Strolling Through the Life of Noemi!

The weight project has been the easiest assignment compared to all the previous ones we have done before. I found it easier to handle than the walk cycle because there were not as many movements that needed to be precise so it was better to move around and focus more on the facial expressions. For reference, I looked up model sheets for SpongeBob for his movement and facial expressions, as well as looking up videos of people at the gym lifting up weights. That got me more or less an idea of how heavy the object was and how to position the character correctly in order to show the facial expressions when it was time to pick up the weights. I changed the color pad to a yellow so Spongebob could be in a way colored but not colored completely. Adding Gary was a way to make the short film funny to emphasize how light the weight actually is. Even so that he was able to pick up the weight with his own eye and spongebob is just in shock throughout the whole occasion.

For this animation, it seemed really easy at first but once I got into the details of all the in-betweens and making sure the movement was similar to the frame before and after, it did get a bit confusing on how to manage everything to look smooth. It was very helpful to have a reference sheet in the corner to go back and verify I was doing the correct position for that movement. I watched several walk videos to get more of an idea on how to do it. I never knew how complicated walk cycles are! When I see it on the shows, I have never noticed it but now that I have done it, I can imagine what the animators have to go through. Doing this cycle was fun overall and I would do more if I had time to do more walks to make sure they look smoother. Besides that, I have been really more tools in Harmony and it can be helpful later on for future projects.

Rotoscope was a whole mission to accomplish! Working on this project took so much time, it was very fun but time-consuming when it came to redrawing the same frame over and over again to only make a few seconds out of it! I picked out a video of a ballerina dancing because the more movement the better it was for me but it took a lot of work. If I had more free time, I would definitely do more of these animations. The background was not as complicated as I thought because it did not move overall and I just had to slightly move the image but besides that, the main work was on the dancer. I painted her dress and made the lines sketchy around her dress for a unique style. The movie was not clear enough for the individual images so I had to assume what was going on in every frame and how to match it to the other frames before and after it. The onion section helped out greatly on those parts.