Saturday, May 2, 2009

Old Skool Animations! Floatyness! Pop'n n Lock'n!

I find it funny how much I have learned by looking back at my old animations. Most of them where done 2006-2007 while studying computer animation at school.

This was my very first animation done with sound where I had to animate a character acting and talking.



My second try animating a lipsync. A little better than my first but still having problems with floatyness, swimming facial expression, moving holds, and weak poses.



Third try. Getting a little better with moving holds and poses. Snappier movement and not as floaty. But this time I had too many ideas being animated and trying fit together in a short amount of time. Both of the characters were moving way too much at the same time which leaves the viewer confused not knowing who to look at and too much camera movement. A lot of the follow through and settle in was overboard and silhouettes are not clear.



Another old animation lipsync this time I got a lot of help from some really kool animators at the 11 Second Club. Its a lot better than my past works and has better moving holds, silhouette, and poses. This time the characters where not competing with each other for viewing time as much as the last one. Though there are still a lot needed to be learned. I had to start really thinking inside the characters for better acting choices, plan out the arcs and have better ease ins and outs, spacing and start polishing on a higher level. I find myself thinking more creatively with every new shot I work on and not having to worry about the technical or fundamental principles as much. I'm thinking more about how is the best way to tell the story and acting thats in the animation.


Hope you enjoyed watching my old animations as much as I enjoyed learning and animating them! :D
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