Old Work

Here are a couple of bits of animation or relevant work I've done in my spare time:

Turnaround In Colour

I coloured in the turnaround, basing it on the colours I agreed with, with my coursemate. As I get more into my third year film I may alter the colours, but for now I think they're okay.

I also added a simple background on with a circle for the man to stand on, as I've seen this done on other turnarounds.

Animated Turnaround

I added in several more frames to the turnaround and animated it. There are a few things that bother me such as the feet and the shoulders but I think turnarounds will come more naturally to me after more practice.

Horse

I sketched up a few random character designs and decided to use the first and the last for a quick animation.

The animation was mostly straight ahead but I still had to start off with a storyboard. The horse would be chewing some grass when the fat king walks on screen. The horse, knowing that it would soon have to support the weight of the king, spits out the grass in surprise. If I have time I will extend the story and animate the king actually climbing onto the horse, who will almost buckle under his weight.

Turnaround

Using the character design that Shaz made for me as a reference (http://2dshaz.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/helping-on-another-film.html), I created a turn-around.

I will add in more frames and animate this a bit later on.

Hippo Cleanup

Finally I've cleaned up the animation of the hippo and the turtle. With this one, even though there isn't a background I've tried to create the illusion of water with ripples and splashes. I think it works rather well; when you watch it the character's don't look like they're floating in random space.

I added in a bit of stretch in the turtle's face as I cleaned this one up - one of the principles I need to remember to use a lot more.

Cat Pouncing Animation

I did a little animation test with my cat character, eyeing a dot (probably from a lazer pointer) and then pouncing on it.

Rabbit

I wanted to have a go at a transformation animation so I decided to sketch out two characters quickly and animate one transforming into the other.

Something I did differently with this animation test was that I used different angles and shots. I think this is rather necessary with a fast-paced action scene, especially with transformation as then you can focus in on different body parts.

I'm rather happy with how this one came out, even if it's just in a sketch form.