Study Task 12 - Secondary Motion

I got my sister to record me popping up and ravishing the mango tree in our backyard (she didn't even question it). I then transformed myself into a goat-donkey hybrid. Basically, my spirit animal. I learnt that keeping a rough copy of the moving pieces on the side as reference helps maintain their mass and volume.

What worked well:

• The ears flopping about really sold the whole chomping-down-on-leaves action
• The beard made the animation less uniform/symmetrical

What could be improved:

• The ears are too floppy and uniform, maybe one ear could be slightly raised?
• The ear motion is a bit too erratic, this could be fixed by making them less floppy too

Study Task 11 - Follow through and Overlapping action

A slightly macabre depiction of the beach, where random boxes sliding on a surfboard come to a sudden stop due to a buried man. I learnt that although some movements aren't very realistic (like the subtle jerk at the end), they help accentuate the overall action. 

What went well:

• The delay in the motion of the lighter boxes due to weight and friction
• The little fall of the toolbox at the end 
• The effect the soft sand has on the level of the surfboard

What could be improved:

• The centre of mass of the toolbox should change due to its contents moving about, so it should probably fall faster, with less wobble

Study Task 10 - Staging

Here, I created six frames of storyboard for the nursery rhyme, Incy Wincy Spider, depicting the spider as a rock climber traversing a giant spout. In doing this, I learnt that a lot of information can be 'stored' in just six drawings, but in order to make it clearer I might need more.

What went well:

• Story was easy to follow
• Character design of the spider
• The camera movement was easy to visualise
• Every frame matched up with a line from the nursery rhyme

What could be improved:

• I could make it clearer by not drawing the same character twice to depict movement
• I could've used more angled camera shots

Study Task 9 - Anticipation

I wasn't satisfied with just the pull back before the sprint for this, so I went ahead and added a hop, and punch to explore a few more actions. I learnt that the action is actually much shorter than you think, the hold makes it seem much longer than it is.

What went well:

• The sounds during the holds helped emphasise them further
• The actions are clear and simple (running and punching)

What could be improved:

• The holds could be slightly longer

I could also experiment with anticipation for subtler motions.