One Armed Earth Bender: Breakdown 2

I don't normally post my animation process but it is something that I have been wanting to do for some time.

After the Breakdown, comes, another breakdown. This is where you further define the character and means to making the character move. You add shifting weight where you start changing the spacing and favoring one frame over another to start making things more interesting. And this is where the overall feeling of the animation comes from for me, because you can define an action all day long, but if you can't feel it, it starts to become discouraging.

The shift of weight in animation is incredibly important, whether it is subtle or extreme, a punch or a hand shake, weight is what you feel.

The concept here is a One Armed Earth Bender and the breakdown poses this time around started to emphasize the force of the punches kicks and headbutts. For the walk it defined the down and up in the walk.


Definitions

Down (in a walk): This is the position where the hips are the lowest and the weight shifts from its lowest point to starting to go up again.

Up (in a walk): Is the position where the hips move up, it is difficult to define in words, but it normally comes inbetween the passing position and the next contact position.