing a shelf script, which means packaging a script for the rig.<br /><br />I've decided that since I'm gonna be setting up the shot for each scene anyways, the rig should arrive at the animator's lap with the correct scale, since i'll adjust it in scene in blocking.<br /><br />So no button, no extra script, bob is scale-proof!<br /><br />(PLEASE tell me if you find another solution that is more efficient, or if my logic is broken.)<br /><br />So tl;dr, Bob is scale proof.<br /><br />Soon to start on making his mouth move, and then onto Sexy Sue and Stud Steve!<br /><br />MWHAHAHADavid Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382653910515710673.post-15665269967380214502010-06-01T11:47:00.001-07:002010-12-02T16:14:28.857-08:00senior Project!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOs-e19XIdXSiuSOJ3jsaVYL6PgDeASguqCaEmToYvrhaPQIOqnKPUE3FS-4oX-vleatgNyHxtdfthhheVbycWUZCj5QprPjpW3iiz1pgASG2tb4npnfPKVgjcJcRNLtPdjZksWqjxPM/s1600/look_Test_01.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOs-e19XIdXSiuSOJ3jsaVYL6PgDeASguqCaEmToYvrhaPQIOqnKPUE3FS-4oX-vleatgNyHxtdfthhheVbycWUZCj5QprPjpW3iiz1pgASG2tb4npnfPKVgjcJcRNLtPdjZksWqjxPM/s200/look_Test_01.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546242597403553362" border="0" /></a><br />"BUT.. where is the blog?"<br /><br />More to come... lolDavid Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439084717798731918noreply@blogger.com0