Overall I am very pleased with my "BLU" style animation. Like a "Blu" animation, the movement from frame to frame isn't as smooth as it could be. In my mind, this show character, and tells the audience that not everything they're going to see is perfect. Although there is some "Juddering" in a couple of stages of my animation, the animation as a whole looks smooth and is "pleasing to the eye".
One of the things I think I should have done is colour in the fire that comes from the back of the rocket. Although it might not have made a huge difference to the overall image, it is something that "bugs" me when I watch it back to myself. Also during playback, I have noticed a few black lines that appear occasionally throughout the animation. This has occurred because I did not erase all of the background of a specific frame during the Photoshop process, I should have "cleaned up" the Photoshop layers more thoroughly. But this is a minor set back, and can only be seen when you are looking for mistakes. The last aspect of my animation that I should have changed is the length of time the eyes shut. During the animation, the rocket's eyes shut twice, because of the speed of the animation it is hard for the audience to spot. I should have either made the eyes shut for longer, or I could have slowed down the animation by adding more frames and less movement space between each frame. This would have allowed the audience to pick up on the blinking eyes.
Despite it's "floors", with this animation I think I have captured the essence of "BLU's" animation. This project has taught me a huge amount about how an animation is put together. I have learnt how to make an animation using Photoshop. It takes a lot of dedication and time to be an animator, and I have gained a huge amount of respect for people that work in animation.
3P2 DOUG - BLU-STYLE CHARACTER LOOP 2 from Long Road Applied Media Diploma on Vimeo.
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