Today's journal title is provided by John Mayer - No Such Thing

After having a patch of panic, general loss of hope and annoyance in myself, I'm getting back to work. Currently working on the lip sync animation for my character, the actual music track is a bit tricky to do at times since it actually has two overlaying tracks of singing in places. Creating an open/closed/wide/narrow mouth control speeds the whole process up a lot since I have the one object to key for the respective range of shapes. I've also got a control for lifting the sides of the mouth, but I'll be adding that in on a second pass... then once I have the animation to a level I'm happy with (and if I have time) I'll go about adding in more controls to the mouth to make it more flexible.

One of the downsides of lip sync is that I can't really listen to music while I'm doing it, after the final year project is handed in I'll be working on a fight scene, so I can listen to music then and animate a couple of guys kicking each-other's asses.

While the focus is now on work, and my gym visits have been cut since I'm focusing on work, I've still got my housemate's joint 21st (on the 20th this month) to look forward to, there's gonna be a load of people coming from here and there including who should be coming down from Dundee, Scotland where he works... and he may try to steal his old bed back off me now I've taken over his room. Should be a lot of fun, and as is customary a fishbowl will probably be made.

Once everything is done (final hand in, creative character animation on the 15th of may) I'll be relaxing my ass off and there may also be a roadtrip, wooo!!

Peace out