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Character Animation

Character Animation
Activity 1
Cut Out Animation
Part 1:
Hand and Lever
For the hand and lever, I was stuck for a long time because I forgot that my hand layer was locked. I couldn't figure out why it wasn't appearing on the drawing layer until I looked at my layers again and realized the hand was locked. After I sorted that out, the rest was really easy.
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Hand and Pencil

For the one second master peg animation, I did a hand and a pencil. I only noticed after that the hand is holding the pencil in a twisted/upside down position. Otherwise, this animation was much easier than the hand and the lever.
Activity 2
Creating a Rigged Character

Part 1:
Rigged Arm
For the rigged arm, I got all my nodes a bit tangled at first, but I managed to sort it out. Other than that, this assignment was pretty easy.
Part 2 :
Rigged Character
For the rigged character, I chose Joy from Inside Out, because she's a fairly simple character, with pretty normal proportions; so she would be easier to move around realistically. Next time I do a rig, I will remember to make a master peg for both the top and bottoms of the legs and arms, so I can bend them easier.
Node View Screenshot:
Activity 3
Lip Sync
Part 1:
Warm Up Activity - Developing Reference and Getting Into Character
Further along in the unit, I realize that I drew a mouth shape for pretty much every letter, which I now know is unnecessary.
Part 2:
ToonBoom Learn Lip Sync Animation Unit
Mouth Chart:
I found the mouth chart practice pretty easy. It also helped me to realize that the mouth may make a similar shape for different sounds, but a slight change in size of the mouth depending on the sound can make a difference.
Breakdown and Lip Sync:
For the monologue, I was stuck for a couple classes because I couldn't figure out how to make a sound file out of a youtube video. I later remembered that you can record MP3 on yout.com. Otherwise, this assignment was easy.
ToonBoom Learn Screenshot:
Part 3
Lip Sync Activity - Developing Reference and Getting Into Character
The last lip sync part took a very long time for me, mostly because I missed a couple classes because I was volunteering. Other than that, the lip sync assignment was fairly easy. 
References:
Activity 4
Walk and Run Cycles
Part 1
Walk Cycle
For the walk cycle, I used a different colour for a leg and an arm. This is just so I didn't get the legs and arms tangled up at any point.
Part 2
Run Cycle
The run cycle was pretty easy. The only reason it took longer than expected is because I missed a couple classes due to my dance competitions.
Activity 5
Camera
Part 1
Create a Simulated Dolly Zoom In
For the camera assignments, I was a little rushed, as I had one class to start and finish them. I missed the class that we were introduced to the assignment, so I watched the tutorials in another one of my classes when I had extra time.
Part 2
Create a Dolly Zoom In With a Camera
As I said above, these assignments were a little rushed, but they were pretty easy. I did them all in one class.
Part 3
Create a Parallax Using a Camera
For the third and fouth camera assignments, I used a bird flying around. I did this with a really simple peg. Other than accedentially drawing one set of buildings on the wrong layer, this assignment was easy.
Part 4
Add a Special Effect
For the fourth part of the camera assignment, I just addded a plane, and some moving swirls in the sky to act as wind, or at least some kind of cool looking design in the sky.
Character Animation
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Character Animation

This is the second unit of my grade 11 animation course.

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