THE SHOW REEL!

a little bit of me..

I decided to make the reel slightly more personal then it already is,this is a side profile and small smile from Kira,one of my many character from stories i have created since i was 12 years old, i thought if i put her towards the end of my reel people might understand more as to why shes in the reel, as the song is a feel good' tune,i thought i'd make Kira react to what shes feeling from the music, the lyrics "you know how i feel" is why i thought to place her in, her character is very difficult to understand so it is shown by a sad but happy smile.

the main attraction! ..

The main characters LipSync,to the beggining of the song Feeling Good' by Muse, i wasnt having much luck advancing in getting his body structure right so from the early rougher sketches of his head i tidied and lined his facial features better and added a mouth,the lip sync was extremely difficult i found it hard to get the timing right on many of the words in this 30 second scene, i didnt realise just how long the introduction to the song was until i began animating,i went over 700 frames in order to reach 30 seconds. this will be the main attraction for my reel, at adviced by peter, show your best work first!

the real deal..

This is my favorite animation for my second year show reel,it best shows off my hidden talent and love for animals,i used a few refferences such as stop motion,big cat locomotion etc as i struggled to understand a real cats body structure,in some places the animation is stiff but not to wooden, as my main character is a big cat i thought it would be a good connection for my reel to have a realistic cat run cycle.

back to the structure of things...

I created this forward run of the main character and slightly simplified his body structure down so i could see the front and back structure of his body better, i wanted to test myself, i attempt a forward run on 1st year and it was far from successful,there is room for improvement here,but im happy with my procress,his form looks less child-like now.

the slow sprint man..

i wanted to test a more muscly version of my main characters body whilst he was sprinting,this was by far the hardest and longest time i spend trying to get the movement right,i am very proud of the way i expressed a action movement because this was the first time i managed to get a run or walk cycle to move across a page successfully.

very rough indeed..the cat throw..

i tested the limits of body structure even more with this single cat throw,the rough plan was introduce a action shot to my reel,i beleive this action could be better if it had more exaggeration on the swoosh and stretch,i noticed with this scene and my second attempt of the dancing man my animations are becoming less wooden which im very pleased about.

the rough cat run

after struggling to do my main characters body perfectly in a walk cycle i decided to do a rough run cycle of a much more simply body structure to see if it wod be easier to draw,i found it looked more child like then i expected and i was thinking more along the lines of  a 'bad boy' appearence and action whilst running...

the danicing man two! improvement

this is my second attempt of the dancing man,i changed alot from the first attempt,i added more free will to his arms and legs,hes expressing hes enjoying himself,i might put this animation in my reel as i like the movement and i believe it will go well with my chosen song, Muse Feeling Good.

the dancing man attempt!

My first attempt of making a figure dance,its a very messy animation with alot of room for improvement,i think i will need to put alot more movement into the arms and legs so he doesnt look as wooden as hes a rocking chair and allow him to express a certain feeling when he dances.