Animation Techniques - Gesture Poses 2

The images below are a series of gesture poses depicting different emotional stances and actions, created on Wednesday 9th January 2013.

1. Emotional Stances

2. Emotional Stance & Action Poses

3. Action Poses

The images above portrays several key stages of a person jumping.

4. Action Poses

The image above depicts the key frames of a person lifting a box from the ground.

Animation Techniques - Ping Pong Ball

1. Ping Pong Ball, 12fps.

 

2. Ping Pong Ball, 24fps.

 

I created the pair of videos above for the CG Artist's Toolkit unit of the (BA Hons) CG Arts & Animation course at UCA Rochester. The videos are part of a hand-drawn bouncing ball exercise.

Animation Techniques - Bowling Ball

1. Bowling Ball, 12fps.

2. Bowling Ball, 24fps.

I created the pair of videos above for the CG Artist's Toolkit unit of the (BA Hons) CG Arts & Animation course at UCA Rochester. The videos are part of a hand-drawn bouncing ball exercise.

Animation Techniques - Zoetrope - Animation Test

 

1. Zoetrope Animation Test, 12fps.

 

 

2. Zoetrope Animation Test, 24fps.

 

The videos above are a pair of animation tests for the zoetrope grid, in order to gain an idea of how it would appear before creating the final images of the zoetrope strip.
 

Animation Techniques - Pixilation

The video (above) demonstrates an exercise during an animation tutorial, utilising the technique of pixilation, on 21/11/2012.

Animation Techniques - Character Morphing

The video (above) demonstrates the technique used to morph a simple shape into a character, before further morphing the character into another of a different appearance. The resulting video was created during an animation tutorial, where we worked in groups, on 07/11/2012. My group's image is on the right.

Animation Techniques - Gesture Poses 1

During the first section of a hand drawn animation tutorial, the series of gesture poses below were created using charcoal, focusing on the basic forms of the body and how they effect characteristics and body language.

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Animation Techniques - Bouncing Ball

1. Bouncing Ball, 12fps.

 

 2. Bouncing Ball, 24fps.


The videos above were created, frame by frame, during a hand drawn animation session, utilising a time line in order to place the key frames in the correct positions to accurately portray a tennis ball bounce. These videos were created on Wednesday 14th November 2012.

Animation Techniques - Circle to Diamond

This hand drawn animation was created during an animation tutorial on 07/11/2012.