For my third assignment in Creative Tech i am required to produce a flash animation.
The animation is a character model sheet for an existing or created character
This model sheet is required to show key animations and traits of the character to give animators a good idea of how the character acts.
My interests in animation include classic shows such as The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad and South Park.
Other interesting animation techiques, however, include shows such as Ren & Stimpy, Rex the Runt, Afro Samurai, Angry Kid and other types of animation which do not follow conventions and use different methods to achieve results.
When it comes to deciding upon a character to use or to create a character a number of different constraints have to be taken into effect.
Using an already created character will eliminate the creative side of the project which is the character creation. This is a double edged sword, on one side this eliminates having total control of the character. On the other side using an already created character will save time in the long run.
Some of the animation in the videos above is obviously a lot easier to produce than other, if for example i was going to create a character in the style of South Park it would be much less complicated than creating a character in the style of Family Guy simply because of the way they are created. South Park is created in a 2D way whereas Family Guy is produced to look 3D.
When taking ideas from my inspiration i need to make sure i choose something which is doable but at the same time is not going to be too simple to produce and not use all the necessary methods i have learnt.
