My demoreel for 2010

Andrew Tan Animation Demoreel 2010 from andrew tan on Vimeo.

11sec Sep 2010 progress

Joining this month 11sec, actually more of just practicing my polishing. I did the first 6 sec first, just in case i cant finish, at least i get to practice, still blocking the second half, gonna be quite accupied after starting RnH training.

I try to polish it as much as i can, the best of my ability, see how much i can do, cause i notice i slack off during polish stage in the past :p

11 Second Club April 2010 entry

I've been missing in action haven't I. I was working on the April 11 Second Club. I ranked 20 out of 177, it's not great, but definitely better than my last entry last year. I wanna get top 10 next time :)

Im Not Protecting - Polished from andrew tan on Vimeo.

R&H Animation Test

I recently finished my animation test for R&H, i passed the first test, im going for the 2nd test in their studio next week. 2 full days to do 2 animations that they will brief me, insane! 2 days with 2 animations! Im gonna do my best on it, get good rest and drink coffee.

Nervous.

In the mean time, you can take a look at me test

animtest01 - 3 Balls from andrew tan on Vimeo.

animtest02 - Jumping on Platforms from andrew tan on Vimeo.

animtest03 - Step Over from andrew tan on Vimeo.

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There's always plan B if i dont make it, i tell you wht it is later.

My demoreel for 2009/2010, And R&H!

I am done compiling my demoreel for 2009/2010, theres actually more stuff i wanna work on, thats why i called it 2009/2010. I compiled this for R&H to see, so now im doing their animation test. I will do my breast on it! Wish me luck!

In the mean time, here is my demoreel

Andrew Tan Animation Demoreel 2009/2010 from andrew tan on Vimeo.

In A Bar - acting animation

Hello again, i have done my acting animation, the last animation im gonna do before i compile my new demoreel for 2009/2010.(im still gonna do more, but just for this demoreel is the last)

I should show you my POLISHED first, then i show my progress of how i did it

In A Bar - polished from andrew tan on Vimeo.

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Blocking

In A Bar - blocking from andrew tan on Vimeo.

Before i did the Blocking, i recorded myself acting out the shot, i re-recorded it a few times, because i had a hard time feeling the character, i even tried putting on a dress shirt, so that i would feel more like the character(which actually helps). I also found that it's best to act out the shot without lipsyncing to the audio, because theres too many stuff to focus on, cause you have to remember the poses that you gonna do, and you have to listen to the audio making sure the timing is right. Your body tends to do little subconscious movements when you're listening.

So instead, i act out the scene myself, i listen to it over and over and over, until i memorized all the lines and got myself use to the timing. I realised that when you act out without the audio, you can find new poses and subtle movements that you can add in(in my case, was that nose rub).

I read the article about acting out your lipsync in 11 second club

Blind Wushu animation

-POLISHED(FINAL)-
:TOTAL HOURS: 1 WEEK = 30 HOURS

Blind Wushu - Polished(final) from andrew tan on Vimeo.

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-This is my reference for this animation, yes that is Jet Li, 16 years old-

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-BLOCKING(STEPPED)-

Blind Wushu - Blocking from andrew tan on Vimeo.

-SPLINED(WITH NO ARMS)
:This my first time doing layered animation, thought i give it a try, so i started doing the lower body first, then adding in the torso and head to really get that arc that i want.

Blind Wushu - Splined(with no arms) from andrew tan on Vimeo.

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Bye.

Lipsync animation soon to come.

Floursack Animation - "Sack Stabbed"

-FINAL POLISHED-

Sack Stabbed - Polished from andrew tan on Vimeo.

-BLOCKING PLUS-

Sack Stabbed - Blocking Plus from andrew tan on Vimeo.

-BLOCKING-

Sack Stabbed - Blocking from andrew tan on Vimeo.

Krag(chibi dino) - walk cycle

Long time no see, i've been busy working on a personal animation, not this one another one, its almost done, about 70-80% done, its a short 12 sec wushu animation. At the mean time, i did a little quicky animation on the side, first time animating a dinosaur, i used the rig called "Krag," which is a chibi t-rex, wished it was abit more flexible though, only one control for the tail isnt enough.

Anyways, i finished this in 3-4 hours. Dino says meow.

Krag(chibi dino) - walk cycle from andrew tan on Vimeo.

Dan Vanilla Walk Cycle

Dan Vanilla Walk Cycle - Final from andrew tan on Vimeo.

Meatloaf animation

I've been working on this lipsync animation for too long, in the end have to cut out some stuff, and its like 3 secs long. I couldnt upload in vimeo, some weird problem.

So anyway, i didnt video taped myself for reference, instead i planed it out on paper, cause since its so short. So here are my progress from blocking to finish.


-BLOCKING-


-BLOCKING PLUS(SPLINE)-


-FINISHED/POLISHED

Flexi walk cycle

I've been reading the Animator's Survival Kit, and watching the videos as well, and i've learn about broken limps in walk cycles, so i thought i apply it in this cycle that i did. It works like magic.

Took me too long to do this cycle, had to redo it, the first one had alot of knee pops and weird things.

I dont know what to call this walk, so i call it "flexi," cause he look so rubbery.

Enjoy.

Flexi walk cycle from andrew tan on Vimeo.

One legged jump animation

Refreshing on my basics.

One Legged animation from andrew tan on Vimeo.

This was done on September 4, 2009. I posted it here cause i use this as my animation blog as well now.

Team Rubberfly's "Code Red"

A short film i was involved in with 4 other of my teammates. I was one of the animators in the group. I was the sound editor as well, and abit of modelling.
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Hello!We are team rubberfly, and this short animation is the visual and audio outcome of our blood, sweat and tears.

we have been working on this short film for 10 months. (pre-pro, pro, post-pro) and after long await, we are proud to finally post up for the world to enjoy!

This project is the fruit of labor of five talented individuals,

Andrew Tan(me!)

Carson Yim carsoncycle.blogspot.com/
Charmaine lee champagne-meat.blogspot.com/
Meng Guan atlantiz15.blogspot.com/
Jarold Sng jaroldsng.blogspot.com/

Cheers everyone, and we hope you enjoy it!

*Autodesk Maya 8.5
*Adobe Photoshop
*Adobe Aftereffects
*Autodesk Combustion
*Illusion*Adobe Premiere
*Sony Vegas

Test animation/ Piano comes today!

Floursack test animation #2 from andrew tan on Vimeo.

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My piano comes today! i have to go dentist first later, piano! So many songs i wanna play, some are just ridiculous.

I post pics and videos later.

btw i made a blog for my animations, thought i should use blogspot instead of weebly, havent customize everything yet. So laters.

Floursack Test Jump

As you know may not know, i be tutoring Advanced 3d Animation, and some other classes. To refresh myself, i rigged and modeled another floursack, and did test animtion as well. So here is what i have.



Im getting my piano by next week, i cant wait to touch that mo-fo in the comfort of my room. Will upload some videos and pics on that laters.

The touch of a Piano

I was playing the piano at my dad's place yesterday, for like 2 hours or so, couldn't stop playing, i want one so badly. Still deciding to get a piano or not, theres gonna be a Yamaha piano convention in Sept, and if i go during the Bonus hour, i can get one of the digital pianos for 3k+, which is originally 4k+, if i do get it i have to pay by installment of course, cant pay one shot. Recorded myself playing too, will upload later. In the mean time, i'll share another one of my basic animations i been working on, bouncing ball in an obstacle, oooooo scary.

Revising my basics

As you know i started working as a tutor last week, so far theres not much for me to do, so i thought i do some of the AM exercises, so i can revise my basic animations. This is what i've done so far, still working on alot more.

"Punch her in the head"

I've been animating another lipsync shot, just for fun. This time im using an audio clip from one of my favorite Judd Apatow movies(actually all his movies are awesome) "40 year old virgin." This is the scene when Seth Rogen was talking to Steve Carrall, dont know where in the movie exactly, but here you go, enjoy.

Took me 7 hours to complete.

Pooped a Balloon..

I worked on a facial animation today, just for fun, and felt like it. I got this audio clip from The Office. Finished it in 2 hours. Enjoy