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Animation exercise—Expression
Overview In this lesson, we have learned the role and importance of emoticons in animation and how to add emoticons to animated characters. Then we chose a theme to create our own character expressions. Theory 1. How to make facial acting Creating natural and credible emotions is necessary to create believable animation. Facial expressions can…
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Animation exercise—Body Language
Overview In this workshop, we focused on learning the importance of body language in animation production and tried to make a brief animation about body language. Relevant Theory What Is Body Language? Body language refers to the nonverbal signals that we use to communicate. These nonverbal signals make up a huge part of daily communication.…
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Animation exercise — Animal walk and run
Overview In this lesson, we mainly studied the body structure of three different types of categories of locomotion based on the way they use their feet in walking and running. Plantigrade – Animals walking on their whole foot or hand. Digitigrade – Animals walking on their toes and fingers. Unguligrade – Animals walking on their…
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Animation exercise — walk cycle and mood change
Overview In this lesson, we learned the basic motion law of human walking. On this basis, we recorded our own reference about mood change. And this was my first attempt at stop-motion animation. Walk cycle For a standard walk cycle, there are two key positions, two breakdowns, and several in-betweens. There are a couple…
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Animation exercise — Lift, push, pull
Overview In this lesson, we first learned the basic steps of drawing an animation: 1. Have a plan Don’t go straight into animation at first, this often leads to a lot of unnecessary mistakes and duplication of unnecessary work. You can visualize the action in your head first, a clear plan is necessary. 2. Look…
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Animation exercise — Bouncy Ball
Overview Today we learned about an animation theory that every animator learns at the very beginning — the bouncy ball. Different balls bounce at different times and heights, depending on the weight and material of the ball. When drawing a bouncy ball animation, you can add some deformation to the object. If it is a…