Loosing all your work

My entire 3DS max file for the fable animation will no longer open. Five minutes after using it previously, then loading it back up again it brings up a file error and wont open it any longer. So wise words to other animators on this course, duplicate your file on your computer, or save it externally. Or you may have to start all over again from the beginning, at week 8 like me.

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Mood boards

I have produced some moodboards for each character in my faeble, the eagle, man and snake.

Snake



Man



Eagle

Modelling for animation

After some confusion and lots of modelling I realised that it is easier to model the object or character in one mesh. Not made up from lots of little one, as the way the bones minipulate the mesh will create a good realistic motion unlike that with tweened seperate objects.

Here are some screen shots of my progress modelling my man, not ready for bones just yet but that shouldnt take long to produce some facial features and the rest of the body.