Learning how to colorize black and white photos

I've been wanting to try this for a while now...

Googled this image and tried it out.  Here is the before (black and white) and after (added layers of color in photoshop, touched up a little).

Before:

After:

Ball with Tail Bounce

This week's homework was a ball bounce with a tail... I did a regular one, then a more fun "Ninja" ball.

The rig was provided in class.

Free time in computer lab... gatorbanana?

Found some photos by doing a Google Image search.  Here's what happens when I'm stuck in the lab for too many hours...

Maya Homework week 1-2 of class

So our assignment was to animate 3 different kinds of bouncing balls.  Here are my 1) Squishy ball, 2) Bowling Ball, and 3) Balloon.

Striped rig was provided in class, I modeled the balloon.

Made a new blog header using Illustrator

Old header:

New (obviously :) )  based off my boys, two adorable cockatiels!

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