Anim100_F2 and F3

Animation Principles
Throughout this course we will be going over Animation Principles and how to incorporate them into your animation projects. This is the first class to use computers and tablets, instead of animation disks with paper and pencils.

You will be learning how to use Toon Boom Harmony 17, along with drawing with your pen and tablet. 

Final Class
December 5th

 Please choose 3 of your best assignments as .mov or .mpeg4 files and your Final Lip Sync project. Label all files as followed and put them into a digital Folder Label as shown.

 FOLDER:    YourFirstLastName_ Anim100_F2 (or F3)_F2019

 FINAL PROJECT: YourFirstLastName_ Anim100_F2 (or F3)_F2019_Final LipSync

 1st Choice: YourFirstLastName_ Anim100_F2 (or F3)_F2019_Leaf
2nd Choice: YourFirstLastName_ Anim100_F2 (or F3)_F2019_WalkCycle
3rd Choice: YourFirstLastName_ Anim100_F2 (or F3)_F2019_FlourSack

 Bring to show in class.
Week 12
Class 22: November 5th 
Intro to the Final Project: Lip Sync Animation
Download an Audio Clip from the 11secondclub website.
Bring your headphones.

Create a rough storyboard 6 to 9 panels in length showing how your character(s)
performance their lines of dialogue.

DEMO: Lip Sync animation: Mouth Positions
             In Harmony: Drawing Substitutions

Class 23: November 7th 
ALL STORYBOARDS PRESENTED TO THE CLASS
Bring your headphones.

 DEMO: How to Breakdown your Dialogue using Harmony.


Week 11
Class 20: October 29th Head Turn Due.


 Class 21: October 31st: Halloween

Week 10
Class 18: October 22nd Walk Cycles Due.
Animating a Head Turn.

 Class 19: October 24th
Animating a Head Turn.
Week 9
Class 16: The Human Walk Cycle: Key Poses and Breakdowns

Class 17: Continue Walk Cycle: Inbetweens

Week 8
No Class: October 8th
Class 15, Turning Inbetween assignment and Cat Tail Wave DUE!
Review Inbetweening and next assignment.
Week 7

Class 13, October 1
Lecture: Solid Drawing
 In Class Assignment: P-07 The Wave Principle (Dog Tail) on 1s Part 1
Turn In: P-06 In-between Assignment
Class 14, October 3
Lecture: Appeal
In Class Assignment: P-07 The Wave Principle (Dog Tail) Part 2
Week 6

Class 11, September 24
 Inbetweening Tests
In Class Assignment: P-06 In-between Exercise Part 1
Turn In: P- 05 Flour Sack Jumps Over an Obstacle 
Class 12, September 26
Lecture: Thumbnails
In Class Assignment: P-06 In-between Exercise Part 2
Week 5
Class 09, September 17 
Lecture: Overlapping Action, Drag, Follow Through & Settle
In Class Assignment:  P-05 Flour Sack Jump (Key Poses &Breakdowns)
Turn In: P-04 Feather, Leaf or Paper Airplane
Class 10, September 19
Lecture: Secondary Action
In Class Assignment: P-05 Flour Sack Jump (In-betweens)

 Week 4
Flour Sack Jump: The Flour sack must jump over an obstacle.


Thumbnail your ideas first; Your Flour Sack Design.
  • What does the Sack jump over?
  • How does the Sack arrive into the scene?
  • Does Scene begin with Sack observing the Obstacle?
Begin with a rough layout. Where does the scene take place?

Key Poses of the Storytelling moments of the Sack.
  

 Week 3

Review Pendulum



Lecture: Path of Action, Scene Planning and Basic Layout of Action, Creating Depth in Your Scene


Review Past Leave projects


Animating a Leaf, Feather or paper Airplane(Your Choice)

Using Principles
  • Staging: A rough exterior background with a Tree.
  • Ease In and Ease Out
  • Spacing and Timing 
  • Squash and Stretch

In Class Assignment: 
Project-04 Animate a feather, a falling leaf, a paper airplane 48-60 frames.DUE: Class 9, Sept 17,
  • Create a simple layout for the scene.
  • Path of Action Layer
  • Leaf, Feather or Paper Airplane layer

Turn In: P-02 Heavy Bouncing Ball


Review Heavy Ball in Class.

Week 2

Pendulum Swing Due: Turn In: P-01 Pendulum



Heavy Ball Drop.
Using Principles  
  • Ease In and Ease Out
  • Spacing and Timing

Bouncy Ball with Squash and Stretch
Using Principles  
  • Ease In and Ease Out
  • Spacing and Timing 
  • Squash and Stretch
Adding a Bouncing Bunny, Frog, Head, etc.
Using Principles  
  • Ease In and Ease Out
  • Spacing and Timing
  • Squash and Stretch

Week 1 
Pendulum Swing 
Using Principles  
  • Ease In and Ease Out
  • Spacing and Timing

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