Deer Animation.

Anna Denison has built a deer puppet and has asked to me animate about 10-15 seconds of the deer moving so that she can include it in her showreel to show how her puppet moves. I agreed because it would also be extra stop motion animation for my showreel and therefore a great opportunity. The puppet moves really well, however needs another rigging kit to support the front of the deer if I was to make it walk, as it had a habit of toppling over when I tried to animate a walk cycle. Because of this, I have been unable to create a shot of the deer walking, but have four shots of the deer moving in other ways that make up 15 seconds. I will be going back to this deer when Anna has added another rigging point and I will the hopefully be able to create a realistic walk cycle and maybe a gallop and a jump too. The puppet isn't 100% finished, as the front legs are still just bare armature, but those will be finished soon and I will be able to do more animation with him then. I have left them all with greenscreen backgrounds so that Anna can put in any background she prefers.

Once the puppet is completed and the second rigging point has been added, I plan to do a short animation for LoopDeLoop and enter it in the competition.