Storyboarding, Animatic and 2D Animation work

These were the references I was provided when doing work for Broken Blade, created by Alex Smith.

This is a collection of various walk cycles and small animations I have done as university assignments for skill aquisition.

Silly Walk Cycle - This was a walk cycle I did for my 2D Animation class as university work. My goal with this walk cycle was to create a goofy walk cycle that would still look convincing.

Mourning the loss of her mother, Claire is baking one of her old recipes. Upon noticing her daughter watching, she lets her join, getting reminded of herself at that age baking with her mother. They share the moment together, letting Claire focus on the good times they had together instead of letting the grief settle in.

A Sweet Reminder was a storyboard which I took into a rough animatic for my University assignment. Drama and subtlety in storyboarding and animation was something I was quite unfamiliar with, and this project was important for me to explore how much I could push and pull to evoke strong emotions for the viewer.

My biggest struggle with doing a drama board was to make sure scenes were long enough for the viewer to truly take in the moment and to keep Claire warm and welcoming while still showing signs of her grief. There were big changes from my first pass as Claire seemed almost cold and conflicted towards her daughter, which was not the intent.

As a result, I have an animatic which became qutie a bit longer than my original concept, but one that reads better and elaborates more on details and subtleties of the world that was sorely neeeded in the first pass.