Goals for this week were small and obtainable, I had some personal affairs this weekend so I lost a lot of work time. I'm not concerned or fretting over it because I had it built into my production schedule. I was supposed to have the butterfly animation done and the caterpillar done by Saturday. I am confident that I will hit that goal. I am still problem solving my flower animation, but I finally have a workflow that works for me. Over the weekend I am positive that I can knock it out before I start on next week's goals.
Butterfly Animations
I had originally planned on a making 3D butterfly model and animating it with bend deformers. However after meeting with my professor, we decided that the workflow was more cumbersome and time consuming than it needed to be. I instead made a 2D butterfly in Photoshop and then took those layers over to After Effects and animated it using 3D layers and expressions. I might fine tune some of the timing/motion and scale based on critique, but these are pretty much solved.
Flower R&D
This flower was supposed to be completed last week, unfortunately I had a personal matter come up last week and then I knew I wouldn't have time over the weekend due to another previously scheduled event. I have tried several different workflows, so while it appears as though I haven't done much, I have done a lot of testing and troubleshooting to arrive at where I am now. My current workflow is going fairly smooth, using lattices and bend deformers to animate groups of petals. I am mainly just fusing with the animation at this point, so I am feeling confident about having this locked in by the end of the weekend.