Author Archives: Eleonora Di Massimo
Lipsync part 2
Here is my outcome for the second lipsync exercise. I’m not sure why, but I was doubting myself throughout the whole process for this one. I think because the audio already existed paired with visuals, so my main concern was … Continue reading
Michel Fuzellier’s Animation Sequence
I have always hesitated between illustration and animated films, and dedicated long periods of my professional life to one or the other, which are two sides of the same passion: to tell stories through drawings Michel Fuzellier When I was … Continue reading
Life Drawing in Term 2
I’m continuing with life drawing classes and although I enjoy them and can definitely see them helping me with the anatomy knowledge in animation exercises, I have good days and bad ones. I used to think it was quite normal … Continue reading
Lipsync part 1
Here is my first attempt at the lipsync exercise with some minor changes after a first feedback. Once again, the thumbnails really helped me with the key frames stage and I tried to pair those to the audio as best … Continue reading
Facial expressions exercise
Here is my result for the facial expressions exercise. Taking more time to focus on the thumbnails really helped me to relieve some of the pressure I face when drawings key frames, because unless the animation is a cycle, I’m … Continue reading
Thoughts on The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse
I was able to finally watch this beautifully animated film and the aspect I was interested the most was how the animal characters would be portrayed and animated. Having animated few different animals during my previous years at university, I’m … Continue reading
Body Acting
These are the first few key frames and break downs for my body acting exercise. I think the hardest part is not to get carried away with too much action. Whenever I was trying to shoot the reference for this … Continue reading
Quadruped Cycle
Here is my first version of a horse walk. I tried to break it down and animating the skeleton first as I knew the anatomy was going to be challenging and it helped immensely. The hard part was figuring out … Continue reading
Mood Walk in progress
For my mood walk I’ve decided to have a child character going from a sad state onto a happy one after seeing a kitten. The initial sad walk took me quite a bit to get, especially when it came to … Continue reading
Push exercise
Here is my second try at the push exercise. I started this on paper and eventually move on to TVPaint so that i could test the animation straight away. The traditionally drawn key poses helped me focus more on the … Continue reading