When working on the animatic it helped me understand the logistics of the narrative I had created in my storyboard and whether what I had planned was in my creative capabilities and within the limitations I have with the technology I use to animate. I am still developing my ability in animation therefore creating an animatic is extremely useful since it allows me to break down my ideas and understand what is doable and what is not. This leads to the development of the animatic and storyline in order to make it doable to my abilities, essentially I am streamlining my work in order to produce the best outcome to the best of my abilities.
Here is the animatic. For time reasons it was more sketchy than what I would want it to be. Since the creation of the animatic my ideas have changed yet again due to time constraints and the end of the piece has been changed in order to accommodate the deadline approaching. I have learnt from this the importance of an animatic and how I need to make sure it is finished and done in more detail. This would allow the production fo the animation to go smoother and quicker without stopping in order to solve a problem which I had not done in the animatic. Essentially I have learnt that the animatic is the space for problem solving and therefore when it comes to the final animated piece I am able to produce the clips quicker since I have an exact idea of what I am doing. I have always changed elements and problem solved throughout my work process and not done detailed finished plans, yet in animation this manner of working has its downsides and I am learning how to now change my work style in order to accommodate the needs of animation.
Here is my first test shot. From what I learnt when doing my commission I chose to use the bubbling affect on the character since it gives the illusion of life and movement, if the character stayed still it would look too lifeless. The bubbling affect brings an ebb of life into the character that makes her stand out against the still background. I enjoy the visual effect that this technique provides in order to create the illustration of movement and life in my illustrations.
For a part of my animation I decided to reuse a clip that I created with Stephen May in his animation workshops earlier on in the year. I had not developed this piece any further than the rough sketches I had done for the workshop, I thought this was a good chance to showcase my technical skills. Therefore I edited the narrative in my piece and used it as the main character getting back to her house. Here is a cleaned up version of the walk cycle that I used as a reference for my final animation.