Hungry Granny - 2D animation

Hungry Granny

Medium: 2D animation                 Software used: Adobe Animate

The animation was originally created about a year ago for a college assignment finals on the fundamentals for animation. The animation depicts the juxtaposition of a humble granny who proceeds to devour her breakfast in the most violent was possible. I created this with the idea of slapstick humor in mind inspired by cartoon shows such as "Ren and Stimpy" and "Tom and Jerry" along with my intention to just draw a bunch of venom-like teeth shots. This animation took  around three weeks to a month to complete.

Concept Sketches and References

Initials ideas had Granny trying out her new dentures that proves to be a little too effective. Main references for Granny's demeanor were Muriel Bagge from "Courage the Cowardly Dog" and Granny from "Looney Tunes".

Thumbnail Sketches and Breakdown Lineart

Scene by Scene - Coloured

Setting up Breakfast - Intro scene: 
For the first scene, I wanted everyone to get the wrong idea of what the whole animation is about with a peaceful breakfast set and a more slowed down animation of Granny before the chaos comes crashing in, making it all the more unexpected and comedic like getting demolished by an speeding locomotive. 

Chaotic Consumption - Middle scene:
For the main chomping animation, I exaggerated the physics and body potentials of Granny with squash and stretch animation fundamentals. To accentuate the movements of the animation; I used a mixture of streak motion lines,  smeared frames and fluid motions/streams. This along with the different mouth formations with the idea of each frame having a different expression while holding the same idea and energy throughout makes the scene more chaotic and nonsensical.

Finishing the meal - Final scene:
For the final scene; rather than have it come to a sudden stop from all the visual vomit, I decided to slowly fizzle out the energy of the animation with the tea cup ending it off with a final smear frame as Granny changes back to her original self. And the end where Granny not only treats it like a normal event but is content with her meals ties the entire joke together in a messy and pretty weird bow.