Submission for December 11 Second Club
Here is what I submitted for this month’s competition over at the 11 second club. I spent the past few days looking at small subtleties to improve the staging, appeal, timing and spacing of the shot. I am not too sure if it’s quite there yet but for what it’s worth I am quite happy. May I take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy new year, full of good wishes, self fulfillment, and animated dreams! See ya all next...
Read MoreSplined shot for December competition
Here is the shot after I smoothed out the animation. There are still bits and pieces I want to push a little further like the moving holds but overall I am quite happy with the way it’s going. As always, let me know what you think.
Read MoreActing choices and adrenaline moments
After the last linear pass I did on both character, things felt a little bit too busy and too distracting for me. One of the things I have done (apart from asking for feedback from some people – Thanks Aaron!) was referring to the notes I took during the Ed Hooks master class. One of the many things we discussed were what action a character plays before he/ she acts another action and also adrenaline moments. I added the bit with the book for the granny to justify she was reading before...
Read MoreWIP one more linear pass before moving to spline
Hey everyone, Today I tried to tighten the timing and spacing a little bit more, added some breakdown poses and started to check I get nice arcs. I would appreciate it if you could tell me what do you think about the pose I added at frame 209-211. I wasn’t too sure about this pose at the first place, however I added it because I wanted to show the character is starting to feel a little uncomfortable as well as a little bit of a weight shift. He felt a little bit too stiff at the...
Read MoreWIP more breakdown poses and linear pass
Over the past few days I addressed some timing and poses that needed a bit more work and also started to work on the linear pass. I know that it still needs a lot of work, however I just thought I will share it with you here to give you some idea of where I am at. Any comments and feedback is welcome.
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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. 
