Drawing week

Hey guys,
this week I was supposed to refine my shot but I was drawing instead. Here are some of my sketches:

Blocking+

Here is my blocking+, the feeling is still a little bit weak. I am going to start splining the piece 30 frames by 30 frames and push things some more, checking the silhouetes of poses etc. Any feedback and advice how to make that piece stronger super appreciated.

More drawings

Some more drawings I have done lately. This is really entertaining to draw people around. I have some problems describing the forms, still the drawings lack that strong sense of volume, but I am working on that trying to develop my drawing skills.

Tuesday's lifedrawing

I am trying to draw from life everyday. Here is what I have for today.

My few notes about feature animation

This saturday I was in the cinema on "Open Season". It was really funny. Especially polish dialogs were amazing because they were related to polish internal politics which is like a big comedy anyway. Animation was really great. Not that cartoony like Madagascar, but it had it's own nice style. Acting was amazing, few characters were just brilliant. But there is something off about the story. I mean, it is once again the story about animals, story full of gags. Which is fine, but there is definitelly the patern, kind of template for almost every feature animation. I had the feeling that I was watching Shrek at some point. Mostly because the characters were so similar to Shrek and Donkey, or two main characters from Ice Age. The same contrast everywhere, big guy-small guy, strong guy-weak guy. Don't get me wrong, I really had the great time in the cinema watching that movie, I think it is one of the best feature animations, but still it is nothing ORIGINAL in terms of story. Designs are fantastic, animation is very strong, maybe except the lady in that big green trousers (I forgot her name), she was stiff and kind of dead in most of the shots. Can't wait to see the movie which will change the feature animation into something new and fresh. I think there is no more room for the movies about animals. This year there were more then plenty of them.

Blocking

I was working lately on the blocking of my new shot. It is not completely finished yet. I am planning to finish the blocking stage tomorrow. I would love to hear some feedback.

Some lifedrawings

I went outside today to sketch some people. Here are results:

Planning my new shot

Hi guys,
after small break it is time to get back hard to work. I decided to animate typical body mechanics shot cause body mechanics were problematic for me in c3. I decided to do animatic first and stick to the rule 50% planning 50% animating. It is amazing how much fun I have when I do this small litlle drawings. Is it great animation? obviously not, but it is a great roadmap. Timing is more or less established, so are arcs, spacing, poses. I still can change what I want in the blocking, but I have the roadmap, and for me it is super important, without it I would be lost in blocking. I am going to start blocking on monday. I wonder how fast I will be able to block out this shot. Any feedback always welcome. Thanks in advance.