Movement

This is a skeleton that I made after studio today so y'all could get a better idea of the shape and its movement that we have been talking about for the outfit....

-This is a rough draft of the structural skeleton (It will be a transparent material-maybe thick plexy glass?)

-The mock up that I had today is the skin that will be dangling on top of this structure

-It will be two or three times larger in scale then this (it should go past my shoulder and head when it extends open)

-Its attaches to my left side (and a small piece to my left hand) as I move it opens and closes; can move up down; twist and rotate; etc

-I hope this a better visual of the outfit and it's movement for yall! Let me know what you think. I'll try to post more this week as I get more done.

I think the whole process is going very smoothly with our group. Y'all's animation is looking great! Keep up the good work!

Stephanie Adams

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12 Principles of Animation

1. Squash and stretch- the shapes created by the ink appear to be squashing and stretching

2. Anticipation- as the animation focuses on a single drop of ink falling into water, the viewers anticipate what will happen next

3. Staging- the images flowing into each other create an easy to view animation for the audience

4. Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose- the animation starts with a simple ink stroke which then builds upon itself

5. Follow Through and Overlapping Action- as the ink drops collides with the surface of the water, ink patterns are created as an after effect

6. Slow In and Slow Out- as the camera focuses on ink and smoke, the images are sped up and slowed down to create a certain mood

7. Arcs- arcs are naturally created from the shapes of the ink and smoke

8. Secondary Action- not using any secondary action

9. Timing- the images created are manipulated to work with the music in a way that portrays the word Flowing

10. Exaggeration- focusing on intricate actions as well as slowing and speeding them up exaggerates the importance of a simple image

11. Solid Drawing- ink drawings are used in the beginning of our animation and are moved to and from three-dimensional images

12. Appeal- several of the images we create are visually appealing through texture and form

Word comparisons

Motion-Sound: The motion of our animatic will capture the smooth, elongated flow of the background sound. It will also take cues from the long, melodic chords.

Motion-Word: The word "flowing" can be described as smooth, continuous movement. Our movement will mimic that by making subtle transitions from 2D to 3D while remaining in perpetual motion.

Motion-Visual: Flowing motion is portrayed by our animated, calligraphy drawing and our filmed scene of ink in water. Both show free and continuous motion.

Sound-Word: The long, perpetuating chords in our sound clip created a sort of weightless mood which encompasses the implied current of the word "flowing".

Sound-Visual: We will illustrate the sound by speeding up and slowing down our animation and video clips at certain points to sync up with the tempo and volume changes in the music.

Word-Visual: "Flowing" is the act of continuous and weightless movement. One way we will show this in a visual is by encouraging the viewer's eye to follow drops of ink as they trace through water. The overall effect is has a very suspended and free feeling to it.

Water & Ink

Enya Watermark

...so i'm still waiting for the animatic to upload :/ anyways I thought we should upload a couple different song choice options. This song has been the best one I've found so far.