XXX Scene: Sophie at her desk

Hey everyone!

So this week I worked on Sophie her animation.  In my previous post, I showed my sketches. And based on that, I made this animation-sketch. This first step mainly helps me to see if the animation loops properly.

Now after I found a good animation-loop, it was time to detail the image. As ussual, I first do line work and  then colors. Eventually I merge all layers together & do a lot of freehand painting over that image to soften the look.

And this is the result:

 

Next, it was time to draw Keen.

Now since he makes quite a big movement with his hips, it seemed best to start with the most neutral pose first.   Once done, I copied that pose a few times & adjusted each copy,  so Keen would  animate fluently. Now to make it easier for myself, I always try to seperate some bodyparts, so I can animate those one at a time.

Here you can see Keens basic animation. Note that I still had to animate Keens arms.

I also flip my canvas occasionally, to be able to have a fresh look at what I'm making. That way it's easier to spot errors.  

Next I divided Sophie her illustration in various animation parts & repeated my animation proces. Once all body parts were moving, I flattened the entire frames & cleaned everything up again.

And this is the final result:

What you see here are  4 unique frames, that are played at a 0.2 second interval. 

In the game this animation will be combined with several facial expressions for Sophie, and the scene will of course have some unique poses for the start & end of the scene.

Well, I hope you like it!

Have a great weekend :)

-Robin



PS.

In other news; Sgt.Pepper has been sharing some amzing retro centerfold images on our Discord server, with some interesting historical context to go along with that. Thanks Sgt. Pepper!

Have a look, or feel free to share something yourself --> https://discord.gg/85QCJRr   :D

PS 2.
To all who were already there, thanks for hanging out with me on discord. It's great to hear what you are all up to!