Monster Mash AnimChallenge (October, 2023)
Main mission complete a 15 second animation with the theme of "monster" so the idea I have in mind for this small animation, it's to use the rig provided on the animchallenge called "Beta" but with the Halloween texture giving it a zombie appearance, with the rig chosen I will be displaying an animation of a zombie standing up from the ground which leads to a jumpscare having the zombie look at the camera and lunching towards it, the perfect reference for this animation is as follows below:
Animation reference
First animation section Spline
Animating the hands and the body of this rig was quiet challenging for me since it was in FK and I normally work with IK rigs, the part which I struggle most to animate properly here is the right hand of the character since I wanted the entire arm to stay in place so it will detach from the floor after standing up following the big arc it creates with the arms
Complete animation spline
The second section of this animation represents the jumpscare factor of this animation where the zombie will be looking at the camera directly once standing up fully then proceeding to jump towards it
Included facial expressions
Polished animation / Environment
Main idea is to have this zombie character be position on the middle of a street during the night with a single light shining on him, which will also be flickering before the jumpscare, this will be keep on mind for the final render of this animation
Final Animation
Coming near the end of the submission deadline, I had no choice to include some camera movements to this animation which will be representing a civilian that came across this zombie and having the camera shake to show fear, unfortunately I didn't manage to include the final touches to what I had in mind since I was mainly focused on improving my body mechanics animation on another animation I was working on at the time which had a better result that this one (Rayman Punch Animation) but in the end I managed to submit this on time, I wish I had prepared more and came up with a better plan for this animation it had so much potential, I guess ill give it a try on my next competition I will enter.
