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Javier Chen wrote a new blog post Final Character Walk Cycle in the group Javier Chen's Portfolio

Wed, 20 May 2020 17:48:49 -0400

Here is the final version of my character walk cycle. I added a subtle vignette to give the animation a more sinister feeling. Also, I changed he font of the text as suggested; I decreased the text size of the […]

Javier Chen wrote a new blog post Improved Character Walk Cycle in the group Javier Chen's Portfolio

Tue, 12 May 2020 20:42:11 -0400

I added the effects of rain and thunder with sound effects. I played around with the brightness for when the lightning comes in. I also added all the credits of the sound effects and music I used.

Javier Chen wrote a new blog post Character walk cycle in the group Javier Chen's Portfolio

Thu, 07 May 2020 03:52:16 -0400

Here the result of combining everything in After effects. I changed some things in the background. I changed the color of the sky and the clouds because they looked bright and happy, but I wanted something more […]

Javier Chen wrote a new blog post Background in the group Javier Chen's Portfolio

Thu, 30 Apr 2020 18:02:38 -0400

This is my background of a soccer field for my character walk cycle that I created in Illustrator because of the advantages of the align tool.

Javier Chen wrote a new blog post Walk cycle (Revised) in the group Javier Chen's Portfolio

Thu, 23 Apr 2020 00:21:28 -0400

This is the revised version of my walk cycle. I have enjoyed working on this despite having challenges of not having the ideal equipment to work on this project. Because of this, I have learned that there are […]

Javier Chen wrote a new blog post Walk cycle in the group Javier Chen's Portfolio

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 23:25:46 -0400

This is a draft of my walk cycle. The ball may seem to have an unusual movement but this is because the character is still in a position, and in order to get to the ball, the ball has to move back and forth to […]

Javier Chen wrote a new blog post Storyboard in the group Javier Chen's Portfolio

Wed, 25 Mar 2020 18:54:15 -0400

This is the storyboard for my wall cycle, though I plan to add more than just a walk cycle before and after the walk if I have extra time. The transition effects and music are elements that I have not decided yet […]

Javier Chen wrote a new blog post Character design in the group Javier Chen's Portfolio

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 19:41:42 -0400

This is Kirai. He let his anger and rage consumed him into darkness. This happened because his parents were killed when they were leaving a soccer stadium by a professional soccer player, who went crazy after […]

Javier Chen wrote a new blog post Rainy Day - Animated Loop in the group Javier Chen's Portfolio

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:33:47 -0500

There are so many things that loop. I probably changed my mind more than five times because there were so many options to choose from for this assignment. At the end, this is what I went for, a woman who is […]

Javier Chen wrote a new blog post Bouncy ball vs glass marble ball - Animation in the group Javier Chen's Portfolio

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 21:22:53 -0500

The first ball is a bouncy one; the second is supposed to be a glass marble ball. I found challenging to animate the behavior of the bounciness of the marble ball because I do not own a marble ball for reference. […]

Javier Chen created the group Javier Chen's Portfolio

Thu, 30 Jan 2020 19:05:07 -0500