need critique for animation scene

#1

plz guys critique… :bounce:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV0rzs3AUng

#2

Good start, but the animation needs a lot of work.

  1. There is too much motion where there does not need to be motion. For example his right leg seems to pop (creating extra animation for no real reason). This is very distracting.

  2. The animation and character poses are too asymmetrical. This means the right side and left side match in position and motion. Shift the hips, shoulders, placement of feet to break the the asymmetrical look.

  3. The spine needs to have more movement to it. Right now it is too stiff.

  4. The hands should go pass the face when he is slapping himself. ( or change up the timing of the slap.

  5. The timing of the jump needs some work.

I like the hand and arm motion at the end, but the walk cycle looks to stiff and needs sign wave.(characters body moving up and down)

#3

thank you nate :bowdown: for your reply, i m gonna make all the changes u said and will show you the updated video soon.

#4

Hi

I feel that you are tackling a too advanced exercise at this moment.
You have acting, a jump, walk, etc in your shot.
Take it down a notch, I’m sure you had your share of bouncing balls, so try a ball and tail, pendulums then go on to walking and jumping with a just ball and legs (lower body).

good luck.

#5

This thread has been automatically closed as it remained inactive for 12 months. If you wish to continue the discussion, please create a new thread in the appropriate forum.