The most difficult of these submissions was most definitely the ‘run and jump’ animation. It took the longest to complete and I’m still not satisfied with the outcome – I submit it like this only because I feel I’ve run out of options and don’t know how to fix it. It isn’t terrible, I like […]

Weight Lift: Hurdle Jump: Lip Sync:

I gathered together three short videos for possible lipsync audios, then asked my friends for a second opinion. Mulaney_’horse loose’ TBFQ_’your mum’ Slimecicle_’circle of life’ The consensus was that the John Mulaney quote should be used as it was one person (not conversational) and most of the runtime was dialogue. I then took reference photos […]

I began the work on the run and jump using references to running and hurdle jumping. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4-u69xUzQ24?feature=share  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRaWd_pCZQ8 With these references, I made this animation: However, this pass felt off – my classmate helpfully pointed out that the feet clipped weirdly and the timing didn’t feel natural. I had already done some editing in the […]

After submitting our first assignment, we were introduced to the second assignment and what we would need to do to complete it; namely one animation demonstrating weight, one animation with a run and jump and one animation with lipsyncing. I used the video shown in class as a reference for my weight-lifting animation. https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxATt34vgHfIaQ_GdVWtZ4BQ64QQwVOjrh I […]

Walk Cycle Walk with Personality (sneaking)   Run cycle Run with personality (scared)

I have learned a lot over the course of this assignment – but I think the lessons that are going to stick with me the most are the importance of a sound process and good references. I tried multiple processes during the assignment, all of which are detailed in each weekly blog. The one that […]

For the last cycle, I decided to do a scared run and referenced two YouTube videos and the Animators Survival Kit to achieve the right look. First I referenced this snippet from the Animators Survival Kit to get the general running poses for the legs and body. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZERWUrzipI (screenshot below)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYHeXXtaqz0 (screenshot below) Both […]

This week, I decided to use a different approach to animate the run cycle, to see if there was an easier or quicker way to go about the process. I started with a stick figure running cycle, making sure to get simplified versions of the main poses down.  This is the reference I used. It […]

We started developing more unique walks after working on the simple walk cycle. To fulfil my assignment, I looked through my copy of ‘The Animator’s Survival Kit’ by Richard Williams and found a few references of a sneaking walk. They helped me get the exaggerated poses down on my cycle. I also used a clip […]