Since my mom's first question when she calls is not 'How are you?' but 'What color is your hair?', I thought I'd use mothers day to give her the option. visit: http://margotcannon.com/images/mothersday.swf
I always like to have something up and around my main project to switch to when my brain turns to mush after watching the same 2 seconds of movement for 8 hours. This is the background project.
Reasons I like it: While it's mainly action, it lends itself nicely to some sweet subtle characters. Figuring out the foot placement has been interesting, as was acting this out until dizzy. Searching for reference offered many cute scenes of little kids in kitchenware being spun by their daddys'. An excuse to animate a little kid! (ie: an excuse to ACT like a little kid)Not to mention spinning around with bags filled with books. I'll upload my reference soon.
**update** I showed this version to Jeff (instructor of character animation studio) instructor, and he had a lot of really great crits. I'm in the processes of reworking the timing and weight issues. Expect more and soon!
Everyone works differently. I like to start by taking a concept or piece of dialogue, and acting it out and sketching the basic poses. If it's dialogue, I'll time frame it out, and put some basic timing together. The thing I'm working on right now says: "He's really very... soft. ..and Fuzzy.. We're becoming fast friends."
Here's an animatic:
I had sketches, and the basic poses put together, and some of the timing, but I wasn't completely happy. So I made this, to simplify the movements without having to worry about floaty bits. It gives me a better idea of the main movements and what I want to improve in the 3D portion of the project.
From the animatic, is there anything you'd like to see changed? Any suggestions?
***UPDATE*** Well, apparently the acting is so subtle that youtube isn't even seeing it. Fancy! Before he turns to the pigbear, he should look down the other way, put an arm on the sofa, and *then* reach other. I have no clue why it's not working. *mutter*