"Working with 12 separate images, each a size of 10cm x 10cm, placed in a row, you are to create a sequence of drawings that show a 360 degree head turn of a character of your choice. This sequence will test your skills in drawing and animation, and demonstrate your ability to show a character design from all angles.
Working with the Zoetrope format, this sequence will form a looping animation. One that not only shows a character from all angles, but also demonstrates some of the principles of animation. For this exercise, we will be looking at pose-to-pose animation."
INITIAL IDEAS
- Simple head turn
- Wanted to make it human to practice drawing and animating human heads from any angle
- Decided to take inspiration from 'coilheads' from Lethal Company as the spring neck would make for good practice of secondary animation
- Covered eyes to give a little less work to do in the given time
EXPLORATION
- Used lightbox to match any identical frames, as well as flip those that would appear on opposite sides
- Attempting to figure out how coil would extend backwards from the 'camera'
 |
| Guidelines to ensure correct alignment throughout all 12 frames |
 |
| Sketches for frames 1, 2, and 3 |
 |
| Use of lightbox to ensure frames 1 and 9 are identical (for seamless head turn) |
 |
| Frames 10, 11, and 12 all lined before shading |
OUTCOME
 |
| Head turn animated as GIF in FlipaClip |
- Adds detail but not too much that distracts from content of animation
- Simple, minimal, and effective
- Anatomy and facial structure successful; clear understanding of the structure of the human head
- Spring back at the end not quite as successful as it had potential to be
- Secondary animation looks too mechanical and robotic
Comments
Post a Comment