I was able to get alot of the ruff keys completed this weekend.
This time I'm posting the middle sized movie this time. I found the larger movie messes with bloggers layout, the larger video still plays fine. I can change it to the larger video if anybody wants.
If anyone wonders why I use Dailymotion rather then YouTube is because Youtube does not like widescreen video.
UPDATE: I'm now going to start using Revver from now on. The reason for this is because they offer a QuickTime option that you can download at a much higher quality then the embedded version.
Heres the latest Animatic. updated
download the QuickTime here.
My process as you can see involves me getting down some really ruff key poses first. I do this in one colour for each character. There are two reasons for this. One is for consistency, and two so if you only see a piece of the character you know who it is, before colour is added. Once I'm happy with the ruff keys I tighten up the poses, getting them on model and try to get the volumes and size relation right. I do this on a new layer over the ruffs. Drawing it in a dark grey colour, then colouring the characters white so they stand out. This way I can see the true motion. I say true motion because characters appear to move faster when its just the outline then they do with colour, because your concentrating on a solid object rather the a thin line.
Again let me know if you want more information then I'm providing here. Or if I'm providing too much.
Please leave a comment let me know what you think.
Up next I hope to have all the keys tightened up over next weekend.
More next week
Stay tuned
-Jake
Monday, April 2, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
Walk Cycle Animation
Finally I have some animation done.
What I've done is try to show how I build up a walk cycle. The different colours correspond with different layers being used. I've kept the arms on their own level because I will need to flip the animation and the shovel and arm will need to be animated over the far shoulder.
Still lots of animation to do. Of course I will post more when I have more completed.
Stay tuned
-Jake
What I've done is try to show how I build up a walk cycle. The different colours correspond with different layers being used. I've kept the arms on their own level because I will need to flip the animation and the shovel and arm will need to be animated over the far shoulder.
Still lots of animation to do. Of course I will post more when I have more completed.
Stay tuned
-Jake
Friday, March 23, 2007
Updated Animatic
I couldn't resist seeing what the backgrounds look like in the scenes. I had to adjust the first two scenes. In scene one the pan was to quick which I doubled its length. In the second scene I added a stop to the panning background.
Here it is.
Stay tuned
-Jake
Here it is.
Stay tuned
-Jake
Backgrounds
Not much to say about these. Very simple backgrounds. I may tweak the colours later if the colours are too saturated. It might turn out that the characters are hard to see on them. In all I figured I would need six static backgrounds. One will be animated when Platypus is going through the tunnel.
Here they are.
In the last two backgrounds, the bubbles are just a placeholders. I'm planing on animating them just to give the scenes more life. Also in the under water background I will have to add some under water effects.
Next up Ruff Animation.
I will be keying the scenes out. I'm still debating is I should insert the scenes as I go into the animatic, or if I'm just going to upload the scenes as individuals? I guess I will have to wait and see.
Stay tuned,
-Jake
Here they are.
In the last two backgrounds, the bubbles are just a placeholders. I'm planing on animating them just to give the scenes more life. Also in the under water background I will have to add some under water effects.
Next up Ruff Animation.
I will be keying the scenes out. I'm still debating is I should insert the scenes as I go into the animatic, or if I'm just going to upload the scenes as individuals? I guess I will have to wait and see.
Stay tuned,
-Jake
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Storyboard & Animatic
Jump to the bottom of the page for the animatic.
The inspiration/ideas for the first story Treasure Map came from 2 sources.
First was this sketch I did while my wife Lilly was watching some sort of reality tv show.
The second source was this.
The Russian Winnie the Pooh.
I just love the whole intro with Pooh marching and singing in the forest.
After I have the idea I open Flash and draw the storyboard directly in Flash using my trusty Wacom tablet. This took me one evening or about a few hours to complete. Here's a screen grab of the storyboard.
As you can see I drew everything on 1's, and really ruff. I'll be tightening up the background and characters later.
Here's a detailed image of the timeline.
There are a few things I want to point out.
First is I like to keep elements to their own layers with a description of what it is.
Second thing is labeling the scenes 01,02,03 and so on. This is useful when timing out the storyboard into an animatic, more on this later.
Third thing is as well as labeling the scenes is to label the backgrounds. Remember reuse is your friend, only if your well organized. Mislabeling will cause problems down the road.
Once I have all the basic story information down. I added lots and lots of frames to get the storyboard timed out to a length that felt right. This was most of Sunday afternoon. Lots of back and forth between QuickTime and Flash, making some scenes longer or shorter till it's just right. Which can be seen here.
Now this being my own film I'm not restricted to ridged time restraint. So I can add or remove frames to make it work.
Some of you might be wondering what's with the red "O" is, or what it's for. Well I'm trying to keep it timed to a tempo of 120, so when I add music later the action is ruffly timed to a beat. This beat just so happens to be every 12 frames. I'll be using this as a guide only.
Here's the final animatic.
If this had too much or too little information let me know. I want to post what people are wanting to see.
Up next I'll be seperating the scenes into their own files. Once this is done I'll be tackling the layouts and backgrounds. I'll update when I have more to post.
Stay tuned.
-Jake
The inspiration/ideas for the first story Treasure Map came from 2 sources.
First was this sketch I did while my wife Lilly was watching some sort of reality tv show.
The second source was this.
The Russian Winnie the Pooh.
I just love the whole intro with Pooh marching and singing in the forest.
After I have the idea I open Flash and draw the storyboard directly in Flash using my trusty Wacom tablet. This took me one evening or about a few hours to complete. Here's a screen grab of the storyboard.
As you can see I drew everything on 1's, and really ruff. I'll be tightening up the background and characters later.
Here's a detailed image of the timeline.
There are a few things I want to point out.
First is I like to keep elements to their own layers with a description of what it is.
Second thing is labeling the scenes 01,02,03 and so on. This is useful when timing out the storyboard into an animatic, more on this later.
Third thing is as well as labeling the scenes is to label the backgrounds. Remember reuse is your friend, only if your well organized. Mislabeling will cause problems down the road.
Once I have all the basic story information down. I added lots and lots of frames to get the storyboard timed out to a length that felt right. This was most of Sunday afternoon. Lots of back and forth between QuickTime and Flash, making some scenes longer or shorter till it's just right. Which can be seen here.
Now this being my own film I'm not restricted to ridged time restraint. So I can add or remove frames to make it work.
Some of you might be wondering what's with the red "O" is, or what it's for. Well I'm trying to keep it timed to a tempo of 120, so when I add music later the action is ruffly timed to a beat. This beat just so happens to be every 12 frames. I'll be using this as a guide only.
Here's the final animatic.
If this had too much or too little information let me know. I want to post what people are wanting to see.
Up next I'll be seperating the scenes into their own files. Once this is done I'll be tackling the layouts and backgrounds. I'll update when I have more to post.
Stay tuned.
-Jake
My evil plan revealed.
So what is this "experiment" that I'm planning?
I love behind the scenes material, and production diaries, just the whole how films are made. I find it interesting seeing the way different people work with animation in Flash. This is what I plan on using this blog for, keeping track of my production of Platypus & Beaver, with screen shots of how I work.
The other reason I'm doing this all out in the open and online like this is, I'm hoping that if I have stuff posted and out in the wild it will keep me motivated to finish.
My plan is to do everything in Flash. With the exception of final composition, this most likely will be in either QuickTime or iMovie. The other thing that will not to be done in Flash is the sound which I plan to do in GarageBand. I've also imposed boundary's for myself to try and keep the shorts under one minute in length. If all goes well then there will be more Platypus & Beaver. I have lots of ideas bouncing around inside of my head.
First things first. Here's a picture of Platypus & Beaver.
I don't have any model sheets completed. Mostly because I'm the only one working on P&B so quality control is easy to manage.
Up next, the Storyboard and Animatic process.
Stay Tuned
-Jake
I love behind the scenes material, and production diaries, just the whole how films are made. I find it interesting seeing the way different people work with animation in Flash. This is what I plan on using this blog for, keeping track of my production of Platypus & Beaver, with screen shots of how I work.
The other reason I'm doing this all out in the open and online like this is, I'm hoping that if I have stuff posted and out in the wild it will keep me motivated to finish.
My plan is to do everything in Flash. With the exception of final composition, this most likely will be in either QuickTime or iMovie. The other thing that will not to be done in Flash is the sound which I plan to do in GarageBand. I've also imposed boundary's for myself to try and keep the shorts under one minute in length. If all goes well then there will be more Platypus & Beaver. I have lots of ideas bouncing around inside of my head.
First things first. Here's a picture of Platypus & Beaver.
I don't have any model sheets completed. Mostly because I'm the only one working on P&B so quality control is easy to manage.
Up next, the Storyboard and Animatic process.
Stay Tuned
-Jake
Sunday, March 18, 2007
First Post
This will be the home of my Flash cartoon experiment I call, Playtpus & Beaver.
My intension with this blog is to update weekly. Most likely on, or just after a weekend. (I do have to work at my day job)
Or I'll put something up here when I have something to post.
Should be fun and interesting for all.
Stay Tuned.
-Jake
My intension with this blog is to update weekly. Most likely on, or just after a weekend. (I do have to work at my day job)
Or I'll put something up here when I have something to post.
Should be fun and interesting for all.
Stay Tuned.
-Jake
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