Looping animation

Looping animation Picture Looping animation is a challenging skill! Every once in a while, I take a stab at doing some animation loops to keep the skills sharp. I need to do the same wit ha rigged character as well.

November 2013 11 second club Background test

Doing some inbetweens, cleaning up interactions, almost there, then I'll begin work on mouth shapes and hair overlap motion. I wanted to see how it looks on the background. I'm such a fan of these blackwing pencils, they have the right amount of black without the smudge. Eventually I'm going to be vectorizing all the lines in toon boom to get a cleaner look. Right now I'm directly importing images to do pencil tests. Although the BACKGROUND on this one is Vectorized line art.

11-second club nov 2013 - boards first pass rough

I still like the idea of the characters flirting, but the composition I was leaning towards crowded the set, and preventing the characters from having space to move. The concept is still along the lines of flirting/advancements un warranted. Ultimately the guy goes in for a kiss, gets rejected, begins tearing up, then scoots out the shot.