02/11/2011 Animation

 Today's lesson we started 3D animation, using basic shapes and doing basic animations with the shapes, for example I animated a ball bouncing up and down and a ball jumping over a wall. I did a number of animations with basic shapes for experimentation, also getting used to the graph editor.  

I also looked into character animation and rigging, i looked at websites and videos since next week we will start character animation and rigging.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TJnpEaIhZE

I also found a youtube channel which goes through how to rig a model in good detail.
http://www.youtube.com/user/polygonSculptor       

And this website has a number of tutorials and tips on how to do 3D in general which will help me out in the future.
http://www.comet-cartoons.com/3dhelp.html