Two points!
So I finally finished cleaning up the animations I made during Keith’s APT 5 session. It’s been a while since I finished that session, I know, but I first had to deal with all the things I had pushed back during the APT, and get them out of the way.
This is my attempt at a subtle dialog/acting piece. Keith threw me a challenge with this two-character staging suggestion, and I couldn’t pass it up! This was a great learning opportunity, but by the time I got to clean-up I was asking myself “Why am I animating this? Wouldn’t it be better off as live action?”
With that thought, here’s the clip:
Very cool stuff. I get the subtle acting, you did a good job. Overall, the animation feels a little steppy, but I still like what you did, very much. Keep it up!
Thanks, toybunny!
I see your point about the steppy feel… I’ve been trying hard not to let my animation feel too mushy, and I overcompensated. Oh well, lessons learned!
cool one Sunny.. very good acting…
Thanks Anand!
I love the cartoony stuff you animated for Keith’s APT program. That stuff is more fun than this, I have to admit.
True Sunny.. shots like this is fun when we have a strong story line which can pull us in.. By the way, where do you work..
Hey Anand,
I was actually talking about your cartoon stuff being more fun than this subtle acting piece! This subtle stuff quickly starts to seem pointless, as it would be easier to do it live action and we’re not gaining anything (in my opinion) by animating it.
To answer your question: I work in the Washington, DC area, teaching animation at a college.
Thanks again for visiting, and for your comments!
Ya Sunny, i got u r point. i meant to say subtle acting will be fun when we animate for a feature or short film where the story decides our acting choices . As an exercise yes it becomes boring..
Pleasure is mine..!