Silhouettes and Movement arcs

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This is not a throw guide.

Instead of my usual [verb] guide, i thought i'd try for something more useful that can be applied to a much wider range of actions.

By silhouette, i mean the general outline of the character. Exagerate things as much as you need for a more dynamic pose to put more power into what your character is doing.

Music: Banjo-Tooie - Bullion Bill's Hut.

http://darkmanethewerewolf.deviantart.com/

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Silhouettes
• Keys
• movement
• motion
• Arcs
• animation
• stop
• grenade
• throw
• crocodile
• key
• frames

[leopardstar151]

I love that not-so-informed starting animators don't realize that planning can really help pull of a certain look. Also helps the jumpiness and downsizing that happens with straight-ahead animations.

[DarkmaneTheWerewolf]

@leopardstar151

Indeed, little things like this make a huge difference. One of the first things they taught us in university was this sort of thing in the form of a bouncing ball and covered squash and stretch too. We drew out the entire path and planned each movement of the ball in one go first, then drew out each frame. I wanted to cover silhouettes and already had my bouncing ball animation on my channel anyway, but i'll try to get to squash and stretch at some point seperately.

[midniteroseangel]

Wow. That's cool 8D I wish I could do that.<33

[DarkmaneTheWerewolf]

@midniteroseangel

I hadnt even done the annotaions yet! Well, they're done now.

[XestaStudios]

Is.. is that

BANJO KAZOOIE? <3333

[VerixInfernoWolf]

OMG IT'S BANJO AND KAZOOIE MUSIC!

[okamiheaven14]

omg bango and kazooie music....i miss playing those games but they were fun while it lasted :)

[eilis76]

haha the music brings back memories :)

[xXMoonClawXx]

Wow, o.o thanks for posting this, I can animate a little better :D

[RunningWolfProductin]

Wow your tutorials are always so amazing ;)

[leopardstar151]

@DarkmaneTheWerewolf Yea another nice thing is having extremes after the end keys of a certain movement to make it look more lively. Also helps with the anticipation and bounce-back of the squash and stretch.

[ShilukITheMongrel]

I already knew all this, but the way you interpret it is just fantastic! You've gotta be at least ONE of the bests animators on this site. ^^