KNB122 - 2d Animation

This video is the rotoscoped animation of the following video: https://youtu.be/0N6MG8xb2B8?t=5m16s

A series of sketches of the model, Socrates, including 4 gestural, 1 structural and 1 long pose.

A WIP and the final version of the sugar sack animation.

To start this piece I drew a series of images to visualize the ways a sack might distribute mass inside of it, and then drew another series below that as an extremely simplified version of a storyboard for me to use as a reference, and for the most part I stuck to this visualization.

There are a number of points to bring up about the animation, some good and some bad.

The most noticeable flaw in the animation is that the scale of the sugar sack changes as the animation goes on from a larger size to a smaller size.

The next is the shading, which while acceptable feels unprofessional and doesn’t fit the animation very well, likely due to the feathering on the brush used.

the last is that the animation was initially visualized as taking more space on the screen, and by the time I had realized my mistake I had already completed a large amount of work on it and was unwilling to start over.

Aside from these flaws I feel that the characterization was acceptable and the actions to be largely entertaining to watch, though some were not as polished as the others. The form of the sack, too, was largely well done and I enjoyed playing with the volume distribution throughout the animation.

The dust splash and the sugar spray were also interesting experiments, and I am satisfied with both of them though the latter more than the former as the dust did not move entirely realistically and If I was to change it I would make it move and slow down faster.

The run cycle was an interesting work to complete, and I put more effort into it than many of my previous works.

To begin, much the same as the walk cycle, a series of reference poses were drawn at the top of the image and a skeleton was drawn to use as a base for creating the animated sequence.

once the initial lines were done I neatened them up and began using some shading o add extra depth to the character and an attempt to make the character more 3d was made by drawing the buttocks and shoulders such that they indicated rotation.

The third animation this semester was of a walk cycle.

After creating the basic character and drawing up a series of reference poses at the top, I began to work on drawing the skeleton of the character, and from there I drew the full body. Again, upon reflection, the walk cycle could have benefited from the use of shadows but this was not implemented during the animation process.

In creating the bouncing head animation I first ensured that the speed at which the head bounced was both interesting and conducive to showing the characters expression as they move through the air.

After this, the characters face was designed and then drawn on in a separate color do distinguish the lines from the rest of the face.

After this a final black and white image was drawn on top with corrections as necessary and a ponytail was added to provide a secondary action. Personally I believe that it was implemented quite well, though on reflection shadows could have been added to the face for extra detail.

The two initial works made for this semester;

In the first animation, a simple head bounce, I found that the action was too linear, with too little anticipation at the top and bottom of the bounce leading to a relatively uninteresting animation, though I did add both arms and a flying insect for secondary actions to create some kind of basic narrative behind the animation.