WEEK 6(2021.11.1-11.7)
First 2D class, drew emotional shadows and flying bee:
Trying to show emotion through shadows I find is very difficult. Through today’s experimental exercises I found that sadness is the overall character shading tends to be downwards, while anger and open lines tend to be upwards.
This is my first time making a little animation. It’s really fun.
From this week, I started to prepare the presentation
WEEK 7(2021.11.8-11.14)
8/11/2021
Basic walking
Basic running
Walking and running look simple and are the most basic of animation exercises, but when actually drawing them, I found it difficult to draw a common action not in a strange way.
9/11/2021
Another day of drawing, so happy. Today, I found out that I am still not proficient in PS and could not complete the full animation in class, but most of the students seemed to be similar, so I think I need to practise more.
When I was drawing the piggy bank, I realised that I couldn’t draw the broken ceramic frame by frame, so I think I need to put it on my practice list!
Here are the results of the class:
Because of limited time and unfamiliarity with the software, I was only able to draw the cat’s tail.
WEEK 8(2021.11.15-11.21)
Mood Change Walk
2D turn head background
WEEK 9(2021.11.22-11.28)
Horse Walk
2D turn head
Week 10(2021.11.29-12.5)
Complete the full horse walk animation
Redrawing the Mood Change Walk
I created a character based on my own image: tall and thin, with a long, thin neck
When I started working on the character design, I found a very obvious problem with me, I always draw the character like she was on a piece of paper: it is flat. Although this is a 2D character, I still wanted her to have volume. That’s when I remembered what I had learned in my life drawing course: how to make objects have volume in the easiest way possible.
As well as catching the keyframe of the action, I found another important role for life drawing for me. I hope to take the life drawing course offline next term, so that I can get some guidance from the teacher.
And the holiday is coming!