Humble beginnings (2D)

[Dervish]

walky 7 - that toe movement is a lil too much on down.
also theres something wrong wrong with the arms, maybe the arc is just too big, cant say exactly

JB - hes fine , like that buddy ;)

Head03 - weight a lil more forward

HeadJump - could take more weight, specially at the stair

HeadJump2 - comes out from teh trapez far higher then it gets in, has same speed tough. a short delay with some struggling before he falls down off the cliff would be nice too ^.^

all in all, really nice start ya got there, but ya need to work on the weight more, try to "feel" how a body would move in reality, is it light? heavy? weight is very important troughout, and you dont always have to keep the rules, exxegaration can make things more believable as well.
by the way, that last one aint that bad, its a diffrent style, but has its uses.

[Echarin]

Thanks for the crits. So weight's my problem? Strange. I'm overweight and should actually be dieting and working out to lose weight, but in animation I need more of it.

HeadJump2 - comes out from teh trapez far higher then it gets in, has same speed tough. a short delay with some struggling before he falls down off the cliff would be nice too ^.^


Duh! It's so obvious, yet I failed to notice it. Of course he shouldn't come out of it higher than he gets into it. Thanks for that.
I think I'll redo some frames and make him jump higher rather than tone down his exit from the pole.

[Dervish]

yeah weight is specially in the begining something ya need to practise, the best way is too look at refernce footage, this way you dont need to assume and think how, but you know it.

[Mendes]

Wow! this is a very nice start. It's good seeing someone starting from the basics and in flash too! That's exactly what I did when I started. I actually still initially plan out every animation in Flash. The Animators Survival Kit is a great tool too. You're off to a very good start. Keep it up.

Lookin forward to seeing more.

[Echarin]

Wow! this is a very nice start. It's good seeing someone starting from the basics and in flash too!

Flash is more than just a starting point for me. I have no plans to go anywhere else. 2D all the way, Flash all the way (although I would love to try some truly traditional animation).

[Echarin]

Some tests from today:

Run cycle (copied from ASK (The Animator's Survival Kit)):
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/Puppetsj/Animations/RunCycle01.swf

Run cycle (the ball with hands thing):
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/Puppetsj/Animations/RunCycle02.swf

A bouncing ball:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/Puppetsj/Animations/BallBounce2.swf

Ball bouncing off a wall:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/Puppetsj/Animations/BallOffWall2.swf

Hitting a flat surface (copied from ASK):
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/Puppetsj/Animations/HitTable01b.swf

Edit:

New runcycle:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/Puppetsj/Animations/RunCycle03c.swf

[Echarin]

Two characters interacting (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/Puppetsj/Animations/Balls_Playing.swf)

This taught me something very important: keyframes are the most important frames. I had already read it in the Animator's Survival Kit, but nothing beats learning from your mistakes.

[Echarin]

Same as before, but improved (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/Puppetsj/Animations/BallsPlaying5.swf)

A work in progress (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/Puppetsj/Animations/Runaway.swf)

[Echarin]

New walkcycle (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/Puppetsj/Animations/Walkcycle08.swf)

[Echarin]

For an animation comp at another forum:

Acting (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/Puppetsj/Animations/Dialogueb1.swf)

Keys, a few breakdowns and the extremes, but so far no inbetweens. Crits please.

[Echarin]

And it's done... for the most part:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/Puppetsj/Animations/Dialogueb3.swf

Any suggestions for improving it?

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