with George
This week we covered walking cycles and weight shifts and how they are one of the key aspects of animation. We also talked about the center of gravity and how to use it to make sure a pose is balanced and that the weight is distributed correctly. We then were assigned to plan and animate a weight shift for next week. For reference we shot a video of ourselves doing the weight shift. Based on that reference video I did my 2d animation planning.
For more on the weight shift subject, George told us to do a pose from our sketches that shows weight. For that assignment I’ll be using this sketch that I did:
After that we received the final feedback on the ball with tail animations. I had to make minor adjustments to the tail as it landed from the jump to make the tail follow the motion trail of the ball. Here’s the refined version of it:
with Ting
This week, we completed the final reviews for our Juicebox acting animations. Based on the feedback and suggestions, I’ll be doing some improvements in the walking cycle and I’ll be doing more polishing to make the animation smoother.
After that, we focused on the three poses we worked on last week. She explained how we’re going to use them as part of the “pose-to-pose” animation process. For this week’s assignment, she asked us to create an animation that transitions smoothly from one pose to another. To accomplish that she gave us a quick tutorial and introduced us to useful plug-ins for this assignment. My work will focus on transitioning from the angry pose to the happy pose.
Here’s my angry pose and happy pose:
I think this is a very important exercise in order to understand clearly how the pose to pose animation works and its process.