Hero Res Blocking Part 2

I felt the story of the original animation didn't deliver the punchline as well as I wanted it to. I decided to place more focus on the mage character--giving her some time to rush over, consider the situation, then act. Since she gets a mini character arc, her frustration at the end has a little more value, and the joke lands better.

Book Rig Credit goes to: http://www.redesigndavid.com/single/2011/5/5/book-rig-for-download

Hero Res Blocking

Here is the beginning stages of an animation for my reel. I wanted to challenge myself to animate weightlessness and kinetic spell casting. The video is a pass of very rough posing and timing to make sure the concept is there before I start hashing out any details.

Just an animation sketch of a stretch. No detailing or polish pass. 

Pose Practice

I want to sharpen my posing skills, so I referenced a few poses from photos, 10 minutes each. I picked my favorite pose from the set, and made it into an idle animation.   

Digital painting practice experimenting with keeping the line art intact or painting over it. 

These characters were from a project I worked on with a friend. We planned out a world set in Medieval times where the characters had magic powers.