Shots

I am currently animating my animation shot by shot, it is proving difficult to keep the characters consistent throughout the shots, however, I think its going well overall

Progress

I have started animating fully in Toonboom Harmony now, breaking the animation into shots to make it easier to deal with.
There are a lot of issues with the program, however, I am hoping these will smooth out the more i get used to it.

Rigging

Today I learnt how to rig Ido's arm in Harmony. It took a long time to get right because of the joints not matching very well. I am currently working on rigging his whole body.

Ido's arm is split up into three major parts, the upper arm, lower arm and hand

 By placing pivot points where the arm would rotate I am able to rig his arm so it is movable in any direction I want

The inverse kinematics allows the arm to move as a whole object through the specified pivot points

Background tutorial

What I learnt in Toonboom Harmony:

- 3D perspective tools
- Gradients
- 3D Planes, editing and manipulating shapes
- Camera movements
- Easing in and Out
- Rendering and exporting as QuickTime movie

Coloured Storyboards

Progress

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