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In conclusion, i’m content with the work I've produced and want to make higher quality work in the future. I've gained a lot of practical expression and knowledge throughout this module. I know know what I need to improve and what to focus on practising in the meantime.

As I had no experience using colour outside of digital mediums, I was tame in how I used them. Given more time I could have added colour to people and backgrounds and make the colours and shapes more interesting. It was really difficult coming up with an idea for the animation based on the music as the song in my opinion was monotonous with a lack of variety. This was what eventually made me decide to use loops in the animation, to mimic the nature of the song.

I decided I would boil the background colours to make them move as some are carried out for the entirety of the animation, and redrawing them 360 times would be impractical. I also changed some the colours I planned to use I wanted more of a variety.

This is the updated bike animation. I still haven't got the speed right as its going too fast. The expressions are somewhat readable, but adding some inbetweens will benefit it overall.

The next two animations were fairly simple compared to the others. I like the butterfly one more as I was able to make it more interesting by fluctuating its height and changing the way it folds its wings. The ball needs a bit more work as the timing needs to be fixed. The speed in which it enters frame needs to be increased so the impact seems more severe, while its descend could be slowed down and spent more time off screen.

Another stimulus animation used to wake up the main character. I tried to emulate the smooth and curved movement of a cat which I feel I achieved as it jumps onto the bench. Getting its anatomy correct was difficult and the way it curves it body as it jumps away is mostly accurate.

I most happy about the movement of this final leaf sequence, as squash and stretch and a few smear frames allowed me to make a really nice looking animation that has the most build up and impact leading to the waking up of the main loop.

I've completed the details of the main loop of the animation. I feel the timing and movement is good except for the hand which i’ll need to improve as they appear very jittery. I was able to sync it to the rhythmic loop of the music, so now I can probably use this a reference for how the other animations will interact with this one

I've completed about a quarter of the main 4 second loop to test how the art style will look and move. So far I think it works well as i’ve made sure the expressions are readable even if they quickly pass. I also may make the outlines more bold so they stand out.

A rough plan of two people on a bike quickly going through the scene. I have to be careful about how long I make this one as if its too short the image may not register. As all other animations starts from the right side of the screen, hopefully the audiences will be guided to start looking from that direction so this is seen clearer. I can’t make it too long however as it will look odd and unrealistic for a bike to move to slowly through a scene. I could draw one full image and scroll it on a lower layer digitally, but there’s no doubt new frames being drawn each time look more aesthetically pleasing.

This is a rough plan for the movement of a leaf flying onto the character before being caught in the wind again and leaving frame. I was able to make this very smooth and flow much better compared to the previous one, likely due to the simpler shapes and movement.

Unfortunately as I had to draw and plan out all 48 frames before seeing how it properly moves altogether, this was incredibly time consuming and overall may be to complicated for a 4 second sequence.

The first rough plan of all the motion the main loop with go through. Ill ad frames in between each part according to how long each movement needs to be. The movements have to time to the tempo of the music so how many frames I use for each part is key.

The first test of my animation. I started with the head movement of the main 4 second loop. As This is the part that will be seen the most throughout the entire animation, I want to spend the most time getting the specifics of it correct.

I did some research into sleep cycles while figuring out how to make the sleep animation realistic. The most relevant thing I found regarding the movement of the animation, was that that of stage 1 of sleep cycles. My character will be abruptly woken up continuously after just falling asleep, this mimics how easily you can be awoken during the initial stage of falling asleep. I could make his movements fast and abrupt while sleeping and being woken up to make the loop more realistic.