Further Line Tests

Did these line tests of the rough animation I completed over the weekend.

Just character animation:

Just paper animation:

And I animated them together, and here it is:

Notes I took on these sequences:
- Keep neck consistant
- Look at push motion (add in smoothing frames)
- anticipation shoulder lean
- frame 37 to contact, anticipate the bend then push
- smoothing frames to falling paper
- left leg suddenly becomes his right leg
- forearm appears and disappears, fix!

I also re-drew some of the arm movement on the stand-up sequence, to add more emphasis to the slam, and this is what happened:

His arm looks like his arm is having a seizure. Ron also pointed out that the actual standing motion is a bit too robotic. To go simply from point A to point B is not natural. So, he suggested I lean my character forward to create a more natural flow to the movement. On top of that, my friend Steve also suggested I added a bend backwards to help anticipate and exaggerate the slamming motion of the hand. So, adding both the bend forward and back, hopefully this will give me enough frames to do a more effective slam.

SLAM.