First week of animating: Key Frames (and a few inbetweens)

I traced from the drawings I did for the storyboard to create my key frames. There were a few bits where I needed more key frames, specifically the parts where the boy towel twists and untwists himself. I started with the first one, and ended up doing all the inbetweens as well, because it was complicated and I needed to figure out the whole thing in one go for it to work.

It took me a while to get the hang of timing charts. In the photo above, I wrote the numbers on little pieces of paper, so that I could move them around instead of writing them and having to rub them out and write them again if I wanted to change it. I also tried making my timing charts really long so there would be more of a difference between the sizes of gaps.

Next I did the key frames for when the boy falls off the side of the chair and is untwisting while sliding off the chair at the same time, which is even more complicated. The only way I can keep a hold of how I’m planning to do any of it is by making notes like this.

Plus: New version of x-sheet, page 1, to start adding faces