My very first blog post also marks my first foray into the daunting, yet ubiquitous art of flow animation. I'll admit, upon first receiving my first flow animation speed exercise and homework assignment, I thought it would be very difficult indeed. I found, however, that with proper guidance and a good strategy, it could be done with relative ease. The speed exercise, though a bit rough, turned out well enough because of the references I received, also aided by the fact that I work better under pressure anyway. Since I had time to plan out the motion for my homework assignment, however, I saw my results improve. Here's my first motion test:
I like to map out key portions and arcs of my motion beforehand, so I selected two points on my line that would serve as major bending points, mapped out their arcs (including overlapping action and ease in/out), and drew the line frame by frame. Then I drew in the character and cleaned it all up. Here's the finished product:
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