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Published: 2016-07-08 02:10:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 4158; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 0
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I spent days poring over Richard Williams’ The Animator’s Survival Kit, and as a result, here is my first attempt at proper, frame by frame, hand-drawn animation. It’s still a far cry from anything resembling Disney/Dreamworks/Studio Ghibli animation, but hey, baby steps! If any animators/animation students out there have any critiques, that’d be great!
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Wow, this came out so good! You really know your stuff!
I really like how the first ball squashes. I think it really fits that "cartoony" feel you were going for. The one thing I would critique is probably the bowl-- to me, it seems like it falls kind of slow at first, and then speeds up when it bounces, which should be the opposite! It makes it's stop seem a lot more sudden and off-putting. That might just be me being nitpicky, though!
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Thank you! I see what you mean about the bowl!
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You have some awesome stuff going on here!!
If I were to make one critique, the squash at the bottom of the cartoon ball is really squishy. Which in some cases can be great! In this sense though, even though it's still a cartoon, it doesn't have that sense of realism that some cartoons have. It gains a lot of volume which is something you should watch out about. The ball should be squashing less and less as it bounces, since it loses momentum. In turn, it would stretch less during the fall as well.
Aside from that though, these are awesome!
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Thanks for the critique!
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No problem! Glad to help!
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nice work! I need to spend more time looking at that book myself.
I really like the bowl and how you weren't afraid to experiment some. That's the key to animating ^_^
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Thanks, and glad you like the bowl! I'm actually pretty proud of that bowl, not least because animating it was an exercise in frustration!!
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haha you've just begun. the frustration continues xD
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Yeah, but hey, bring it on!
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