Week 12: Dialogue in TV Paint: "I'm good"

Our last week with Fabian Erlinghauser from Cartoon Saloon, who taught us for this fifth straight week. This was our first two character exercise. We had a voice track where a man tries to get a woman's attention and she turns down his offer, softly. I chose the gorillas Kerchak and Kala from Tarzan. He's trying to get in her good books after a fight, but she's not in the mood.

Week 11: Dialogue in TV Paint: Everything's OK

This week, we got our first taste of dialogue (or monologue as it were). We could choose from two voice clips and four characters.

Here is the Sultan from Aladdin, trying to convince his subjects that everything is okay (when clearly it isn't). I was quite happy with this one, though I need more work on the lip-synch:

Week 10: Non Dialogue in TV Paint: Roger's date is late

This time, the acting had to be quite subtle: a character's date is late, and he/she has already had to wait awhile and so is starting to get worried. I chose Roger from 101 Dalmatians.

Week 9: Non Dialogue in TV Paint: Baloo's temptation

Our assignment this week was a character being tempted by money lying on the ground, but deciding against it. We had a choice of ten characters to work with.

My choice was Baloo. This was a very fun exercise to work on. It took all week and parts of the weekend, and I'm quite happy with it.

His arm is a bit funny towards the end, and I didn't manage to clean it all up. I think I made too many rough drawings without cleaning up. However, I am pleased with the overall animation, especially how he doesn't stop in his poses but moves organically.

Week 8 - TV Paint introduction

This was our first week of not only working with the animation program TV Paint, but Wacom tablets as well. I think it's a nice way of animating, and we spent this week getting to know this new way of working.

Here is Scooby-Doo turning his head (I'm very happy with this one):


The character Jock from the Lady and the Tramp, also turning his head:


And finally Hogarth from the Iron Giant, doing a take:

Week 5: Midway test featuring the Pink Panther

The first semester officially ended with this, our first test, a week-long assignment featuring the Pink Panther. This is what I am able to do after one semester at the Animation Workshop.





If that's too hard to read, here's the same animation, only without the background.

Week 4: Storyboarding w/ Tod Polsen & On Krapook

We had Tod Polsen & On Krapook this week and got a 2-person assignment on making an animatic for a popsicle commercial. This commercial features some kids and their dog as they daydream their way to outer space, thus showing how cool popsicles are. This is what I did with Kenneth Ladekjær. I did almost all the second half (Kenneth doing the final logo and fly-by)