Here’s a splined pass of a weight lift exercise using Jason Ryan’s Boris rig I did after watching his webinar series on fundamentals. I’m still working through it so please feel free to share any feedback you might have.
I found it really interesting using Flip Book to plan my animation. It helped a lot to break things down and time them out. I’m looking forward to trying out this work method with dialogue and see how that works for me.
hi freddy,
its looking nice, just a couple of thoughts –
– a bigger and more visible frame counter would help.
- when he takes the first step forward his pelvis is moving from left to right in a very linear way, a dip down would give a nice arc to the motion.
- i think your first attempt at lifting it is a bit short, i would a few more frames to show him trying to lift weight.
- i am not very sure about the action when his left hand touches the floor. this action doesn’t seem to flow with the rest of the action choices. just my thoughts.
other than that it looks great, love the 2nd attempt and how he moves and reacts when the bar breaks !
good stuff !
Hey Anirudh! Thanks for the great feedback, I really appreciate!
hey man, i dig the site design…
one big thing when showing weight is.. it’s all in the anticipation
he should spend more time contemplating each pull
that second pose where he’s looking at the barbell before he goes down he should be there for a longer period of time… it’ll give the impression that he’s thinking either “i can do this” or “how in the hell am i gonna do this?” based on what you do there… right now he just moves through that pose and down which shows no thought going on behind that brain
now, maybe he’s not thinking that its gonna be heavy at that point and only realizes it’s heavy after that first pull…. the move where he puts his hand on the floor could suggest that he’s been trying to pull the weight so much that he falls forward and has to catch himself but you have to show some loss of control beforehand and some sense that he’s preparing himself for a big pull after.. like “I dont care how heavy you are.. i’m gonna pull you up” or even better, a quick glance offscreen saying… “i hope they didnt see that… but if they see this next pull they’ll be impressed by how strong i really am”
when the bar breaks.. thats a really good idea.. but i dont think he loses control enough… boris almost gains his control back too quickly… look how quickly his foot plants and holds around (what i think is) 115 and then he immediately goes into “what just happened there?” if anything there should be a period of time where it shows him regaining control.. and then a separate “whoa… how’d that happen?”
give enough time for each thought to register to the viewer so we can read what he’s actually thinking and this piece could become super strong
Hey Matt,
Thanks for the input man. I see what you mean about needing more time for the thoughts to read and when he loses control. I’ll definitely go back and work on it a bit more for a final pass.
Hey there…
Good attempt.
1. timing is to even, it is like 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 . it should be 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 4
2. Define the weight of character. If he has more weight he will take more time to move. right now, it feels weightless.
3. final action is no registering …First visualize in you mind..need to find out sime rythm in your action.
4. basic animation principles like anticipation..overlapping needs to be there
5. Exaggerate the timing of Action…
Do not worry you are in right path… I was in this similar position when I started my career 8 years back,,
good Luck
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