"High Tides"

"High Tides"

Kristin Kemper 

I came across this adorable animation whilst looking for some more footage to refer to when animating my mermaid tail. Since I have never animated something like this, I have been trying to analyse how different animators go about it. In this case, the animation of the merman's tail is a lot more fluid than the animation in "The Chubby Mermaid." The whole anatomy of the boy, from top to bottom moves together. When he swims, I have noticed that the movements he goes through when swimming, are very flexible and a lot more lightweight. 

I will definitely take this on board when animating my own, I really like the idea of the tail and body looking as though they are one being and not separate. This merman (merboy?) is a very timid yet curious character, which we can tell purely from the body language and facial expressions. This is similar to what I want to achieve, so I imagine I will come back and watch this again for future reference because Kristin Kemper has done a really great job!