This is a first in a series of SHORT clips I'm gunna do once a month or so to keep the blood flowing to the part of my brain that I use to animate. I'll let you know when it gets there
Soundclip:
Bruce Campbell from his audiobook "How To Make Love The Bruce Campbell Way"
What I like:
Uh...I got it done in a month, during a buncha lunches. I don't know how many hours. If I did maybe people would go from thinking "Pfft...the clip isn't much to write home about..." to maybe "What's that? You did it in 4 hours? Wow....not bad.....I guess." But whatev. It's done. NEXT.
What I don't like:
Well the speaking on the sound clip is REEALLY fast so the lipsync is pretty wild. Probably could have been better. Coulda put some effort into the set, like the couch cushion coulda had a lattice on it so it responded to his movement. The point during "from a hole in the ground.." has been...uh..pointed out as being distracting by a few peeps. But what the hell, it was in my video reference I shot so I figured why not. Besides a straight point might have been even more weaksauce and I HATE pointing in animation. It usually feels forced, canned or over the top. In this case, I guess you could say that's the point of the....point gesture...to draw your eye to what he's talking about. But really, this is just a short dumb clip going nowhere. NEXT.
Here's the original ending I had. I felt the end pose felt like I was doing a loop whenever I would playblast so I shot some ref and tried something different. Here's how it was before:
Here's some thumbnails I did from my vid ref. I don't have a scanner at the moment so digital camera will have to do. I hate drawing thumbnails. I always get impatient doing them. I usually draw stick figures so my blood pressure isn't too high. I cut out the motion thumbnailed for the "ass" part, a sorta slight tumble with the arms. Just too much for this short of a clip. Keep it simple shithead!
Conclusion:
NEXT.
More to come..
