Flour sack animation

with the help of the tutorials provided I have created  this flour sack animation of it jumping. The tutorial allowed me to consider more the build up and recovery of the jump in order to make it more accurate. I also found the tip to start with the begin middle and end frame as a guide the the movement and direction as I feel it helps with understanding the movement and keeping it smooth.

My Groups Animation

storyboard:

In my group we have in depth discussed the character designs for each character to keep all our sections consistent.
here are some of my group characters they have designed for the world

Eden  bubz

I have also created a character as in my section they turn to someone for directions:

here I have created a demon like woman who floats around this hell type world. The colour scheme is dark and mostly red to indicate fire and danger.

for her character I also used these fire characters as a reference;

Storyboard

here is my rough storyboard of my chosen section. I will be animating bubz and Eden escaping Jenkins after they first realise his first cruel intentions however after exiting the shop they soon realise they don’t know where to go and must request help from a strange demon who turns out to b very helpful and kind much to their surprise.
I believe is stuck to this quite accurately however I had to remove the part where bubz gives her money in return as it was too much for my limited time frame

 Animating bouncing balls of different weights

To begin I started with a simple animation of a ball bouncing up and down to get a grip of the motion and movement needed to do this task.

I believe this is very successful, although Simple the goal is clear and nicely animated.

Reference: https://youtu.be/aY3TrpiUOqE

In this video can be seen balls of different weights and materials being dropped. This has been extremely helpful in capturing the natural movement of each when animating.
to begin I used a rubber bouncing ball.

when studying this movement I discovered how each of the balls slow down once they reach the highest point and are at their fastest immediately after they hit the surface. Due to the rubber bouncing ball being much lighter it bounced a lot more than the rest and is much faster. I do believe my animation is much too slow and would be more accurate if it was faster.

BasketBall

when animating the basketball due to it being heavier and larger I discovered it not only moved significantly slower but it also had wider bounces. However the same applied for this that one it hit its highest point it slowed down and sped up at impact.

Bowling Ball

Lastly I have animated finally animated a bowling ball. The bowling ball is significantly heavier therefor it does not bounce as much as the other or go as far. It most does fast small bounces due to the weight dragging it down.

Opening Scene

for my opening scene I began with the door opening followed with Eden and bubz frantically running through after their encounter with Jenkins.

here is the very beginning animation of the door swinging open. This was an unexpected struggle for me as I  did not imagine it to be so difficult. I found it very interesting that the simple things we see everyday are sometimes the things we struggle with the most as we take it for granted due to it being something we so often. To help me with this task I took many images of my door opening in different stage so I could better understand it’s perspective and movement.

I am very happy with the outcome of this and feel as thought it is very successful and accurate

My First Run Cycle

For my first run cycle I did not make it easy for myself as I created a very difficult perspective and had both characters running face on. This was definitely a challenge and although I am happy I tried it I do believe in future u will use a different method to save time and possibly create a better outcome.

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From looking at the final outcome here I believe bubz is too jumpy and not as clear as Eden’s animation. Bubz was another character I struggled with as he is much sharper and more stiff compared to Eden who is built up of much more circular simple shapes.

Preparation

To prepare for my animating I broke my characters down in to simple shapes to make it much easier to understand how they move therefore improving the accuracy and smoothness of my animation.

Character design

neo noir

detective + robot sidekick

detective:                                           Sidekick:

name: Richard                                                 name: Pete

Age: 32                                                            Age: 7

Backstory: sister murdered however              Backstory: Richard made him when he was 25

killer was never found and now he is             to help him with his investigation but malfunction caused

on the hunt for the killer himself                   Pete to act like a child and bring humor to the story.

Cyborg Waitress

name: Angel

Age: 19

Backstory: Angel is one of the first cyborgs introduced to the world, she works in the diner where

many of the characters meet up and in the end becomes a great help findings the criminal as she

unknowingly works with him.

Cyborg Chef

name: merlin

Age: 47

Backstory: comes across as very lovable character however he turns out to be the killer in the end.

Other character design for different worlds

Practicing Color Theories

Here I have selected 3 of my thumbnails from previous weeks and added color with the color schemes in mind ( complimentary, triadic analogous)

                                                                                  complimentary

this is a thumbnail from my demon world group. i am very pleased with my decision to make the rocks blue as it is more unique and contrast the lava really well. however i could of incorporated a lot more highlights and shadows to make the image more clear and have more definition and structure.

                                                                                        Analogous

For this thumbnail I used the analogous color scheme as I have included much more natural earth tones. i am pleased woth how this turned put as it is very whimsical and captures  fairytale type essence which I find very interesting.

                                                                                       Triadic                                       

for this colour scheme I chose a thumbnail from my first weeks group ‘space Zoo’. I am happy with the colors I have used for the space ship however believe I could have chosen a better colour for the background as it is too similar and doesn’t contrast the foreground enough causing them to blend in with each other.

Robots                                                    Lorax                                                        9

here I have chosen 3 animations with very different color schemes and picked out their color schemes and main cooers used.

-Robots appears is clearly a kids show by looking at it however uses limited colors with more dull tones and colours.

-it is instantly made clear when looking at Lorax that it is a movie directed towards a younger audience as the colors portray a very whimsical light hearted movie.

-The movie 9 includes much darker tones and various green shades. The colors indicate instantly that this move is much different and potentially a but more daunting and scary.

    Color Theory Exercise

In this task we had to take this outline and use color to portray a certain emotion. I really enjoyed this task as color is something I really enjoy as I feel like I can really put my creativity to use.

-in the first image I have used darker duller color’s. It is almost                                                                           – for my second image i went for a completely opposite

monochromatic as apart from the greenery I have used all different                                                                  approach as I have used very artificial bright colors

shades blue to create a more somber depressing theme.                                                                                     to portray a whimsical tone and environment. this is somewhat

inspired by the tones and colors of the Lorax which I have included                                                                                                                                                                                  previously