Ticked Off

Now I'm in second year, it is important that I spend time working on third year projects. It gives me a better idea on how a project is managed while working alongside a team. One of the projects I have chosen to work on is Ticked off. It's a story of a clock keeper who keeps getting bugged by a spider in the clock. 

So far I have only been creating little test animations and art, but I will post these here to show. The first is a image I drew to get to know the two characters a little better. They're in a very simple style, but I like that as well as the colour scheme the producers have chosen to use.

 

As well as the art, I've also worked on two different walk cycles for Wick, the mouse like character. The first I completed with colour, although it doesn't have many frames so the animation isn't as smooth. Even so, I made sure to include the follow through on his ears, which I think is a nice touch to add. The second is simply lineart to give a better indication of the way he moves. It's a slower, smoother walk, and I tried to include the way his head might move.

(Update with second video)

After working with Wick for a while, I was asked to try something with the spider, like the way he pops down from the top of the screen. This seemed like a fun task, and I have so far completed a small test. I used follow through on the hair on his body, as well as on his legs, and also made him bounce a little before coming to a stop. Another task was to try an include a cup of tea, which I thought through and made it so he'd have to catch the liquid on the way back up.