I apologize for the lack of blog posts last month! I promise I’m still here! Here’s a quick post to let you know what I’ve been up to.
I’ve recently been animating a pre-animated character for the GoAnimate.com Studio. I animated a dragon! It’s actually a neat little setup – You animate different actions for your character which turn into options for users to manipulate. For the dragon, it can walk, fly, throw fire and more, all selectable from a drop-down menu in the Studio. I created it with the GoAnimate user in mind, including separating anticipation animation, moving holds and walk / flight cycles so the user can custom fit it into the timing of their choice and lining up registration between these animations for smooth transitions.
Why am I focusing so much on GoAnimate here lately? Well, I think it has potential far beyond being a toy or an educational tool. I’m planning a little social media experiment with the dragon, possibly in concert with my Twitter and I also talked with the GoAnimate staff about making user uploaded pre-animated characters available for purchase (source of income for freelancers!)
I created a quick demo for the dragon below. I even whipped up a British sounding android butler to introduce it. I thought it was fitting for my first character… in my Intro to Animation class at SCAD, my first animation assignment was a flipbook where I had to start and finish with a circle. I turned the circle into an egg and a dragon hatched out. That dragon then flew up into a sun (or moon) and then that became the original circle. I included a reference to that flipbook in the demo animation.
Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!
As far as Jamari Animated, I finally feel confident on the story and I’m working on finishing up the animatic. Animation should begin this month sometime. I’ll keep you informed, I promise!!
