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I know that this looks horrible, which is why it will soon be sent to the "Scraps" pile, but I figured that I'd post it up for you guys to see beforehand.

While scanning Who Framed Roger Rabbit? one day for expressions to draw, I stopped at the sequence where Roger and Eddie are conversing in the theatre and decided to play a piece of it in slow motion. I never noticed just how charming some of those stills were until I watched it frame-by-frame that night (sometimes you just have to slow down a scene to really appreciate all the subtle little details that animators include in their sequences). Not long afterwards I heard my sketchbook screaming to me in the background, so I obeyed the call and proceeded to "shut it up".

This was kind of a personal test to see if I could convey the transition of one emotion to the next in just a few quick sketches. There were some problems with this, though. First of all, when I showed the sequence to my mom, she said that I picked a really difficult set of extremes to capture because there were basically extremes on top of extremes, not to mention the fact that the acting itself was pretty subtle. I kind of figured that. I do tend to challenge myself in this manner quite often, even if I do it unwittingly. Secondly, the range of emotions here isn't that... thick. I mean, he's basically melancholy for the first four frames until his mannerism begins to shift, and then when it does shift to one of forgiveness it's too harsh of a transition -- I skipped ahead to the last frame too soon. All-in-all, however, it was a good exercise, I thought.

What do you think?

Note: References were used when composing each sketch.

-- Mitch

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Roger Rabbit is the property of Amblin Entertainment.
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" is copyright © Amblin Entertainment.

Description
I know that this looks horrible, which is why it will soon be sent to the "Scraps" pile, but I figured that I'd post it up for you guys to see beforehand.

While scanning Who Framed Roger Rabbit? one day for expressions to draw, I stopped at the sequence where Roger and Eddie are conversing in the theatre and decided to play a piece of it in slow motion. I never noticed just how charming some of those stills were until I watched it frame-by-frame that night (sometimes you just have to slow down a scene to really appreciate all the subtle little details that animators include in their sequences). Not long afterwards I heard my sketchbook screaming to me in the background, so I obeyed the call and proceeded to "shut it up".

This was kind of a personal test to see if I could convey the transition of one emotion to the next in just a few quick sketches. There were some problems with this, though. First of all, when I showed the sequence to my mom, she said that I picked a really difficult set of extremes to capture because there were basically extremes on top of extremes, not to mention the fact that the acting itself was pretty subtle. I kind of figured that. I do tend to challenge myself in this manner quite often, even if I do it unwittingly. Secondly, the range of emotions here isn't that... thick. I mean, he's basically melancholy for the first four frames until his mannerism begins to shift, and then when it does shift to one of forgiveness it's too harsh of a transition -- I skipped ahead to the last frame too soon. All-in-all, however, it was a good exercise, I thought.

What do you think?

Note: References were used when composing each sketch.

-- Mitch

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Roger Rabbit is the property of Amblin Entertainment.
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" is copyright © Amblin Entertainment.