I often rely on this hippo to share my thinking approach to animation when making live demo. (This one was made at The Animation Workshop, Denmark.)
To address animation mechanics in timely manner, I ended up doing jumps a lot. Though it might appear repetitious, but it isn’t. Every jump has its own life and yields its own textures, just as no two leaves are exactly alike.
For certain, one’s inner mood at time of creating is always different, and its conditions will subconsciously reflect through things one does.
For me, being in touch from this perspective will bring about fresh and relevant animated movements, regardless of the sometimes repetitious surface nature.
(One thing with live demo, I never have enough time to take it to completely tie-down; so this post, in part, is for all my new friends from the two recent trips to Hawaii and Denmark. You can read more on my tie-down thought process from here and here.)
And here, the colors of autumn in Viborg.
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December 3, 2010 at 12:34 pm
vineet
I am an animation student, have been one for way too long.
I found it hard to wrangle with the rules and almost mathematical sense to
manipulating the principles of animation. I try to aim for a sincere feeling when I draw and I cannot express my appreciation enough for this blog.
You taught me that animation must have a soul to it. Thank you for that.
December 3, 2010 at 4:30 pm
rainplace
Thank you Vineet
Keep at it and wishing you all the best!