

Both these poses are initially done as thumbnail sketches.ģ. For a Character to get from Key Pose A to Key Pose B, there are In-betweens which affects the timing, spacing of the action. In-betweens are what fill in between Key Poses. We should make sure we get these poses right, because we’re going to build on these for the rest of the process. Key poses are the most important poses of the shot as they convey the story of the shot. The planning phase: after analyzing, it is time to create poses known as key poses and in-betweens. Looking at an action as an animator is completely different than looking at it as a regular viewer.Ģ.

One assumes that we know what an action looks like just because we’ve seen it before. Observation phase: Physical actions are something we need to analyze before animating. Most important things to follow in doing a small animation clip are:ġ. In the month of June 2020, when I was completing my nine-minute animated short film, I got hooked on the idea of doing a series of paintings with kingfisher diving for its catch in colored pencils.
