Animation Test

Animation

We used Flash in order to create an animation of a ball bouncing to the side. The screenshot is of me creating the first scene for my animation, by using a graphics tablet I have drawn out this circle.

In this screen shot you can see that I have onion skinned the animation in order to see past scenes to make the animation smooth and fluent.

After completing the animation I decided to put it up on Youtube  This was the end result:

Walking Animation

I have used Cry's avatar for my walking animation since I am using him in my final piece. As a bases I used a penguin walk cycle to imitate the waddling motion.

Puppet Pin tool on After Effects

I used this image of England from Hetalia dressed in a Flying Mint Bunny all in one suit to use as my character for a puppet test. 

 This screenshot is me placing on the puppet pin tool on my character which I've used to pin the character down and move it's legs, hips, wings and ears.

 This is the finished pin points to my character

After moving the pin points around I finished my animation of my character dancing...

THE END PRODUCT OF PINPOINTING

My character is dancing and the animation is smooth due to the pin point puppet tool which is up on my Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/RandomizedAnimation

Cut-out parenting

I imported my Photoshop picture with the cut outs.

Then I used the rotation to move the legs and the ears.

Ideas Generation (Animation: My Journey to College)

Animation

I have chosen this story board as it is similar to my cute animation style I wish to use. This storyboard is from a Disney movie, Pinocchio. I would like to use the soft pencil lines and the cute, childish style to the animation. My storyboard will mostly consist of the cute design and famous Youtube memes.

My idea is based on the Youtuber Cryaotic and I will be creating him in a cute, child-like way. I have found some animations that have the style that I am looking for and they used a range of programmes:

Adobe Photoshop CS6, Sony Vegas Pro 11, Flash

The Animation’s I would like to base my own on are:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5qdrdA_0n0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP5hcVFS5mg

ANIMATION STORY IDEA

My character is Cryaotic's 'Sup Guy' which will enter the bus as a small character. The character will sit on the bus with headphones on and start emerging into world inside his head.

The character will exit the house and the world is sunny and the music will start, the character will then walk up to the bus stop and wait a short time for the bus to arrive however it starts to rain.

When the character gets on the bus, the world is almost silent as he imagines a robotic version of himself destroying the bridge, a rock star version playing on top of the bus and game references through out the animation.

When arriving to the college the character will exit the bus and suddenly will turn into myself in the style of cry, slowly walking up to the college. I would like to use Cry’s character as me, for when I get on the bus and throughout the journey until getting off the bus to change to an anime version of myself with the Cryaotic mask.

The reason why I am using Cry’s small avatar is because it represents how we can be quiet and almost all the same on the bus, using our imagination on the bus however when getting off the bus we turn back to our normal selves. This represents the awkwardness during bus travel. For the animation itself, I would like to use a flip book design and have the lines soft so it looks almost like a child made it but it has more detail. I would like to use a water paint effect so the colours are soft and light, giving the animation a hint of innocence.

MUSIC

The songs that I have chosen match the child like theme of the animation as they are mostly music boxes and high pitched songs. These songs almost make the animation feel like a dream and a soft atmosphere. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYKl0PuoYAY
I've decided to go with Dango Daikazoku Music box as it's very light and sweet which will match in very well with my animation. The music will show how we can seem bland and boring when staring out of the window on a bus but we are suddenly emerged into our minds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWW8DMpfI9U
I have also researched into Elfen Lied's Lilium which is a soft but sad music, this might express the distress of getting on a bus with strangers and the thoughts that pass our minds.

ENVIRONMENT
For the environment I have decided to go for a very light colour scheme and soft edges. This will keep the theme of cute and sweet. The style of colouring I would like to use is watercolour as it gives the edges that feather like appeal and it also softens the harsh lines. I have taken this picture from the internet as a sample as the cherry tree design can be included into my animation, also it shows the type of style I would like for my animation. Ripple, flickering or water effect to make it seem like the environment is moving.

CAMERA ANGLES
The camera angles I would like to use are around the bus while still keeping the character within the shot to show that it's his imagination and it's not reality.

ANIMATION
I have decided to stick with Flash as it gives the animation a rustic yet effective look. I have tested my walking character on the programme and the flickering of the scenes is the effect I wish to give my animation.