Pose to Pose animations

This week we focused on creating two short "Pose to Pose" animations, one of which just a simple pendulum consisting of about 24 frames. The other was left to our imaginations and had no limit so this was..interesting.  

The way I went about this was to draw each frame separately on tracing paper, which was helpful because it enabled me to see the previous frame underneath so I'd know if I was going all over the place like a mad woman. This technique can be referred to as "Onion Skinning" This first task didn't take too long and it was good to get the hang of creating a simple animation in this way because I want to create more complex animations in this way.

Swinging Pendulum

I am happy with the result in this first attempt. I made sure to use fewer and more spaced out frames as the pendulum dropped to the centre, to make it look as though it is getting faster at this point. To be honest it made me appreciate the fact that just a few seconds of one animation can sometimes take days to create.

Attempt Numero Dos! 

This time I wanted to throw a character in there instead of an object. I knew it would be short and sweet but I have used one of my random character designs that I have had in mind for a while, because at some point in the next three years I want to develop it further. So this is my experiment in a way.

BATCAT

This one consists of 33 frames, in which I am introducing my "Batcat" I would have shown him actually taking flight but time was taking over. I wanted to show the little details like the blinking and the head tilt, because I think the simple cat like body language is important with this character. After scanning each frame into Photoshop I played around with the levels and contrast and had a bit of a "happy accident" However I liked the changing in lighting because its quite gothic and in my opinion suits this first attempt really well! 

I WANT TO MAKE MORE!