The Donkey and the Well

Finished today, my first animation with a storyline:

Avery Flame Practice

More composition Studies

Framing, Staging, Space and Balance
F:
-loza -ve space
-mountain takes aways some excess space

St
-clear silhouette
-small characters grouped

Sp
-detailed chars, spacy mouth and -ve space

B
-no symmetry
-mountain and floor avoid framing symmetry



F:
-draws attention to two main chars
-floor intersects

St
-both chars with clear silhouettes and lines of action

Sp
-space around characters while framing objects are detailed

B
-no symmetry




F:
-great fireplace framing of chars, which intersects two main chars

St
-opposing lines of action
-background chars clumped with chair

Sp
-loza space on floor and wall (surrounding chars)

B
-uneven fireplace perspective




F:
-two side chars frame main char
- right intersects with main
- crowd perspective line intersection

St
-all chars clear silhouettes, loza c curves
- background objects and chars clumped

Sp
-some -ve space around foreground chars and pitcher

B
-character is not completely centred

More quick comp studies

50th Post :)

Here are some more drawings done to first level hierachy only:

Composition Anaysis

Here are some composition studies. Pics from this post.

Framing:
     -All large shapes frame around the dolls
     - intersection between side and top object and behind middle doll
Staging:
     - dolls have clear silhouettes and are grouped
Space:
     - neg space around and within dolls
Balance:
     - two outside dolls not symmetrical
     - display not centered

Framing
            - foreground detail creates a clear space to frame the character
          
Staging
          - foreground has a nice hierachy of shapes (dolls, table etc)
Space
          - background very light and undetailed
Balance
         - framing space has nice unsymmetrical shape

 

F:

- background intersects doll pleasingly

- lady helps to frame doll

St:

-clear silhouettes

-opposing poses

Sp:

- lots of -ve space between the doll, curtain and lady 

- no detail on table or floor, spaced detil on cabinets

B:

- doll center of picture, but uncentered framing

More later.

composition Drawings

I tried some composition drawings (1st level construction only) in an attempt to sharpen my eye. Some mistakes. Here they are:

from these posts:

http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2009/05/good-compositions-take-self-control.html
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2009/08/hierarchy-and-composition-try-drawing.html

Tom and Jerry Cover

I had a go at the following Tom and Jerry Cover from these lessons: 1 2

Came out pretty good :)