Well, this week we covered the topic of force. Its another very important topic that I need to make sure to put in my animation. I didn't get a whole lot out of the lecture, but I don't know if I was fully paying attention when I watched it. I definitely will watch it again if I have time. What I did get out of it was that there is force behind every movement and most movements are complex. For instance, if you lift your arm, you have to think about what the rest of the body is doing and how it is effected by the arm's movement. The force to move that arm must originate from somewhere in the body.

Another cool thing I learned was that it is possible to show force in something as simple as thumbnails. When drawing, darken the leading edge of whatever is moving. This will give the impression of movement and the force behind it. Also if one object is in contact with another, darken the edges that are touching. For example, if you're pushing on a wall with your hands, darken the edge of your hands that are touching the wall. Again this will give the impression that you're applying force to the wall.

As for the assigment, this week we were supposed to continue with our shots. If our blocking needed major revision, than all that was neccessary was to turned in a revised blocking version. If our shots required very little revision, we were allowed to come out of blocking and get as far as we could in refining or polishing. I hope I didn't get to ahead of myself with this one. I already put in a ton of keys, making it hard to make significant changes. So if major revisions are neccessary, I may be in trouble. I'll cross my fingers.

Here it is......