Just finished writing about my workflow for the spaceman animation from several months back! It's 8 pages long and focuses less on technical junk and more on the process of developing a character's personality through motion. I tried to be candid about good and bad decisions and the mistakes I made along the way, as well…
Dude, big ups for this. As one of the animators I can really say that it's nice to see this kind of material. Just the reassuring part of stuff never being done but abandoned reassured me that I'm not so different, after all. :) Hope that you get to it and animate more stuff like this!
Thanks for the feedback, guys! If anyone has questions, just let me know... I tried to keep it accessible for non-animators but I'm sure some jargon slipped into the writing. And I'm definitely working on some more fun stuff. Hoping to share in-progress work rather than just posting the final shot!
I've only animated a little in college, and wish more of the instructors were as informative as this. i also wanted to say this animation and ur reel had my lawling hard, loved it!
Almost missed this post, good thing I found it, cause the write-up was awesome! Really enjoyed hearing your thoughts on the full process, since a lot matched up with the same thoughts I have during a project. "I would never abandon George (were on a first name basis) but its safe to say I never want to open his scene…
Wow Fella, big thanks for sharing this! By the way your showreel is amazing. Those Ideas and even more the fantastic realization really made me laugh and amazed me :) Cheers
Awesome writeup man! seriously. thanks a lot for that! Loved the finish piece, and i absolutely agree with you, you dont always need reference to start something. I usually use imagination until I see something not working, then go to reference. if its something ive never done before, reference tends to come sooner than…