Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Rough 5 Second PS Animation Test

First 5 seconds of 'Tim' for BLOW. Getting used to using PS to animate - need to get this cleaned up though and get a better feel for doing that (and see what the 'final' would be like). Being able to immediately test it instead of running it through a line-tester is a definite bonus.
This is before Tim reveals his 'product', so there's a tiny bit of fore-shadowing in the fact he seems to have gotten some on his tie (and up his nose, a bit, it seems).






Rough Storyboards

I already have the comic/how to manual, but I figured a few more drawings were needed to block out what little movements would be in each section. Fairly rough just now, but I'll be drawing them out fully along with storyboards for my other projects over summer.
5 Second animation test soon!
























Monday, 10 March 2014

Photoshop Animation Test

Quick update, just showing off a VERY short animation test. Never used Photoshop to animate, so it was an interesting experience. Took maybe 10 minutes or so, maybe closer to 15 while figured out how to do certain things. What I may do is draw all the keys on animation paper and then ink/trace them into Photoshop. It was suggested at the pitch that maybe I should leave out in-betweening to give the characters a kind staccato movement, like the townsfolk in Wreck-It Ralph (hopefully adding to the minimalist look, rather than just looking lazy). We need to complete 5 seconds of rough animation for the final pitch, so my plan is to do two versions, one in-betweened and one not. Hopefully this won't be too difficult, as PS has a 'tween' setting, ideally making this fairly quick to do once the original, just 'keys' version is completed.