a bird

Here is my finished hand drawn traditional flight cycle of a black headed gull.

It consists of a 21 frame take off, a 7 frame flight cycle used 3 times in my video and a 22 frame landing.






Enjoy, i did :)

Flight Animation

Currently working on a few projects one of which is a traditional drawn animated flight of a bird.

This includes the bird taking off, a flight cycle and a landing.

First off i have started by drawing some birds. Mainly to get use to drawing them and to learn the anatomy. As we see all birds look very different therefore have different types of flight due to mass, weight, function etc. I am going to focus on a medium sizes bird like a pigeon or seagull, this is the easiest to resource.

Here are some of my drawing i first did to get in the mood for the project.

These are some rough animation poses i did during a lecture.

I then went out into Bristol to whiteness some bird flight first hand.

This i broke down into a sequence of images using quicktime pro:

 more images to come .......

Tenby Wales

During my uni trip to Tenby, Wales i was able to experiment and draw first hand new surroundings.
Here is some of my drawing i liked and some photos from the trip will be uploaded too.

Oil, Sand and Plasticine Animation

Today I took part in an under camera workshop. Using Stop Motion Pro 5 we were to create an experimental and abstract animation using different processes lasting around 10 seconds but more than anything to just have a go and play with the resources.

Firstly i tryed oil on glass animation, at first this looked quite fiddly and messy but i really got into it. I like the different textures and patterns you can so easily create. I think creating a character and morphing it takes ages and would be hard using this technique however after looking at some of the experts i would be interested in furthering into it perhaps.

I then had a go at platicine animation. Again i just played around with shapes trying to speed up some bits make unexpected things happen. This exercise was very easy and i could think of lots of things to do but it felt very simple and basic.

Finally i had a go at sand on glass. This i really enjoyed. I like the way you can fade and contrast,. flow things into one another and its just moving sand, adding sand and taking it away!! The only problem i found was that if you went wrong it was near impossible to get the exact image back.

Overall it was interesting using different materials and techniques, please let me know which you prefer. I feel i enjoyed the oil the most and will be back tomorrow to have another go!! :D