Entry and comments

Can be found here.

I violated the 180 degree rule, true. I was just thinking about the point of interest while planning the camera so I didn't see how the characters switched sides on screen. And while absorbed into the idea, it was even hard to see it can be confusing.

I went through 202 short animations in two days. And it was a good learning progress as well. While doing it, I started to see what's the exact difference between good and not so good animations. I even think it could be a good exercise to do the evaluating every month. The shorts are so short that one can easily evaluate and dig in to the piece thoughtfully.

Now when thinking about it, I could've not done anything differently. It wasn't about the lack of time, that I had enough. I just didn't really know how to proceed. Next time I'll really dig into the blocking, that seems to be the key to a good, planned animation. Starting from storykeys, then breakdowns and then the inbetweens.. Recently I also saw a clip where an animator acted out the scenes and the animation was done exactly to the reference. That also seems like a proper thing to do. Webcam, script and some space. That should do it for a while.