Sunday, 25 December 2016

[INSPIRATION] Whiteboard Animation

During my animation, there will be a sequence where Max the Cat runs across a whiteboard, during this sequence, I will draw Max the Cat onto a whiteboard and take photos myself, while animating him. This will be a difficult task as I have never created a whiteboard animation before, however I believe it is the same principle as stop-motion. I will more than likely use the same technique as what I am doing with the traditional animation, and animate it all in one spot and use Flash to move the characters around the paper.

One thing to note about whiteboard animation is that there isn't many around, there aren't any feature films what use it, and so far I have only come across a few student films or animation tests such as:
 


As you can see, these are all fairly amateur and made just for fun, none use character animation so it is difficult to find a suitable reference, however as the scene is only for around 15 seconds I am sure i'll be able to figure something out. The scene will consist of a run cycle with the possibility of Max looking around the whiteboard in confusion.

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