Hello mr. Flour Sack

Time for another update, another school assignment and another go on 2d animation.
This time I've scanned some of my planning drawings, which I'll share with you guys.

First off, here is the animation:

Flour Sack from Christoffer Andersen on Vimeo.

We got a storyboard handed out from our teacher, and the storyboard was timed out, and obviously we were supposed to stick as close as possible to the staging, acting and timing suggested by the board - that was a part of the challenge.

First off, we sketched out a couple of poses for our character (the famous Flour Sack), just to get to know the character and how to draw it.

After that I started planning and thumbnailing. Drawing the background and the motion of the character. Both to figure out some of the key poses but also to make sure they are within the framing.

Here is how they look:

Scene 1:

Scene 3:

Scene 4, part 1

Scene 4, Part 2.

Scene 5:

After that, it was time to put down the keys, test them and time them out, acordingly to the motion and the preset timing.
I added time charts on all the keys, so could sort out the spacing before I went on with inbetweens. Constant changes were made in the timing during the "production", but I really tried to work organised and "by the book".

For now, I guess it's so simple, that I could just start at frame 1, and with a clear image in my head, just animate ahead without planning. It might even get more loose and free, but I strongly feel for getting the organised workflow into my system as quickly as possible, so when some more advanced stuff comes along, it will be second nature.

After that, breakdowns were added and finally inbetweens.

A lot of hours were invested in the shot, and most days were from 9:30 AM to 02:00 AM, so looooong days, but when it's as fun as this was, it's all worth it.

In the end, I think it got a little messy, which I'm regretting a bit. I keep telling myself to keep it simple, but somehow simplicity seems to be the hardest thing to achieve.
I tried to stay loose and sketchy with my drawings, and I think it worked out alright - drawingwise.

Anyways I don't think I've forgotten anything. If there is any questions what so ever, or if you just feel like saying hallo, or have a comment on my animation, please feel free and welcome to comment on my posts :)

Cheers and have a good evening!

Christoffer

Robber Ball

Another school assignment.

I think this turned out okay. It was hell to inbetween the drag of the money bag, but other than that, I felt good about it all the way through.

RObber ball from Christoffer Andersen on Vimeo.

Storyboard Sneak Peek

Wow, the updates are blazing through in here!
I finally got to work on my storyboard again. It's still not final, but I think it's getting closer.
It's way better (and longer, running time 4:57 atm.) than my first version, and I feel like I'm a lot more familiar with the story, characters and everything now.
No matter how it turns out, or even if it never finishes (god forbid), you can't argue it's not thought through ;)

So, like I said, it's still not final. My good friend Henrik has offered to look it through. He did that with the first draft, and came back with some excellent ideas and comments.

I would like to share some of it, even though it's not finished. It's picked randomly across the film (and ordered randomly as well), and the colorscheme is only for clarity, not the final artistic choice ;)

I'm still a bit unsure of how much I'd like to show of this early process. I don't think I'll post a lot of wips, but final milestones will be here, no doubt about that.

'Nough rambling, here are some pics from the storyboard - eight to be exact!



















Have a nice day!

Croquis and first 2d animation

Hi guys.

So, little progress on my short film. I simply don't have time atm.
On the other hand, I get to do a lot of drawing and animation all day long, so I guess it's pretty cool anyways.
Today we showed our first 2d character animation.
It's been quite a pleasure to work on this, although it was some looooong hours in the end.
A LOT of things are wrong, but here goes for nothing:

Fly and Frog from Christoffer Andersen on Vimeo.

I also got a chance to go to croquis after school for the first time since march, so I'm more than rusty, but I collected a bunch of them, to show here anyways. Some of them works okay, others have something that works, but figured they'd be interesting to look at.

Tease

Okay, gotta be time for another update, mainly on my (forever) ongoing short film project.
I've finally started in school, which also means less time for personal projects, but hopefully also more effeciency and skills ;)

I changed my work in progress title from "Departure" to "Deep". I think the name is way cooler and a bit smarter. The name is obvious in the sense it takes place partly under water, but also i concern to the characters and their feelings.

I'm still working on the storyboard and design of the film, but it's coming along okay.
I've got some concept art done, but I'll need a little bit more then I will post it here.
As I said, the design is still in progress but also moving foreward.
I think the film will be around 5 minutes long which is by far the longest film I've made, but I believe it's a pretty decent length for such a story. It is after all pretty slow paced so 15 minutes would be boring. 2 minutes would on the other hand be way too short to tell the story with enough emotion.

Anyways, here's a little teaser for you all (my self I guess :D)
I've locked on to a pretty solid color scheme and hope you like it.

Cheers