Animation Reference - The Tick Loves Santa!

Tick looking sad
This is good reference for when Flexmans arm loses elasticity, he will be upset, assamed

Santa gets electrocuted
Santa gets electrocuted and also their is some motion blur
Santa gets electrocuted
These are all get reference for the electrocution scene

The Tick Loves Santa!. The Tick. FOX, Los Angles, California. 25 Nov. 1995

Animation Reference - Uncle Sam Magoo

Donkey scratching head
This is a great idea for a secondary animation. Instead of thinking using his hands, Flash can use his ears.

Uncle Sam Magoo. NBC, New York, New York. Sept. 1970

First Day of Class

I had my first day off Thesis class yesterday and I feel much better about it. I was getting so worried since there were so many incompletes last semester. I'll gust give 100 %, that's all I can do.

Animation Reference - Looney Tunes - Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century

Duck Dodgers
This is great reference for my project. It short that is similar to a superhero short. Yet again it starts daffy duck done in the Looney Tunes style. This is exactly what I need.

Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century. Looney Tunes. Warner Bros. Pictures, Burbank, California. 25 July 1953
Director: Chuck Jones

Rigging

I headed back into the lab today. I'll be splitting my time between home and the lab. I'm working on finishing up my characters model and environment. I was worried about Rigging. Seon gave to me a good website with abAutoRig 1.8.2.
supercrumbly.com

Animation Reference - Looney Tunes - Stupor Duck

Stupor Duck
This is great reference for my project. It short is about a menace superhero, daffy done in the Looney Tunes style. This is exactly how I want my thesis to be like.

Stupor Duck. Looney Tunes. Warner Bros. Pictures, Burbank, California. 17 July 1956
Director: Robert McKimson

****** The Principles of Animation******

1:Timing
2:Squash & Stretch
3. Slow In and Slow Out
4: Anticipation
5. Follow Through / Overlapping Action: -Follow Through, Breaking of joints, Drag, Lead and follow
6. Arc
7: Straight Ahead / Pose to pose
8. Solid Posing
9. Secondary action
10. Staging
11. Exaggeration
12. Appeal

Animation Reference - The Incredibles

Awards
Past Awards
Example of how Pixar showed the Glory Days

Dash - Speed
Dash facial expression
Here Dash is upset on a car ride home. This is a similar look that I can use for Flash when he is waiting for Flexman to make his checker move.
Dash running in the Jungle
Dash on a high speed run, great reference for Flash.
Dash running on water
Dash on a high speed run over the water with a skid, great reference for Flash when he slides.
Dash running on the track
Dash running on at a slower speed.

Elastigirl - Stretch
Elastigirl Stretch to lamp
A good example for flexman stretching at the lamp
Elastigirl arm Stretch
A good example for flexman stretching
Elastigirl arm Stretch while vacuuming
A good example for flexman stretching
Elastigirl Multi arm Stretch
A good example for flexman stretching
Elastigirl Full body Stretch
A good example for flexman stretching
Elastigirl Stretch Up
Here's elastic girl stretch her body too, this is good for when flexman changes the light blub
Elastigirl Stretch- different shape
A good example of what Flexman’s arm losing elasticity can look like

Dash and Elastigirl
Many Super powers
A good example of speed and stretching

Mr. Incredible - Bad Back
Oh my Back
A good reference for Flexman's first chess move

The Incredibles. Dir. Brad Bird. Walt Disney Pictures, 2004
Link:http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/incredibles

Animation Reference - Looney Tunes - Buccaneer Bunny

Bugs Take off
Here Bugs takes off quickly and creates dust. This is good reference for when Flash discovers that Fleaman has gotten electrocutes and runs to him.

Buccaneer Bunny. Looney Tunes. Warner Bros. Pictures, Burbank, California. 8 May 1948
Director: Friz Freleng

Animation Reference - Looney Tunes - Ali Baba Bunny

Bugs Thinking
Thinking pose. Great to use for reference for the checkers game.

Ali Baba Bunny. Looney Tunes. Warner Bros. Pictures, Burbank, California. 9 Feb. 1957
Director: Chuck Jones

Venting

Lately it seems I just can’t get a break to get going on my thesis. First I get sick, and then my sister had foot surgery so I need to help her out. Now my dog ginger passed away yesterday. My dogs are my inspiration for my thesis, that’s way I wanted a Wallace and Gromit type of story. I just feel like I keep getting set back.

Animation Reference - Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry

Walk - Run (no sound)
Run (no sound)
Good Reference for Flash:
The first Jerry has a nice character walk which turns into a run. It's a nice shot when Jerry runs to us, but I don't know if that's something I can add in.
The second run Tom has a nice way of starting out into a run.

Tom twiddling his thumbs (no sound)
In this shot Tom twiddling his thumbs, this good is good reference for flash while waiting for Flexman to make his next chess movie.

Tom being impatient (no sound)
Here Tom gets impatient while sitting at a penguin crossing. I love the expression he has especially when he has his head in one had and taping his fingers on the other,

Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry. Dir. Bill Kopp. Warner Home Video, 2005

My first Animation Mentor class

I had my first Animation Mentor class tonight. It was great, their are people from all over the world in class with me. Our mentor Chris Chua said something that really stuck with me "We can't have animation without living life." Life is our inspiration, yet especially now with thesis we become so bogged down with sitting in front of the computer wanting to get it done. We have to remember to take some breaks; you never know you might find something that really inspires your work for your thesis.

Animation Reference - Geri’s Game

Close-Ups
I was actually thinking of starting my Thesis with an extreme close-up like this instead of coming through the window. I also think I need to make cuts to the hand like they do.

Settling/ Sitting
This is great reference for the slow moving elder man and how the animation settles as he sits.

Walk
This is great reference for an old man walking.

Cuts
This is great reference for Cuts and also the anxiety of making the next move. I think I might make my cuts a bit faster.


Geri’s Game. Dir. Jan Pinkava. Pixar Animation Studios, 1997
To see more about this short visit this Link: http://www.pixar.com/shorts/gg/index.html

Animation Reference - The Cricket in Times Square

Lean - Walk (no sound)
This pose has some great leaning poses, a great charter walk cycle and great facial expressions

Shoulder Shrug (no sound)
Great Expression for a Shoulder Shrug

Thinking (no sound)
Great Thinking pose, I like the touch of the finger taping- this would be good before my chess moves

Sitting with Style (no sound)
The mouse has such character just sitting

Dialogue Piece
Get expression, it has the thinker like poses

Camera Angles
I love the Camera Angels in this shot and how smoothly the cuts work.

Walking into an object (no sound)
I don't know if I actually need this for my thesis, but it's a great reference for walking and a flatten

The Cricket in Times Square. Dir. Chuck Jones. American Broadcasting Company (ABC), New York City, New York. 24 April. 1973

Character Model Sheets for Flexman & Flash

I’m starting to model the characters first since they need to be rigged.
Flexman’s reference modeling sheet

Flash’s reference modeling sheet

Animation Reference - Smallville - super speed in slow motion

He's how the super speed is done for smallville




They use motion blur on Clark. I also like the sound effects. The way the leaves are moving while Clark is running is great for my light bulb cracking in slow motion. The leaves barely move until after Clark passes and causes the gust of wind that blows the leaves.
How to do super speed
Steps:
1- Actor runs in direction
2- Leaf blower - Speed
3_Composite

Smallville Series - 16, October, 2001 - ?
Smallville. CW Television Network, Los Angeles, California. 2001- ?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpjpRYRLhMQ

Clark again is show in super speed, than the world slows down around him. The rain drops falling show how fast he really moves. This is the kind of effect I want when Flash in show in slow motion.

Accelerate. Smallville. The WB Television Network, Los Angeles, California. 6 May 2003

Starting Thesis - Animation Reference - Dastardly & Muttley

I still so wiped out from last semester and am now sick, but I know I need to start my Thesis. I so figured I start out easy and gather reference for my animation. Here’s one I found for the high speed run.


Animation Reference:
Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines – opening:
Reference for a high speed run with anticipation. Also Muttley has a good snicker.
opening

Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines
Opening. Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines. Hanna-Barbera Productions, Los Angeles, California. 16 Sept. 1969

Pre-Thesis Book

Well I handed in my Pre-Thesis Book and DVD today. I struggled with the Proof of Concept (Rigging), but I finally got it to work. I'm so wiped out that I won't be touching any thesis work until after Christmas.

Final Deliverables

Well, it's coming to the end of the semester. Boy that went fast. All my Pre- Thesis material is due next week. As I get it done I'll add it to this posting. I want to make sure I have everything they asked for.

1. Thesis Treatment
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Thesis statement
1.3 Synopsis
1:3B Treatment
1.4 Script
1.5 Storyboard
1.6 Production design
1.7 Shot List
Shot Sheets
1.8 Production schedule
1.9 Verbal execution plan

2. Research Paper
2.1 Introduction to the subject, overview about the areas of research
2.2 Cultural, historical, scientific and social aspects
2.3 Artistic aspects – in depth analysis of sources relevant to your project, comparison of approaches and results, techniques & styles
2.4 Technical aspects
2.5 Final conclusions and relevance to the project –
2.6 Bibliography & appendices

3. Proof of Concept (on CD/DVD)
3.1 Animatic 13MB
3.2 Rig
3.3 Full Color PDF of completed Pre-Production book with Blog entries