[video=youtube;ZzK7gGZG_kQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzK7gGZG_kQ[/video]
Final result:
[video=youtube;TKhY4h6rxvc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKhY4h6rxvc[/video]
Haven't watched the tutorial yet, sorry, so I may go over something you already know.
Notice how it looks like he barely even used the chair to push himself up. Also, he would use two hands, not one. Also, he would probably lose his balance a bit so he would step with the opposite leg from his primary hand (so if he were right handed, he would step just a bit with his left to catch his balance, especially if he's bobbing his head like a crazy person) Finally, he has no finger movement so he's just pushing up with his palms and not his hands themselves.
Whilst smooth, it had no real physics to it at, and that's probably one of the most important parts of animation. Animation of a character must have some realistic physics. You should actually do the action you want to animate and take heed of where every single limb of your body is at all times (head, neck, arms, legs, feet, hands) and just notice how they move. Then, take a moment to think why we move like that. Sorry if all I said felt kind of harsh, there's just a lot to cover when it comes to animation. All I'm saying is this doesn't feel like it's tutorial worthy when you haven't covered the real theory behind animation properly.
The lean-back-and-swing-yourself-up is sort of an old people thing; creating some momentum to overcome the energy you haven't got in your legs. Probably better to have him lean forward so that his center of gravity is right over his feet, then push upwards evenly
It's still a great animation though!
When I animate a motion I tend to think "how would this look in real life", and I try to mimic it myself. And generally when I stand up I do what Maloof? said and just lean forward and put the power to my legs and feet. There's no swinging or loss of balance, it's pretty straight-forward.
But yeah, you're doing good. Keep practicing!
[QUOTE=Derp Y. Mail;40080544]When I animate a motion I tend to think "how would this look in real life", and I try to mimic it myself. And generally when I stand up I do what Maloof? said and just lean forward and put the power to my legs and feet. There's no swinging or loss of balance, it's pretty straight-forward.
But yeah, you're doing good. Keep practicing![/QUOTE]
I actually did just that before I wrote my comment; spun my chair around and stood up to see how I do it.
I have animator friends who do the same; sometimes with doing stuff in front of a mirror to see how it looks. Always good practice!
[QUOTE=Maloof?;40080600]I actually did just that before I wrote my comment; spun my chair around and stood up to see how I do it.
I have animator friends who do the same; sometimes with doing stuff in front of a mirror to see how it looks. Always good practice![/QUOTE]
That and mimicking facial expressions and mouth movements. I do it in class. People tend to stare. :v:
Well it's not really a tutorial on animation, it's a tutorial on how I did -that- animation, I know it's far from perfect, and I know it's not realistic, it's not meant to be realistic, as I stated in the tutorial several times I wanted to overly exaggerate the movements.
And also I did it in 30 minutes, can't tweak every bone in the body in that time, I was thinking "Goofy" from Micky Mouse when I made this.
[QUOTE=chopp;40080925]Well it's not really a tutorial on animation, it's a tutorial on how I did -that- animation, I know it's far from perfect, and I know it's not realistic, it's not meant to be realistic, as I stated in the tutorial several times I wanted to overly exaggerate the movements.
And also I did it in 30 minutes, can't tweak every bone in the body in that time, I was thinking "Goofy" from Micky Mouse when I made this.[/QUOTE]
So it's more of a "Behind the Scenes" than a tutorial. Speed it up and you've got a time lapse.
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