My first animation - thx for your help

myaloha · Post by **myaloha** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:51 pm

Several of you helped me work through some issues. It's not perfect, but the message seems to work well the animation. ASP v8.

http://bit.ly/SMARTrpt (on YouTube)

Constructive Comments appreciated

sbtamu · Post by **sbtamu** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:04 am

It seems you have some editing skills, which is a plus.

There are some audio issues.
The lip sync is off a few frames.
The main character needs closed hands and pointing finger added.
Maybe add just a tad of squash and stretch when making a point.

But over all, you have a good base to work with.

jonbo · Post by **jonbo** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:17 am

Like you said, its not perfect but nothing jumps out at me as wrong or badly done. You might want to have the web address up for about 5 or 10 seconds longer. But not bad for a first animation.

myaloha · Post by **myaloha** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:19 am

jonbo - many thanks again for your help.

sbtamu - yes, I struggled with the hands. I went through several iterations after creating the typing action, where I tried, failed, and eventually gave up on making the hands have a stubbier look while typing. After I couldn't get that working, I wasn't sure if I could really manage hands at all. If you have any pointers or examples to look at, that would be helpful, too.

sbtamu · Post by **sbtamu** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:23 pm

Make each hand on its own vector layer and have all the hand layers in a switch layer.

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:06 pm

Somebody posted these great examples of proven hand designs from famous animators:
http://floobynooby.blogspot.ca/2012/03/hands.html

My first animation - thx for your help

My first animation - thx for your help

thx for the tips