Snake. Mood Change part 1. Week 8 CSM

Week 8 snake from Frankie Swan on Vimeo.

This will hopefully form part 1 of a bigger mood change animation involving the above character. I tried to go for a more 'Tex avery' approach this time so that i can play with more extreme poses, follow through' and squashes later in part 2. Next week we're onto four legged walks so its going to be a real challenge to realize all my ideas. Fingers crossed ill get it done.       

Flash and After Effects Test, Week 8 CSM

Flash and AE test from Frankie Swan on Vimeo.
On thursday we were taught the basics of using 3D layers with a 2D animation in AE.
I quickly botched up a bird cycle in Flash as well as some background on 4 layers. I then exported all the layers separately as PNG files then imported them into AE. I could then pull the layers apart from a flat image into a 3D image (well more like 2 and half D) and move them around individually. I scaled the cycle to make it look like it was traveling fast from a distance  and played around with camera movements and lighting. Its not exactly studio ghibli but to me it was a very helpful exercise. ill be using AE a lot more in the future me thinks.
Now if I can just find someone with a copy...

On the northern line, week 8