Posts by aleeCO:
Source and Receptors of Emotion
When it comes to tones/emotion, keep two aspects in mind:
1) source (agent, cause) of feeling or emotion (-ing)
2) receiver of feeling or emotion (-ed)
Example: 1) The soothing music was calming the crowd. 2) The crowd was calmed by the soothing music.
The following reference demonstrates this concept well:
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/passive3a.html
It is important to established both aspects in a shot to better establish your characters and the relationships within the scene.
Adding to the Tone of a Shot
Drew gave an awesome suggestion last night: Add a twist to your shot by tacking on an adjective to an emotion or tone. For example: rather than creating an idea with a tone of joy, put an adjective on that tone such as confused joy or uncontrollable joy. By putting on those adjectives, you just [...]
Macho Macho Yomm
Most recent version of my Yomm shot. First time I’ve used this rig Previous version: Still polishing…
Beauty of One Second
Ben Fischler shared this link. The Beauty Of a Second – 3rd round compilation (Instant Bliss) from The Beauty Of A Second on Vimeo. This is wonderful as a stand-alone. We can learn from this as animators. The power of one second — think about how much information can be told with proper staging. Capturing [...]
Cartoony Blocking Techniques
Recently I’ve been playing with the Malcolm rig (provided by AnimSchool for free). A friend of mine pointed me to some great tutorials by Kevin (KJax on YouTube) which use and push a female version of the Malcolm rig of how to block a cartoony style animation. I dig the style of his shots and [...]
Earthquake!
Here’s the most recent version of my earthquake shot: I need to polish it off more — I want to get a feeling of cushion into each pose. Definitely a fun shot
Glen Keane Resources
Glen Keane is an incredible artist/animator (that’s such an understatement). Drew shared these links with us and I wanted to pass them along as well! SO inspiring. Drawing: Animation Demo: Tying down a drawing: Beast Shot: Ratigan Shot: Fagin Shot: Transformation of the Beast: Aladdin Scene: Young Jim Hawkins Scene From Treasure Planet (one of [...]
Busy Walk – Blocking Plus
Block plus, first version for this week: V2:
Busy Walk WIPs
Let’s get this started. First pass of blocking. I was pleasantly surprised at how much faster I’ve gotten! Still plugging away… V1: V2: took out the textures. Changed the composition. Changed the posing in the walk — he’s leaning back now. Trying to play with stretching –looking a bit weird right now — but Ill [...]
Texting distraction (new shot planning)
I wanted to do a body mechanics shot that is short with one action that still has commentary. That way I can nail the action, and play around with pushing the timing and poses. So…this reflects our common distraction with technology. texting, texting, texting… Video reference: sketches: