Flour Sack Animation

And my latest project is complete (for now).

[video=youtube;rR6gJlccjGg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR6gJlccjGg[/video]

Hand drawn animation using pencil.


I may add a third layer later that has a cape that I planned for the first part (drop in and flying to building) as well as some small effects.

At around 3 seconds or so, the green line shows through the flour sack.

At around 3 seconds or so, the green line shows through the flour sack.

Thats cause the layer used for the flour sack will only show solid shapes, and when drawing it, I drew an outlined figure. I could have reworked the background image when it passed through, or I could have used the eraser tool in FlipBook. Doesnt matter for the project though.

Maybe ill include that if I do add the cape.

Was this an assignment for school or just something you decided to put together in your spare time? I really want to nitpick at it but if it's something you just decided to do on your own I give you props for having the patience it takes to do frame by frame animation by hand.

Was this an assignment for school or just something you decided to put together in your spare time? I really want to nitpick at it but if it's something you just decided to do on your own I give you props for having the patience it takes to do frame by frame animation by hand.

Its an assignment. But I think im the only one out of the class who decided to do multiple scenes, just about everyone else has one static scene where they have their sack animation taking place. Also, keep in mind that this is only the 4th animation we have done, this first being this;

[video=youtube;1P84bz5ZkNE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P84bz5ZkNE[/video]

The second one is a ball that bounces and rolls, and the third is a pendulum with an overlapping element;

[video=youtube;aJl9Q2j96HU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJl9Q2j96HU[/video]

Video is best seen in a repeated loop.

looping is possible!

http://www.endlessyoutube.com/watch?v=aJ...r_embedded

That's frikin' awesome, John. a-@

You should be a cartoon artist!!

That's frikin' awesome, John. a-@

You should be a cartoon artist!!

If my drawings could stay a constant line thickness, maybe. But thats what cleanup artists are for.

That's some good stuff you've got there!

Keep at it!

Well since you said it's a project for class I'll give you some (hopefully) constructive feedback.

Again, props for having the motivation and also the patience to go "above and beyond" your assigned task. That's fabulous! You're going to need a lot of motivation if you decide to pursue animation as a career. I also like how you turn the flour sack into a living creature... very cute. That being said, there are a couple things that could be tweaked to make this animation better.

First, your flour sack feels as though it has very little to no weight to it. More squash and stretch! A few extra frames of squash and stretch when the flour sack hits the ground, flies into the side of the building, and lands on the top of the roof would make it "feel" as though it has more weight to it. (Since you said you've done a bouncing ball animation I'm going to assume you know what I'm talking about here. If you don't, shame on your instructors.)

Also, a little bit more focus on timing would help the flow of the piece. Maybe have the flour sack pause for a few frames in the beginning before it jumps/flies into the air. Right now it seems a bit abrupt and feels like it needs more of a transition into the second scene.

This was actually very exciting to see on Southperry and makes me want to pick up my lightbox again. I would be very interested to see more in the future and watch your progress.

This: http://www.karmatoons.com/drawing/1a.htm

It helps out a lot to what Throes is talking about.

Well since you said it's a project for class I'll give you some (hopefully) constructive feedback.

Again, props for having the motivation and also the patience to go "above and beyond" your assigned task. That's fabulous! You're going to need a lot of motivation if you decide to pursue animation as a career. I also like how you turn the flour sack into a living creature... very cute. That being said, there are a couple things that could be tweaked to make this animation better.

First, your flour sack feels as though it has very little to no weight to it. More squash and stretch! A few extra frames of squash and stretch when the flour sack hits the ground, flies into the side of the building, and lands on the top of the roof would make it "feel" as though it has more weight to it. (Since you said you've done a bouncing ball animation I'm going to assume you know what I'm talking about here. If you don't, shame on your instructors.)

Also, a little bit more focus on timing would help the flow of the piece. Maybe have the flour sack pause for a few frames in the beginning before it jumps/flies into the air. Right now it seems a bit abrupt and feels like it needs more of a transition into the second scene.

This was actually very exciting to see on Southperry and makes me want to pick up my lightbox again. I would be very interested to see more in the future and watch your progress.

I agree with you really. The main reason the timing is kind of straight forward is because I had planned to have a cape on him til the point where he hits the building, and before I was able to get to drawing them, I ran out of punched paper. I plan to add the cape as well as some contact effects and other pauses as needed, but the paper and the 4 step walking project might come first.

Round animation pegbars. Seriously. Why pay $45 for a ream of animation paper when you can just get a 3-ring hole punch and use regular copy paper?

Round animation pegbars. Seriously. Why pay $45 for a ream of animation paper when you can just get a 3-ring hole punch and use regular copy paper?

We use an acme peg bar, 2 rounded bars and a round hole. The peg cost 5 bucks for a plastic one, and theres a paper punch in the classroom for it that we can use.