Side view portrait
This is sketch I did the other day. What I liked about her face expression was that it evoked a mix of character between sadness and happiness. In real life she was not actually crying but I thought of ways to exaggerate her expression and by adding two tear drops I managed to make it work. Don’t you just love experimenting!
Read MoreFacial animation tutorial
I finally managed to get a copy of the digital tutors facial animation and lip sync DVD. The tutorial was well structured and easy to follow. Now I am looking forward to move on into the lip sync lessons.
Read MoreBody mechanics – Golfer animation
Today I managed to spend a bit more time tweaking the golfer animation I started last weekend. After I blocked out the main key-frames the animation looked too stiff and was not flowing. Then I decided to act out the action in real life and it made a huge different. I went back, edited the line of action, added arcs and follow through in the movement of the character and voila! The timing now works much better...
Read MoreOn the tram to school
Yesterday morning while sitting on the tram to school, I came across a grumpy looking boy and a bold man who was intently interested in his newspaper. I found their face expressions very inspiring so I took out my sketch book and did a quick, rough drawing of what they looked like. Here is the...
Read MoreBouncing balls on a sea saw
Few of the animation books I read couldn’t stress enough the importance of the characteristics each character carries throughout the animation. Here I tried to create a short piece that will practice squash and stretch, tension, anticipation and character with different weight, mass and...
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Hi, my name is Avner, and I am addicted to animation!
Welcome to my work in progress animation workbook. Feel free to share ideas, thoughts, feedback or anything else that can help me evolve and further my learning. 
