2D Animation I

This project, unlike my flamingo walk cycle, was the opposite of fun. To start things off, I had so many issues trying to figure out what line of dialogue I wanted to use. That alone was a challenge, since there were so many options, and I am not good at making quick decisions on the spot. I spent a whole other day figuring out what to draw as well. Thankfully, that part did not take as long. The actual animating process was a nightmare. It took me so long to put everything together. I stayed up for so many hours drawing each frame with as much detail as I could efficiently put in. I should have expected it was going to be this tedious and tiring, but for some reason, I thought this was going to be much simpler. At the end of the day, though, I am satisfied with the work I have accomplished this semester, and that makes me feel good.

This has to be the most awesome project I've worked on this semester. It was a bit troublesome figuring out who I wanted to take for a walk cycle, but when the idea of a flamingo finally came to me, it was all smooth sailing from there. I wasn't entirely familiar with how flamingos walked, so I had to look up some clips from nature documentaries to see how they walked. I tried replicating it the best I could, and I am very proud of this animation. It's probably even the best one I have!

This assignment was more difficult than the ones before, since I had to draw a full body. On top of that, I decided to put myself through the extra steps of adding details the muscles on the figure for ironic, comedic effect when he fails to lift the weight. What made it tougher was making the character turn and squat. Everything else, if I'm being honest, was a cake-walk. Overall, it wasn't that much fun, but I did have a good time drawing the expressions on this man.