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andylatham82
07-22-2008, 04:17 PM
Edit: Well I have finally finished! Here's my final animation with a description of it following.
<embed src="http://www.andysanimation.co.uk/Movies/BlogMovies/HammerThrowFinalAF.mov" height="376" width="480" autoplay="false"></embed>
This is my first completed 2D animation. Everything I have worked on in the past have just been rough scribbles. There are a couple of things I want to point out because I'm pretty sure they won't be noticed! I love the look of animation done on cels rather than digitally, so have attempted to give this that look. Although it was drawn on a tablet and has never been near a sheet of paper, I have given it a grain to give a more filmic look. I have also added a very slight drop shadow under the floursack as I have noticed that in cartoons made using cels, you can often see that the character is laid on top of the background. So although noone would really notice those things, I just thought I'd point them out as I quite liked them.

You can see a larger version of the animation on my portfolio site (http://www.andysanimation.co.uk/Pages/HammerThrow.html).



Original first post:

Only just started working on this, although I've been thinking about it for a while. My event will be the hammer throw. I have an idea that I think will be quite funny, but I won't reveal it yet.

In the meantime, here is my first few sack drawings. I'm a bit rubbish at drawing them (probably why I've tried to cover them up with colour!), so just getting a bit of practice drawing them is necessary. You can see a larger version on my blog (http://andysanimation.blogspot.com/2008/07/faster-stronger-higher-flourier.html).
http://bp2.blogger.com/_CTpxmhBPlyw/SIZLLpC45vI/AAAAAAAAA00/kZbTUmiOrZg/s400/Sacks.jpg
I haven't come up with any form of uniform yet.

LimeiBook86
07-27-2008, 06:45 AM
Those are some great sketches! I love the way your character is drawn, I'll be eager to seeing some of your animation. :D

andylatham82
08-10-2008, 01:02 PM
Thanks for the compliment LimeiBook86!

Right, this isn't the animation I want to do, but it's a test of for animating a flour sack as it's not something I have done before.

<embed src="http://www.andysanimation.co.uk/Movies/BlogMovies/FlourJump2.mov" height="241" width="400" autoplay="false"></embed>

I'd love to hear anyone's comments/critiques!

Cheers!

flashcartoons
08-12-2008, 01:00 AM
i really cant say anything bad, traditional and professional :)

andylatham82
08-12-2008, 06:35 AM
Thanks very much! Glad you like it!

Nyachu
08-12-2008, 12:55 PM
Those character sketches look great! The color's a nice addition. Your animation test is also well done. I can't wait to see more. ;)

vim
08-13-2008, 04:11 PM
hey good basics

andylatham82
08-20-2008, 05:26 PM
Thanks guys!

I'm going to be going right to the wire with this one, the deadline is nearly here!

andylatham82
08-21-2008, 01:42 PM
Here is an attempt at the final animation. My chosen event is the hammer throw as I could think of a few funny ways to finish it. There are a few problems that I need to fix before I ink and paint it, so I had better get my skates on!
<embed src="http://www.andysanimation.co.uk/Movies/BlogMovies/HammerRoughAF.mov" height="376" width="480" autoplay="false"></embed>

ZigOtto
08-21-2008, 06:29 PM
hahaha! excellent! :D

andylatham82
08-22-2008, 01:51 PM
Thanks for the compliment ZigOtto!

Right, today I went beck to fix the problems in my animation. There is a bit at the start where the flour sack swings the hammer and then changes direction. It was all happening too fast before and so I have added more frames to slow it down a bit.

I also doubled the total number of frames, making it animated on ones instead of the previous twos.

Finally I painted and shaded the character, adding sound from various sources around the internet. I added a bit of camera shake at the end too.

So all that remains now is to paint a background!
<embed src="http://www.andysanimation.co.uk/Movies/BlogMovies/HammerColour.mov" height="376" width="480" autoplay="false"></embed>

NOOB!
08-22-2008, 02:58 PM
nice hehe,bare in my in won't be judged at all on background and colour work

andylatham82
08-22-2008, 03:04 PM
The colour and background are more for my own amusement!

d_jnaneswar
08-23-2008, 12:10 AM
good stuff andy..

audio works great.

cheers!
DJ

arien1986
08-25-2008, 01:24 PM
hehehe :rotfl.. thats cool..
i dont quite get the camera shake at the end though.. looked a bit too much.. or is it just me.. :(

1uc
08-25-2008, 01:33 PM
Great job andy! All the best!

andylatham82
08-26-2008, 03:54 PM
Thanks a lot guys. It's now finished! Please see the top post for the final animation!

Ferx
08-28-2008, 02:08 AM
Cool animation ! :D Nice work and congratulations on your finished animation, Cheers! :)

andylatham82
08-29-2008, 02:56 PM
Thanks a lot Ferx!

flashcartoons
08-29-2008, 03:22 PM
that was sweet! and funny! :rotfl