Character Animation II: Project 1

Character Animation II (CAN2)

Project 1: Pantomime

Everyone smile! -Blue Steel-

Our first real animation project since CAN1, which I struggled

a lot in. This time around I think I may finally have gotten the

hang of how to do a walk cycle. Our current teacher expresses

strongly how important it is for us to really understand how

to animate a walk. So while teaching us new things, like facial

expressions, she continues to encourage the walk.

This particular assignment focused on an emotion change,

and how to really express an emotion based on a certain 

senario, all while doing both a walk and the other fitting

actions for the scene. This was my second or third time 

doing a walk cycle this month, and I had finally

began understanding it; I think it shows too. I also

got to have fun with the rest of my animation by going

Looney Tunes style with my reaction. 

Pre-Pro

Exploratory

Showing my possible camera angles to try and get the

best out of my scene and actions. As well as testing a few

of the more extreme poses to see how well they could

be in silhouette.

Storyboard

The story boards didn't need to show the walk for more

than a couple of frames because she wanted to make sure we placed

in everything we need for the proper reactions.

Breakdowns

Showing any anticipation that we need to go from

one extreme pose to another to make it more interesting

rather than just going from point A to point B.