Over the weekend following week 4 of animation, I worked on my second walking exercise using an infant child walk. Given lack of details into the child walk I decided to do an infant child as a starting point. I first looked for reference footage as I felt if I performed it the animation would be out of perspective.
Having found my reference footage I learned that when a baby walks it can be unpredictable whether its fast or slow. I also observed that the baby rocks from side to side as it walks along like a duck waddling along. Using this new found knowledge I recorded the movements on paper then translated them to barsheets and storyboards. I felt this was rather easy.
Reference footage:
However when doing the animation I found it rather difficult in capturing the crawl and the tilts in the walk. Remembering from Adams walking animation workshop I reverted to basics and drew in the main poses first then added the in-betweens. When playing the animation back I felt a bit disappointed as it didn't look like the baby was rocking from side to side. However as I added more of the walk I could see the tilting better. Finishing the animation, I showed it to my animation group for feedback and suggested I worked on the speed as it seemed too fast for them to catch the tilting movements.
I felt this seemed fair and so edited the file. I learned the same aspects of two frames per shot from stop motion also applied to 2D animation when using Adobe Animate. When applied I saw that the animation ran a lot smoother and at a reasonable pace.
Looking back on this animation attempt I feel it went rather well and much more simpler than walks I've done in the past. I believe that I am improving over the walks I performed in first year and made me wonder if I could've applied this new found knowledge better back then. However in animation we learn from our past mistakes to move forward which meant I saw the sense of looking back on our first year animations in order to improve and move forward.
In hindsight I could've looked at the bouncing ball movements in a baby's walk to make it look a little more realistic. I hope that the feedback or further information given to me by the tutor will help me to improve on my first attempt.
In conclusion I am pleased with this first infant child walk attempt and look forward to improving upon it. In future I shall look carefully at the reference footage and possibly exaggerate a few elements in the performance of the animation.
Having found my reference footage I learned that when a baby walks it can be unpredictable whether its fast or slow. I also observed that the baby rocks from side to side as it walks along like a duck waddling along. Using this new found knowledge I recorded the movements on paper then translated them to barsheets and storyboards. I felt this was rather easy.
Baby Walk Animation:
Name: Joseph Connors
Age: 1
Parents: Judy Connors (Mother) Trent Connors (Father)
Story:
On a warm Spring morning, Judy and Trent Connors, try to encourage their newborn 1 year old son Joseph to learn to walk. The young one is happy and curious about the strange new world around him. He begins to crawl on all fours and slowly but surly he rises and begins to walk on his own two feet. The Parents are over joyed and the little child is all but happy.
Reference footage:
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| barsheet. |
However when doing the animation I found it rather difficult in capturing the crawl and the tilts in the walk. Remembering from Adams walking animation workshop I reverted to basics and drew in the main poses first then added the in-betweens. When playing the animation back I felt a bit disappointed as it didn't look like the baby was rocking from side to side. However as I added more of the walk I could see the tilting better. Finishing the animation, I showed it to my animation group for feedback and suggested I worked on the speed as it seemed too fast for them to catch the tilting movements.
Looking back on this animation attempt I feel it went rather well and much more simpler than walks I've done in the past. I believe that I am improving over the walks I performed in first year and made me wonder if I could've applied this new found knowledge better back then. However in animation we learn from our past mistakes to move forward which meant I saw the sense of looking back on our first year animations in order to improve and move forward.
In hindsight I could've looked at the bouncing ball movements in a baby's walk to make it look a little more realistic. I hope that the feedback or further information given to me by the tutor will help me to improve on my first attempt.
In conclusion I am pleased with this first infant child walk attempt and look forward to improving upon it. In future I shall look carefully at the reference footage and possibly exaggerate a few elements in the performance of the animation.
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