Final Storyboard

This is the my final storyboard for the final 20 seconds animation.

Final Animation

Evaluating final animation

My final animation went really well. The rotoscoping technique I decided to use was very effective and I am happy with the result.

I experienced many problems with Toonboom whilst rotoscoping, one of the many problems I experienced was that Toonboon didn't have any type of a layer system which would have been allot easier to work with. to over come this problem I started to group certain section of the animation.

I also found it kept crashing with the slightest changes that I wanted to make, therefore by overcoming this problem I decided the best solution was to several backups of the working files which could be referred to at any point.

Another problem I found was as I filmed my footage on a low quality camera the rendered PNG files were not clear to see which made them a lot harder to trace over, therefore it took more time than I had planned it would do.

Improvements

If I was to redo this animation again I would probably change the software which i used to Adobe Photoshop as I'm very familiar with the interface and with the software in general, therefore I think the animation would turn out a lot better. 

If I had more time I would also have added more colour to it all as it would have brought out the animation a lot more.

I would re-shoot the footage with a better quality camera so that it would be easier to rotoscope over so that the animation can run smoothly and also in a much better quality to be able to trace.

Overall my animation is simple and very effective it could be used as an advertisement for my self. I am happy that I tried out this software as it gave me the experience and insight of what this software is capable of doing and what type of animation would be best to use Toon Boom/rotoscope.

Animated Horse

This is an example of a simple animation movement in which a horse moves.

Research

I carried out some research on Rotoscoping and on some films in which this technique has been used in.

Rotoscoping was first invented in 1915 by someone called max fleischer who used it in his series "out of the inkwell". he also then used this technique many times in his cartoons. the fleischer`s most effective use of rotoscoping was in a film called action oriented "superman". in which superman and other animated figures displayed very realistic movement. which was then used in the warner brother productions producing cartoon geered more towards exaggerated comedy.

this method was then used by walt disney used it very carefully and effectively in snow white and the seven dwarfs.

the very first extensive film in which rotoscoping method was used in was created in China called "Princess Iron Fan" 1941.

Rotoscoping is geneally known for bringing a sence of realism in the larger budget animate films.

Henna process

Once the hands had been Rotoscoped, I, then went back and created henna on each frame on the hands. The screen prints below showed how the henna looked once applied on the hand.

I found creating the henna very challenging as I had to make sure the henna was in the correct place of the fingers in every other frame as the fingers were moving slightly in every frame.

I also found using the group option very useful as I could just group parts of the pattern and transfer them to the next frame by copying and pasting.

Final Animation in ToonBoom

I started my final animation in Toon boom as the screen prints demonstrate below. The idea of this animation is for a an advertisement for henna. Before starting in toon boom I filmed my own footage. I filmed a business card being lifted.

i then exported this footage as PNG images from adobe after effects they were exported as 12 frames per second. the frames where then imported into Toonboom.

to draw over these frames I used a graphic tablet.

I decided to use my buisiness card and a hand lifting it.

The whole idea of this animation is so that its rotoscoped over frame by frame. once the whole animation is completed the alongside of the movement of the hand henna will appear on the hand frame by frame.

the videos below show the animation in the early stages.