SNOT GIRL VS PUMPKIN BOY
storyboarding // animation
[ Apr 2021: Lauren and I animate our OCs fight ]
For one of my animation class finals, my professor, Jeff Jackson, divided the class into pairs to animate a fight scene. I was paired my with my partner, Lauren, and we were assigned the name, "Team Beta."
Character Design
Designed this fun pumpkin OC. Everyone's got one. Mine's cooler.
Punch animation
We warmed up for the final project by animating our character throwing a punch at screen.
I like how snappy the punch feels! Also, the glove tug antic is pretty cool.
My shot
There were a lot of attempts to create the reference for this shot. Doing a kip up is REALLY HARD.
This is the shot where I felt like I had finally grasped full body animation.
The full short film!
Lauren was really pushing for a shorter film and simpler shots. And she was right because I was able to give my shot the love it needed, resulting in a nicely animated short film with great body mechanics and a fun simple story.
I was pretty proud that our class voted for our film to be presented at the end-of-semester screening. We may have been team Beta, but we were the alphas in the end :)