Animation: Day Two

Here's a sneak peek of what we learned today. We don't want to tell you too much because we want our final animations to be a surprise! :)

Making a boil: You draw 2-3 pictures of the same drawing then, when you take your animation, you switch them out every picture to make it look like it's flickering or moving. For example, a fire. The three images should look a little different but should all be the same size so they look similar.
By: Sophia and Jaxton

"We use boils to make boring things more interesting." ~ Nikita
"We use boils to make it interact and more realistic." ~ Isana
"We use boils to make more action in the film."
~ Priya

Making a smear: You can make one big drawing like one pair of eyes and you want their eyes to move to the opposite side of their head to show that they're looking the other way. So you can draw a squiggle, then put the eye on the other side. Or, you could make lots of pairs of eyes to give an effect that they're moving quickly.
By Desiree
"We use smears to show that a character is looking side to side quickly and it adds more animation." ~ Abby
"A smear is when something is moving very quickly because in an animation. In an animation, if you put something on one side of the page, then on the other side really quickly, it looks like it's teleporting. So if you make something longer, like an oval, it will look like it's actually moving, not teleporting." ~ Owen
"There's two different types of smears: one is a long stretched line, and the other is many of the object." ~ Charlotte

"Real life" example of Homer Simpson

Puppets: You need more than one section of a person or animal. Then, you use brads between the sections so that you can show a person walking or clapping. Brads are to make characters or props more detailed so they can move. It makes them articulated and realistic.
By: James and D

"We use puppets so you can make your drawing sit down without having to draw it all over." ~ Isla
"We use puppets to add detail. You have to do it really carefully so you don't rip it. You can make the character look like they're walking or swimming." ~ Chloe
"The point of using puppets is to not make it look like you're characters are teleporting. For example, an inch worm moves up and down so it doesn't look like it's teleporting across the page." ~ Priya

We also learned about wave loops and close-ups.

Here was an amazing animation we watched to inspire us to use the animation techniques we've learned. The drawings are so detailed!!!

Paper Planes (click here)

The Making of Paper Planes (click here)