Modeling the dragon clothes:

• Use basic geometry, such as a flat, cube, or cylinder, as a starting point for your clothes. Adjust these geometries to fit over the body parts of the character.
• The dinosaur costume has a hat that can use a Boolean function to do a difference set to dig out the location of the head.
• Use the “Edge Loop Tool” to add more edges for more detailed control over the shape of the fabric. Then use the “Soft Selection” tool to adjust these edges and vertices to simulate the natural folds and wrinkles of the clothing.
• Use the “Extrude” tool to add thickness to the clothes to make them look more realistic. Make sure the thickness matches the actual clothing, not too thick or too thin.

Edit shots:

• Delete some moving footage

• make Parent Constraint between camera and carousel:

• Add tickets on child’s hand:

• Make the picture on the ticket consistent with the park, fade out the transition for scene switching

Outcome:

Model the little girl:

When creating the initial geometry, start modeling with simple geometers, such as cubes, spheres, and cylinders, and work your way down to finer ones.
Use the “Vertex” and “Edge” editing tools to fine-tune the positions of the vertices and edges to match the contours in the 2D graph.
Since the girl model is symmetrical, you can only model half, and then use the “Mirror” function to create the other half, improving the efficiency and accuracy of modeling.

Modify the storyboard according to the teacher’s feedback in class:

presentation:(partly)

Execution:

• Build Naughty child model and bind it​
• Amusement park  and Busy parent using downloaded model​
• Focus on making animation and character performance in MAYA

Create character:

Design inspiration: Lively little girl model
1. overall image
Inspiration: This little girl’s design is inspired by the innocence and vitality of her childhood. She represents the joy and curiosity that children show in their carefree times. Her image blends the innocence of a classic fairy tale character with the fashion sense of a modern child.
Size and proportion:She is small in size and slightly exaggerated in proportion to highlight her innocence and cuteness. She has a larger head and shorter limbs, a ratio that makes her more cartoonish and approachable.
2. facial design
Details of the five features: The eyes are designed in a sparkling style with bright pupils and highlights to increase her vitality and charm. The nose is small and delicate, and the mouth is full and round, suitable for various expressions.
3. hair style
She has beautiful long hair, tied in two braids. This hairstyle reflects her liveliness and innocence.

4. Fashion design
Costume Color:
Her clothes are brightly colored, dominated by yellow, pink and blue. These colors symbolize sunshine, sweetness and endless sky, which fits the little girl’s lively and cheerful personality.
Clothing style:
Wearing a dress with a cute pattern. In the playground model, the little girl will change into a cute dinosaur dress.

Add more shots to the animation:

This week, further scene construction and camera placement were carried out by using three still shots to prevent images. Here I used the scenario of buying and downloading online.

Scene 1: Mom is working from her seat at home.
Scene 2: A mother and child go to an amusement park to ride a roller coaster
Scene 3: A mother comes home from playing with her child, and the mother puts her to bed in the child’s room

shot 1:

shot 2:

shot 3:

The laws of camera setup: The rule of thirds is one of the most basic and widely used composition rules in photography and filmmaking. Divide the picture into nine equal parts, namely two horizontal lines and two vertical lines, dividing the whole picture into nine areas.

Applications:

• Body position: Place the main elements at intersections or along these lines. This makes the picture more balanced and interesting.
  Horizontal line: Place the horizon or other horizontal line on the upper or lower third of the line, not exactly in the middle.
  Vertical lines: Vertical elements such as trees, buildings, etc. are placed on the left or right third of the line.
• Effect:This method of composition makes the picture more dynamic and visually appealing, rather than plain or symmetrical.

Idea1: (3 scenes)

mood board:

Idea2: (3 scenes)

mood board:

Assignment brief; Creating 3 previz ideas using the techniques above which will be reviewed over the term and eventually narrowed down to one to finalize in the next term. Animation analysis. Demos show casing contraints, effects, cycles and studio library.

Idea1: Children lack the company of parents, when parents busy work to make noise to attract the attention of parents. Under normal circumstances, parents will think that their children are naughty and not sensible, but in this animation, the parents feel that their children need her company, and take their children to the amusement park, after the end of the day’s play, when the child goes to bed, she continues to stay up late to work. It’s a meditation on work and the companionship of children.

reference: https://youtu.be/ZSOCEuCY6Ac?si=yfK7_yUGpBYUqnyt

Idea2: About the biological experiment, the doctor left after checking the indicators of the instrument, but did not expect that the subject began to mutate beyond control. Thinking about chemical and biological weapons and human animal experiments, people make mutated potions for animals, but the mutated animals are out of control and start to attack humans and kill each other.

Idea3: In the city, a murder has occurred, and when the police arrive, they have no idea who did it. At this time, an experienced old police officer found a sneaky man trying to leave the scene, he immediately called the man, but the man quickly ran away. After a chase, he was finally caught and identified as the real culprit.

reference: https://youtu.be/5BWdfxePOmo?si=JY7R1GKolsVFh7l3