Assignment 9 (LAST): Dialogue

I had the most fun with this assignment because I was able to show character acting in the animation whereas in the other animations I did, it was mainly simple mechanics. In here, there was also audio and I was able to see how much an audio can add life to an animation. This shows that voice acting is very important because you can even say that a good voice acting brings up the quality of an animation indirectly.

This was really difficult because I had to draw most of the frames without a tablet so this assignment was extra challenging. I think it doesn't look terrible, though I still think it looks choppy and weird at some moments. But this is an example of how great voice acting can bring to life such a simple animation. The voice actor is Yuji Kaki, the voice actor for the main character of "Attack on Titan" which is one of the, if not the most popular anime of this decade. I was able to download harmony on my laptop, so I will definitely be practicing a little bit if I get inspired during the winter break.

Comments

Introduction

I started watching anime around Fall-Winter of 2020 and I really fell in love with how much emotion a series of drawings could be conveyed to the watcher. My first anime which was "Violet Evergarden" was such a masterpiece. The music, the voice acting, the animation, the art, etc. I was very surprised at the fact that this anime was able to make me cry so I decided to keep watching more and I stumbled upon animes that were less drama driven like Violet Evergarden, instead focusing more on action, superpowers, perhaps comedy, but also serious shows with dark stories like Attack on Titan. As of right now, my current top 10 animes are: 1. Vinland Saga (by Wit Studio) 2. Demon Slayer (by Ufotable) which is my favorite studio mainly because of how good and consistent every show is from this studio, they always delivers quality even if the source material isn't good, it is always a treat for the eyes. 3. Fate Zero (by Ufotable) 4. Attack on Titan (by Wit Studio) 5. My Hero Ac...

Assignment 7: Weight

Despite this being one of the hardest challenging, I found this one the most fun because I experimented a lot. Before I was usually scared to make drawing continuously thinking it wasn't going to work, but for this one I did drawing continuously and then I looked at how it looked when I was done drawing. So, in total I drew +100 frames (don't remember the exact number of frames) without analyzing how it looked, but just went with the flow assuming it was good. Obviously this led to a decent amount of mistakes, it looked "swimmy" because each drawing had different proportions, so it looked a bit weird. Despite this, you could clearly tell what the character was trying to do, and I think I did a fairly good job at portraying the struggle in the character's face as he was trying to push the boulder. Additionally, I think it was a nice touch to add the character scratching its head before it attempted to push the boulder. As mentioned before, the "swimmy" l...

Assignment 8: Walk Cycle

This was a fairly straightforward assignment. I actually think this one was easier than the weight assignment, despite me getting a lower score on this one. But the reason for that is because I spent way less time on this assignment. I spent considerable more time on the weight assignment. The reason as to why I think this assignment was easier is because you can look up references to guide you while drawing each frame. For example: I followed this guide, and my animation came out fairly smooth, the only inconsistencies were in the drawings but I think I did a good job with the animation. To make this better, I should've added a background. I was actually thinking of drawing some buildings in the back and some cars passing on the road to demonstrate even better the walk cycle. Overall, I still think I did a pretty decent job and in my opinion it looks smooth.

Jorge Rodriguez 2D Animation Blog

Search This Blog