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week #1: Goofy Looks and Take

Here is the first of several weekly animation exercises I will share, that I am doing for an Animation 2 class here at LCAD.

Dave Pruiksma was telling us that at certain point in working at the studio, he developed an innate sense of timing; a head turn takes this many frames, so on and so forth. When working on the character Flit for Pocahontas, his stock idea of timing changed dramatically. The director would only give him a few number of frames to show several actions. Thus comes the basis for this excercise: I had 46 frames to make a character Enter Screen, look right, look left, take, and exit screen. I decided to animate goofy because Dave, had a good model sheet.

Goofy Looks and Take Rough Test from Eric Heaton on Vimeo

If I had more time I would animate the overlap of the ears, do a small antic before the last take, scramble the arms during the take strait-ahead, and use less time to exit the screen, . But it served its purpose, I learned alot, and it was fun :)

expect another test next week...

Just a Taste

Some character designs for my comic

Costumed and Nude Figure Drawing

This last one is referenced from a classic Martha Cooper Photograph of Graffiti artist DEZ. I always thought it was a cool looking pose-

little samurai inbetweens

Here are some shots I inbetweened, for George Yang's (georgasm.blogspot.com/) short film, "The Little Samurai". I looped them 3 times for easier review.

"Now before we move on..." from Eric Heaton on Vimeo.

"Very Good." from Eric Heaton on Vimeo.

"Give me the Katana." from Eric Heaton on Vimeo.

You can find more of George here, as well as "The Little Samurai" Story reel- http://georgeyangportfolio.blogspot.com/

finished...

ahhh, done with my first year at LCAD. There is alot of work I need to document digitally, so expect many posts soon...

Interview- KAC Mural Backdrop