What is blocking?
- a word came from film and TV (not originally from animation)
- conveying ideas from animation
- skeleton of the animation
Blocking is a work which came from
Reference and Blocking(/final animation) should not be exactly the same
- should have a bit changes
- eg more tilted heads to the audience, not standing up as straight as the reference
- be mindful of shapes contrast
when things are moving fast —> will not see the flickering of the models
Tips for Blocking (getting the idea out and coveying it)
- need to be efficent
- do copy and paste
hands and fingers needs to be fixed too
- not just pams/thrist
Dont rely to heavily on the timing of the reference
- can use other ways like anamonolok tool
Be sure to change between FK/IK
- whenever necessary
when using stepped
- need to check in spline, add poses if needed
Mental Tip
anything cannot be perfect —> you need to finish it and improve it later on
- having sth finshed is better than having sth perfect but not finished
***everybody parts should move at the same time, keyed at the same time
- move arm —> shoulder affected
Progress on my shot
