research and quick drawings of a cat jumping. thinking about the frames.
read through parts of the animators survival kit by Richard Williams.
lion drawings, different angles and experimenting with ways of drawing. I started with drawing on paper which I took photos of and then drew on top of it on photoshop to create the line art. I put the line art for each animal on different layer. I then experimented with ways to colour the line art in, I tried using the brush tool and the pen tool. I’ve labelled the drawings on the right so you can see the different techniques I tried. I tried to make these drawings simple. I’m used to doing more detailed work, and as I’m thinking of doing an animation I needed to experiment with simplifying the drawings down. The different angles of the lion I found looked good, and keeping the colours minimal made the work a lot quicker. I did two drawings of the paw, one has no black outline. I’ve decided the drawings look better with the outline. i drew the more detailed paw with the brush tool, but again only used 3 tones on the fur, and 4 on the paws. however this still took to look and is therefore not practical for animation.
