I was out of ideas tonight and having to do a super quick animation sesh from having much of my evening occupied by other things. But every minute of experience helps…
I tried to copy some rhythmic bobbing for lack of ideas and inspiration but it all went very bad. 2D does not translate well to 3D. The rules are really different. Also i think i have an innate tendency for snappy motion right now – it makes conveying weight a bit tricky. Need to work on it. This motion feels a little bit too quick, perhaps. Too weightless.
I quite like the slight tense wiggle in the head. It’s like he’s screaming.. so tense and horrified.
Right now i’m still at the stage of encountering lots of interesting unexpected accidents though and i’m happy to keep doing that for a while as a matter of playful experience. It’s a matter of studiously going back through the graph editor and dope sheet and discovering what makes these interesting unexpected accidents feel how they do, then learning what i did so i can do it again if i want to.
Oh and to those of you who will never sleep again after seeing this: i’m so, so sorry.
