Thursday, 21 February 2013

Test Animation - Birds in Flight

Just trying to visualise my idea and animate my storyboard in more detail, so I know exactly what I'm going to draw on the train to form the story of my idea.

Watched a lot of footage of animal life, in this instance, a bird in flight, in order to study their movements and form so I might best capture them on screen.

The following are rough, basic animation of my quick sketches in relation to these videos, and have been made to help put together a working animatic of the animation section of my intended video. It may seem like a lot of effort for just a simple animatic, and yes, truth is I've probably done more drawing for this test than I have in any previous animation project, but I really need to see how the idea looks in motion so I can make any changes or additions to the core of the story before I start recreating the tale on the train itself.

So here's what I have so far, each clip being looped so that I might use it throughout and almost "cheat" within the animation itself. Again, sorry about the quality of drawing, haha, it's pretty crappy, but my main focus was on movement and angles.

BIRD IN FLIGHT - FROM FRONT


BIRD IN FLIGHT - FROM SIDE


BIRD COMING TO LAND


Very rough, but don't need them to be anything spectacular at this point! They are but a means to an end.

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