Shot 5 has been our test dummy for animation and compositing since production has started. Below is the final direction we will be using moving forward for the film. It includes the backgrounds which are painted in Photoshop utilizing real textures from photographs, the animated character in Toon Boom and live action cherry blossoms composited onto the animation footage with post lighting in After Effects.
Our animation style has slowly been moving to a simplified cut out style that has minimal, if any, slow ins and outs between keys. This example straddles the new direction with some motion tweens but maintains the stiff cut out aesthetic to the movements.
Beautiful guys! This already looks extremely polished!
ReplyDeleteThank you Travis. Are you still resting up or will you be there Saturday? I will have, fingers crossed, the whole film with key animations.
DeleteI'm diggin it! Can't wait to see the whole thing!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Elaine! I feel I can confidently speak for the group when I say we are very excited with how this is coming together.
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