Week Eight: Stop-Motion

Well, this week we were assigned to make a cut -out "puppet" for a stop-motion anim ation.  I was really low on an idea, and then I was watching the national geographic channel.  I then got the idea of a frog eating a fly, and I went through the process of creating a frog cut-out.  It was kind of fun making the cut-out, and then I went through and drew a couple of thumbnail storyboards.  I am looking forward to animate the frog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pUNbT6DpRs

Week Seven: Weight

Well, I had an issue today when I was taking out the garbage.  The bag ripped, and I all of the garbage poured out of the bag.  It inspired me in the animation that we are doing for the weight assignment.  I decided to make my character lift a heavy garbage bag and as he goes to put the bag in the garbage can, the garbage spills out and it is left with a mess.  I found the perspective references very helpful in knowing where to put hands and arms in order for them to be correct.  I am pretty happy with my key frames so far, and I am excited to see this project completed.  I am hoping to do some pretty cool things with this character.  I have uploaded a copy of my animation, but i would have loved to caught the real garbage spilling out on camera. 

Week Six: Weight

After watching this video, you can clearly see that there are many things that go into weightlifting. If you watch the different body parts such as the arms or the legs, they do very specific things. For example, you can really see the tension in the arms as he lifts the weight. Then the tension switches to the legs as he pushes the weight over his head, and you can see the the relief in his body as he drops the weights after he finishes.