Link to Padlet: https://padlet.com/artslondon/lipsync-o52uj1pj7fa8z0vy
Feedback on Rough Keys:
Following feedback I received the previous Friday, I made alterations to my work which I brought to class on Monday 9th March and I then received further feedback from another tutor (outlined below):
Link to version 5 – Titled ‘Initial rough keys (Friday 6th March)’: https://padlet.com/artslondon/lipsync-o52uj1pj7fa8z0vy
My cleaned Keys can be found titled on Padlet: https://padlet.com/artslondon/lipsync-o52uj1pj7fa8z0vy
ToonBoom – Imbetweening
Notes:
- Try using settles to make movements look more natural
- Remember to consider easing – use timing charts to help
- Consider arcs - especially for turns/wing movements
- Could consider using smears
- Order of work: cleanup keys, then do imbetweens cleaning up as you go along, then add mouth shapes
- Remember that the brush needs to be same type and size – consistency
- Rotate canvas to make lines smoother during cleanup
- Scaling up and down – in closer shots the brush size will be larger – in wider shots the lineart will be thinner
- Ensure you are drawing on the lineart layer
Considering the above notes I started doing my imbetweens. Since I knew I had limited time to do these I decided to prioritise the second scene where most of the dialogue happened (I plan to come back and do the imbetweens for the first scene and for the third and fourth).
Some of my imbetweens can be found titled ‘Imbetweens – process version’ on my padlets: https://padlet.com/artslondon/lipsync-o52uj1pj7fa8z0vy
Process of Animation & Feedback:
On Friday 20th March – the last class of our Lip Sync Project: https://padlet.com/artslondon/lipsync-o52uj1pj7fa8z0vy
The version Titled ‘Work In Progress – Friday 20th March’ on my padlet – is how far I got for the final day of the project – I did complete cleanup for the second main scene (imbetweened and mouth shapes), however I didn’t have time to imbetween the first scene or add mouth shapes to scene 3 & 4.
Feedback I received on Friday 20th March:
- My peers liked the design of my first main background
- My peers said my imbetweens were very smooth
- They liked the bending of my birds’ legs when they were moving
- They liked the character design of my birds and thought they looked different alongside one another – which was good contrast
Some suggestions for further improvement:
- They thought it would be nice if my background was given longer screen time
- I could have considered follow through – for example making the curl of hair on my pigeon character move differently to the body moving
- I could try to add more imbetweens when my male character drops down
- I could try to add more easing at the end of when she turns to look at him (with the raised eyebrow)
Continuation of Animation:
With my remaining time after my second elective I started to continue working on my bird animation:
I began adding mouth shapes to my third scene, however ran into some difficulty as the audio was unclear in parts and fast – to tackle this I tried to incorporate some frames on 1s as they were too slow on 2s and didn’t match my audio very well.
When playing back my animation I realised a few issues that I wanted to address:
- the beak of my crow character in the second scene was inconsistent – sometimes changing shape and size slightly
- the body of my crow character in scene 2 also was quite inconsistent – making the volume feel off
- the tail of my crow character in scene 2 was curved and then flat at different times – so I wanted to make this more consistent
- some of my character settles could have been softer
Final Film:
My lineart animation can be found on my padlet titled ‘Lineart (Fully Imbetweened)’: https://padlet.com/artslondon/lipsync-o52uj1pj7fa8z0vy
My coloured animation can also be found titled ‘Final Colour’: https://padlet.com/artslondon/lipsync-o52uj1pj7fa8z0vy
My final film composited in After Effects: https://youtu.be/qk0FMKlW_EA