Hello!!!
First of all, thanks everyone for being so supportive and candid in class about the struggles with animating. Hearing you all express going through similar phases was reassuring - that it's all a learning process! :)
I've been working out the physicality issues mentioned in class as well as tone down the final reaction take. Moving forward, I hope to spice up the timing/spacing more throughout. As well as do a solid pass of hand animation overall. What do you all think of the progress?
Since we talked about eyes and blinks in class, I worked on that too - what do you all think of the blinks in terms of placement in time, kind of blink, etc?
https://syncsketch.com/playground/1de502325b224d7a82e48e0b44bf274f#119386
Thanks a bunch
Hi Diana, this is good progress. There is still some work to do on the physicality:
ReplyDelete14-19 - the cup is moving a bit too fast here, almost as if he's going to slam it down on table. Give it a couple more frames of inbetween.
34-41 - as he shifts his weight to SR there is not change of angle in his torso, neck, or head. I see the hips drag, but you need to add some tilt to the masses above the hips as well.
50-56 - he hits a little hard on SL as he settles back in chair. I think you need at least another frame of ease in, plus some more loosening/overlapping of the head and neck.
60-72 - the SL forearm is noticeably shrinking as he wipes his face. Cheater!!!
63-82 - make sure the neck is involved with all his head movements here.
95 - everything in the pose seems to lock on this frame. Could use some more cushion in of head on hand, and other keepalive.
134-151 - add some ease in at the end of the move, and straighten the head a bit in the final pose (RZ)
Keep going!
-v
Sweet, thanks Victor! I'll get on these notes right away :)
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