Lewis and Yandi have been working throughout this week to prepare the symbols we'll be using to animate with, and they're pretty much finished by this point. A foot or two is the last step for the fridge symbols, and some finishing touches on the runner's 3/4 view is all that's left on him.
As such, we've been able to put together a run cycle that we'll be using throughout the film, whenever characters are running and no other animation is needed - and if you've watched the animatic, you'll know they're needed a lot.
So yeh, here's the runner's run cycle, symboled by Lewis, animated by Tim:
As such, we've been able to put together a run cycle that we'll be using throughout the film, whenever characters are running and no other animation is needed - and if you've watched the animatic, you'll know they're needed a lot.
So yeh, here's the runner's run cycle, symboled by Lewis, animated by Tim:
At the same time, Xinyi has some rough backgrounds that are complete enough for us to work with, so starting Monday, we will be able to start animating properly using these as guides, and then will be able to swap in the finished backgrounds as Xinyi finishes them.
At this time, she's focusing on the exterior backgrounds, as the architecture is complicated and takes more time to do than the interior shots. So yeh, expect some animation previews using these backgrounds over the next week or so!