Draw Something, Dammit

**arjue** · 04 Sep 2009, 02:52 AM

For half of those frames the board is just a thick red line which doesn't change width. Is the board a tube?

**Drewbacca** · 04 Sep 2009, 10:26 AM

I think it's because I just haven't put enough variation between board angles & perspective for most of the frames. I'll have to fix it. Also the lead up to the holding frame where he has arms extended makes his head "pop" weird. It snaps towards the camera violently. The motion / angle is alright. The way the game is situated it looks OK. Rough, but passable.

I will have to practice a little more. I kind of got thrown in to this without any animation experience whatsoever (kind of a problem). But I'm having fun with it, though. Seeing your drawing moving and in-motion is a great sensation.

**YellerDog** · 04 Sep 2009, 05:50 PM

That's stiff as fuck. Think in terms of curves rather than straight lines for animating, well, anything really. As is, it's wobblin' all over the place.

Dumb example: Consider the board. Imagine a cardboard tube. Your board is flat against the tube on the inside. You want that movement to be basically sticking to that cardboard tube. Tilt the opening of said tube so you're looking at a 3/4 angle, factor in perspective if you're feeling saucy, bango. You get better with it, you can start changing the shape of the tube to get a little more interest going, or just get rid of the tube altogether and get all kinds of movement in there. You ain't ready for that, though. Start with the tube.

**Drewbacca** · 04 Sep 2009, 08:48 PM

SHUT UP I JUST WANTED POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT.

Yeah animating is pretty f'ing tedious. I actually have fun with it, but it's not my realm. I'm in over my head here. They thought it was rad just seeing him move, though. So I have that going for me.

**YellerDog** · 07 Sep 2009, 10:57 AM

I figured if it was for a client, I didn't want to bullshit you!

**Drewbacca** · 07 Sep 2009, 12:54 PM

It's a pretty basic mock-up. If they see the snowboarder moving they'll be blown away (most corporate clients are like that). If they want to have the animation look superfly they're going to have to hire an animator. I am having fun doing it, but this is not my trade and it's disrespectful to it to pretend a graphic designer with rudimentary knowledge of flash could pull off something amazing in the amount of time I have.

On a personal note I'm loving it. There's nothing like seeing the snowboarder actually move and rotate (even if he's stiff as fuck and the perspective is wonky).