Rocket Animation

 For this task I had to create a storyboard for a rocket animation and then create the actual animation following it. The story is expressing the excitement of the little rocket who wants to go to the moon. In the first half of the animation he notices the moon and starts running in circles and bouncing up and down. The little guy gets overexcited and takes off in a clumsy way. Once he lands on the moon he expresses his satisfaction by raising his eyebrows. The emotions have been visualised in the animation pretty well. The only issue I had in the process of animating was the rotation of the body as the rig was not properly set but I think I managed to work with what I had. The follow-through movements of the antenna give the character personality and therefore help the audience better understand his thoughts and feelings.

12 principles of animation

The major thing I notice when I am talking about the 12 pinciples of animation now is that they have become way more noticeable for me than they were a year ago. I started noticing them everywhere, form animation movies I am watching to not-animated movies, even in my every day life when I am socializing with people. And not only I can see the difference between each pinciple but I also find myself thinking about ways to improve them in other peoples work.
They are all equally important when it comes to animating because they help the audience engage with the particular character. In my animations I usually copy my own behavior and movements as I think this helps me a lot with the visualization of my character's thoughts.

Storyboard research

I quite enjoyed doing the research on storyboards using Pinterest.com. It provided me with a range of styles and themes. Before I did the research I already had an idea about my storyboard but I did not have a clear visualisation. After I had a look at the work of other storyboard creators I came up with ideas of how exactly I should visualise my animation idea and how to make it easily understandable. Here is a link to my board in pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ra43700/sroryboard-research/?s=3&m=facebook