October 11 Second Competition Part 2

Right, this is just going to be  a quick update, as I don't have the energy to work at the moment. I've been ill throughout this whole week and, it's been really difficult for me to focus on my work. On the bright side, I was able to make a quick test for this current competition. I wanted to try and focus on lip synching the words as i knew this was where I really struggled from the last animation.

So, when you play the video above, you will see my workflow and how I approached the animation. From blocking out the first few key poses and slowly polishing up the animation.

Now, if you compare my previous animation video (below), you can see the dramatic difference from the video posted above. You can see the flexibility of the mouth , and the squash and stretch being applied, whereas the one below, it feels floaty and lifeless.

I really wanted to get the lip sync to match with the animation, as closely as possible. So I really took my time with my planning stage, and when I started animating. One really important thing which I always had in my mind, when I was animating this, was to "not allow the computer to do everything" for me. This really stuck with me, as I didn't want to repeat my mistakes from my last animation. Another similar saying was, "not allow more than 4 frames" for the computer to do.

No more than 4 frames

I'm really pleased with this mini test, as it reassured me that, the things that I was learning was getting through to me. However, that's not to say that my test so far, was perfect. I could definitely see a-lot improvement needed to made. But, I'll get to that when I begin animating for the competition.

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