This is my final animation, based on Section 4 “Animation principles”
I learned a lot by making this movie.
And I tried to keep it simple.
But I am glad I have reached the finish line.
Telling a short story in a logical order is difficult.
Even if you have some sort of script in mind.
To keep render times low, I decided to keep low poly’s for all objects.
After all, A high poly model can easily be added later on.
That said, I’ve created 30 Blender animation scenes.
So changing all those files with higher definition of poly models, will be a lot of work.
Each scene varies in number of frames, ranging from 40 to 190 frames.
The total movie is about 2700 frames.
Most of the scenes start where the previous scene ended.
I changed only the camera position.
Some cut scenes where introduced, to give the story a flow of logic.
Or, I hope so.
I tried to follow the “Animation principles”, but I quickly recognized that sometimes I used it too strong.
I needed more subtle movements or gestures. leading to more render nights.
And I did this a lot. Viewing, analysing the animation and render it again.
I even believe that I have crashed my video card. Rendering GPU is currently not what it was.
Render times doing identical scenes went from 1 minute per frame to 20 minutes.
And my monitor became unstable and out of sync.
But what can you expect when start 6 Blender sessions, each rendering a different part of the movie.
Hoping to see results the next morning or that something had crashed.
I must say Blender (2.79) is stable and robust.
But I discovered also three blender bugs, which caused delay in my project. This project started around January the 12th.
Since then I worked on a daily basis on the project.
I estimate that I have spend more then 80 hours on this project. And many nights of Blender render.
I had some frustration, but most of the time it was all fun.
But I really glad that the story is complete.
There are still some issues left. For you to discover. So please leave any comments, feedback or appreciation on this forum. It is all part of the learning experience.
Maybe this animation gives you the energy and inspiration to go on.
I wish you fast render times
