Grandmas

My first real attempt at character design. We had to design two characters in conflict—we're still working on the animation for it.

So here it is! Two grandmas.

Muriel and Patty

Sound Sync Animation

We've moved on to making a fifteen-second animation that accompanies a sound clip that our teacher gave us. It was technically due today, but our teacher gave us a two-week extension, since so many of us had incomplete animations (mine included). I toiled away for literally 12 hours last night, working at this dumb little animation, but to no avail.

In any case, here's what I've got so far. I started off with creating T-shape character designs so it would be easier to animate limbs later.

Apart from the narrator (the little boy), I tried sticking with a limited color palette for cohesiveness. As for the animation itself, I was inspired by battle scenes in classic anime such as Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Sailor Moon. Here are screenshots of the beginning and the ending:

Anyway, it's stupid. I can honestly say that I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to animation, though I am utterly obsessed with it.