When I first added my new background into my animation file, I was worried. Because without the colouring, I wasn’t sure whether or not the background elements combined well or not.
The same was true for when I blocked out the grey of the character, he looked more solid. However he still didn’t seem grounded in the world.
I was about to stop trying, but when the shadow was added. I began to feel a lot more confident as the character and the background suddenly felt like they were together.
I went further with this, adding two more tones to the character, I also began to add colour to the next shot. However annoyingly due to time I was only able to fully finish animating one of the added tones. But I am still really proud of my animation.
The shadow was by far the most difficult to animate, as I had to think very hard about where the light was reflecting, how the shadow was getting bigger and where it was casting. This took a long time, and it isn’t perfect. But I feel it was worth it in the end as it added a lot in my opinion.
Finished Animation
Finished Group Animation
Overall I am really happy with our animations, they combined really well and everyone was super supportive and collaborative. I just wish I had a little more time to finish clean up and colouring.