Request:Create an animation with the different stages of children ( baby, toddler, 5-year old, and 10 year old). Each child at different stages will walk behind an object and then ” grow” to the next stage. Baby crawling then moves behind bear and is a toddler. Toddler walking and then moves behind abc blocks and turns in to 5 year old. 5 year old walks and then moves behind “bush, tree, …?” and turns into 10 year old. 10 year old starts off walking and notices a little girl waiting for him and they both run off to play ground.
Professor:
Project Managers: Ashley Schenker
STA’s : Anna Xu
Character Design References: https://www.pinterest.com/characterdesigh/
First found references for drawing baby’s and toddlers. Tend to be more rounder with bigger heads.
My Character Design:
Progress So Far:
My role is to create the animations and I am collaborating with out fellow STA Anna who will be creating the props that the character moves behind.
I think you can tell by the fluidity of each of the animations that there was a point when I got used to the movement. The baby is a bit glitchy and then the walk cycle of the toddler is a bit smoother but the arms are a bit strange. By the third walk cycle of the toddler I feel like I got a hand of it and by the 10 year old I was satisfied with the animation and moved onto completing the color. Might need to change the colors a bit since it differed from the ones on my computer screen.