Glass and Paint Animation

A tester piece, just to trial out the process. The method was fine - watery acrylic could be applied and wiped from the glass easily and the actual movement is good. Also using glass from a photo frame proved to be useful as the frame held the glass well (most of the time) while I painted it.

Illustration: Sequential Imagery - Thinking Outside of the Box

Below is my storyboard and colour storyboard for the mini-project: Thinking Outside of the Box. Beginning with the premise of there being a matchbox and a match next to it, the match had to get back into the box somehow. I wanted to try and include some character development and a definable narrative, but I didn't want to suddenly give the match limbs and features - that seemed just a bit too surreal for me. Instead I went for a more flexible version of a typical match, which I think works well and is still able to express emotion. I enjoyed the challenge of this project, not so much the limited time scale and late nights that came with it.

Illustration: Sequential Imagery Animation

I've loved working on this project over the past few weeks as I've been able to try some short animation pieces as well as practice drawing storyboards. Really, it just gave me a valid excuse to watch a lot of films, read a lot of books, buy a zoetrope and play around with some classic animation techniques. Videos of these can be seen below - the first starts with a thaumatrope (which I call 'The Passive Aggressive Tea-Drinker') and then heads into two zoetrope experiments, where one of the characters from the project Creatures and Characters makes a re-appearance. 

This second video is the flipbook 'How To Make A Bed', which provides a clear image of what a perfect bed should look like. I left the sound on as a flip book isn't a real flip book unless you hear that distinctive "flack" when it's flipped. (My flipping technique still needs some work though.)