Tuesday, 08 February 2011

Just working out how the moth would come of the plant for take off in the final sequence of the Elmies before they emerge from the plant. Because the moth has 3 peoples on its back, maybe it should push down a little first, then expand upward. I am looking at a u tube video of a moth taking off to see how that looks, and referring to my older work of the moth taking off when the light moves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6EGtUIY2PQ


I think it would benefit more with a stronger downward movement to begin to show the weight, the struggle with the 3 characters weighing it down before lift off


A little latter I decided it would look better if the moth as on a path therefore more fluid movement, and I could do the old oh its gone off the branch and falling trick, yet flies off safely in the end. Therefore deleted the animation so far and have began to rework it.

Currently the moth is on a path, dips nicely, and goes up, with the abdomen flexing in accordance to the movement. I will work on the legs tomorrow as it comes off the branch, then the wings… which will probably take a few takes to get looking ok, then finally the character interactions.