Final Animation!

Really pleased with my final animation. I have worked in the mouth movements as best i could but doesnt really matter that it isn't perfect, it adds to the childlike quality that it has. Enjoy!

Animating The gang!

For each monster i created 5 images each with a different mouth. This produced 5 frames opening the mouth and then in reverse 5 frames closing the mouth. This made the characters mouths move in time with the music. The two birds each had 12 frames for the downwards movement of wings and then again in reverse 12 frames for the upward movement of the wings.

I created my animation by drawing out each piece in fineliner and scanning them into photoshop. Once in photoshop i started to add colour. I then created each frame in photoshop placing each object in a seperate layer so it could be moved individually. I finally created a total of 360 frames for my full 30 second animation at a rate of 12 frames per second. I faded out the music towards the end and held the last frame that then faded into black.

Here is an example of the mouth movement. This example is too quick and will need slowing down for it to work in time with the music.

Meet...Gladys and ruby

Gladys is a new mum to baby Ruby. They stick close at all times leaving a magical trail behind them. 

 

Meet....George

 

George is the youngest and smallest of the group. George also has the biggest mouth in the group, perfect for his role as joint lead singer. George has recently gone for a new look  by dying his hair red.

Meet...Frank

 

Frank is a main singer in the group. Although he may look quiet and nerdy he hasn't half got some lungs on him!
Frank thinks of his hair as his best feature and takes muc care styling it each morning.

Meet....Betty

 

Betty is also a backing singer. She is the only girl in the group and although she is small and cute she keeps the boys in check. Betty soon hopes to have some dental work to improve her appearence. She looks much prettier with her mouth shut.

Meet....Herbert

 

Herbert is a backing singer. He is the hard guy of the group... but not always the most intelligent of monsters.

Meet....Trevor!

 

<< This is my initial sketch of Trevor

Trevor is a easy going kind of monster. His hobbies include strolls in the park whist listening to his music. He has a very vivid imagination.


I decided it would be better to keep Trevor's t-shirt plain so the animation didn't get to busy.

Character Creation

I designed a few characters and picked out my favourites to use in my final animation. These hand drawn characters are a few of the ones i decided not to use.

Rayograms

I experimented in the dark room using different objects to create rayograms. I found that glass objects such as perfume bottles and light bulbs worked particullarly well. This perfume bottle created a really interesting effect. This is only the test strip, when i scanned in most of my prints they looked to dark and couldnt be seen. I experimented with many perfume bottles, displaying them at different angles. I tried to tie in this work with my animation project by trying to create sequences.

This print shows one perfume bottle from three different angles. It creates a sequence as it turns.

This print didn't scan in well but it is a sequence i created with a button in a clear packet with the button moving a little each time until it is out of the packet.

Initial sketchbook ideas

Here is some of my intitial sketch book work. This page is my first ideas/mood page including my three theme words which are Sunshine, Abstract and Bright. It includes ideas of colours, shapes and moods.

Character inspiration

I really like the style of the characters used in the Vauxhall Corsa advert and will use these as inspiration when creating my own characters.

Stop Motion Lego

I had a play about using lego to create a quick animation.