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Here's a bit of cleanup I did on the next installment of the Maverik Monster series. I wish I could have contributed more, but alas, I had my hands full preparing for Comic Con.
Anyway, here it is. Rough animation by yours truly, cleanup by Gibbs Rainock. If its not playing smoothly, try toggling between "progressive" and "streaming." Or you could download the video by clicking through to the viddler site.
Here's a little bit of animation for the next Monster vs. Trakker spot. I didn't get to do as much animation as I would have liked on this spot, but I'm pretty happy with this. The facial structure is much more consistent than some of the stuff I've done in the past; the features aren't floating around on the face (as much). Plus, the follow through and details on this were fun.
I'll make a post next time about my process for animation.
The rough animation is all me, and the second clip features cleanup by Gibbs Rainock.
If its not playing smooth (like it only shows three or four frames) you might have to download them to see the full motion.
To download, click on the video screen after you've played it. It'll take you to the viddler page where you can click the "download" tab to the right of the video.
So I've had a request to explain exactly what I did on the Animated Maverik commercial. The studio I worked with to create this is by no means a large production studio, so I had the opportunity to contribute on many levels to this project. All of this was done under the direction of Ernie Harker, the owner and Creative Director of 8fish.
I did the following:
Helped develop the concept
Collaborated on the basic story structure
Contributed to character design (I designed the Monster's head)
Drew the storyboards
Edited the rough animatic based on the storyboards
Directed, mixed and edited the scratch track for the animatic
Oversaw production of the layout and workbook. That included drawing all but one of the character poses.
Oversaw the editing of the "workbook animatic"
Rough animation on shots 6 and 10(The last shot of dialogue between Ron and Britney).
Supervised rough animation and cleanup
Recorded the final dialogue
If you need any clarification on that, feel free to ask. There's some animation jargon there, and there's probably some 8fish specific jargon as well.