The Arm Swing (50pts)
Project Due: Week 08
Instructions: Turn to page 152 in the Animator's Survival Guide. Closely examine the structure and poses of the arm swing example found in this section. Notice the small flip of the wrist at the beginning and end of each arc. After you have closely studied the basic movement of the arm swing, begin to animate you arm swings from a central pivot points (I.E - the shoulder). Your "shoulder" should not move and should continue to serve at the pivot point for you arm swing. In addition, don't forget to correctly animate the other parts of the arm. The elbow and wrist will also serve as pivot points for their respective appendages. Your animation should illustrate the arm swinging forwards and backwards. Please ensure you project includes the following required elements before you complete this assignment:
- Your arm must swing forwards and backwards
- Your animation must establish the correct movement arcs
- Overlapping action on the wrist and elbow (drag)
- Duration: 30 Frames (at least)
- Frame Size: 1280 x 720 pixels
- Final Render File Type from Photoshop = .MOV
- Format (the codec) of Rendered Movie: H.264
Examples of Successful Projects
Check out this awesome project! The animation below is an example of successful student project. Use the following animation to help guide you to your end results. Such great overlapping action! Great work!
All Finished with your Homework?
After you have saved the project file on your personal external storage device (like a thumb drive), please upload your Photoshop Document (.psd) and your rendered movie (.Mov) to the Arm Swing dropbox on D2L.
Before you upload your files to D2L, please ensure your files meet the following naming conventions:
Submit Your Assignment- lastname_gcom_400_arm_swing.psd
- lastname_gcom_400_arm_swing.mov
