So the first one is something i have wanted to do for a while now. Although i haven't animated a lot at the moment, i have habits already. I get most of my inspiration from music, and can sometimes hear a particular song and really get into it, and picture an animation in my head. I guess the songs that work best for me are the ones that tell a story, obviously, because that's what animation (to me) is about fundamentally.
I always picture great things in my head, but always struggle to convey this in my work as my abilities are still a little limited. So i am going to take on board everything i have learned from the few animations i have already done, and hopefully it can be something really good. This new one will be a faster paced animation which for me will be a challenge because there will need to be a lot of action and fast paced movements to time it against the song words. The song is only 1 minute 29 seconds, so i have to fit a lot in and still make it look like a story.
There is a longer version of the song, but if there is one thing i have learned...it's not to make things more complicated than they need to be!
I have been rough sketching some ideas for one of the characters. There will be two. The story is about friendship and how important it is so i think two characters is enough to show this. It is a very simple story.
They are a little rough and just the first ideas that came to me. Surprisingly i just started drawing the shapes for the head and body and came up with him. For me that is a big step forward. I really have trouble with character design, but i have been reading quite a few books on drawing and character design and they seem to be having an effect.
I will post sketches as i go along and hopefully you can watch with me as my animation is put together :)
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