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At the beginning of this semester, I have been drawing several new characters in my sketchbook. Each of them were different from each other, from their wings to their eyes to their facial expressions. In addition to these new characters, I have also been drawing my first character from last class, Domino.
There were a few sketches that looked better than others, and all of them showed the characters in motion, or at least in different poses. However, while I have been giving a lot of attention to the newer characters, my own portrayal of Domino was lagging behind, especially when he's in motion.
I wanted to fix that, so I decided to make him the sole subject of my final project, which was an animation of him doing various actions; running, jumping, landing, and an idle pose.
The keyframes luckily were not as difficult as they used to be, since now I know well enough to always keep track of them and place them often. But weight painting was something I could not fathom on my own...lucky for me, my good friend Jen helped me out and made Domino look less like a rubber dog or some toy.
The most interesting things I animated were his ears, tail, and hat. Having them flop around in the air or wag as he turns his head was fun to animate, and it felt like I was really bringing the character to life.
The worst thing about animating Domino, or at least the most challenging thing besides weight painting, was one of his legs that moved in wide circles sometimes between keyframes. I fixed it by manipulating it directly over the course of the animation, but it was still strange to see.
All in all, I used a lot more time in this animation than my previous ones just to showcase different actions and try to put some spacing between them. All to help it flow better, which I really think it did.
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