No rest for the animator!

Here we go, project #22. Just messing around with another attack. I wanted to go for more of an attack you would see ingame.. rather than something showy for a demo reel.  Here's an attack that would require like 3 button presses for this 3 hit combo. Just practicing for this one, don't think it'll be something I will put on my demo reel.

I really need more practice on exit and settle animations. I think that's one thing that I am missing from my animations to help sell the shot. When I see other reels with awesome weighty exits and settles.. damn, I wish I could do that. So I'll be finishing up another finisher soon then work purely on exit and settles. I'll just look at a bunch of combat references and do the last part of the hit and into the settle. Can't wait to start on those... and can't wait for this semester to be over. Then I'll have more time!

After that, gonna try and attempt this.... http://www.animatorisland.com/51-great-animation-exercises-to-master/

That's gonna be so hard! But I need to do this to prepare myself for the summer class that I am taking which will be a two week acting and expression class taught by DreamWorks Animation. Gonna need to do an acting shot again before that too. Class starts July 1st. 2 months away.. CAN'T WAIT!!

Internship has been great so far as well. Learning a lot and practicing more animation :) Finally got to see my stuff in a game for the first time. A very rewarding feeling. Especially being a student still :) But holy crap am I busy... School on Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and internship on Tuesday and Wednesday.. And finals are coming up.. ugh.

Hard to find time to animate my own personal stuff, but I need to keep practicing. Never give up!