Apply: Drawing frames

 Whilst drawing the frames there are many things to think about mainly to do with motion and timing. A key point of a pose to pose animation is the fact that each movement is planned out before animating rather than straight ahead where you just do it. I tried to do some more complex motions for this animation compared to what I have done so far on this project, this proved a significant and time consuming challenge. For some of the motions (such as the end run cycle) I used the "animation survival kit" book which is an excellent resource as it has a huge range of basic-complex motions for different character types. I also used (after some helpful advice from Matt) reference video to try and plan motions from particular camera perspectives. One I found particularly difficult was a character waking away from the camera when the camera is behind the character. The reference video helped a lot as I could plan the motion frame by frame from the video. I also use templates (right picture) whilst animating. I'm not sure if this is professional practice but it means I have a rough outline to give my guidelines for each drawing this means the volume of the character always stays the same,