Edited Final Animation!!

I have edited the periscope animation at the beginning to be more fast, which I think gives it a bit more character, and I have hanged the blue meanie's movement from rotating to moving backwards, which I think follows the force of the gun much better. Also I decided to stop the animation with the submarine staying put at the end to focus on the e4 logo - the theme and what is meant to be advertised.

Improvements

After completing the animation, I have taken note of some aspects of the animation that are not quite right. The positioning and the speed of the blue meanie as it comes out the hole and fires the glove, i'm not happy with, as the movement doesn't look smooth and natural.

I'm going to fiddle with the angle and the speed of the motion tweening until I'm happy with it.

I have also realised that the periscope and the blue meanie are lacking a bit in expression and movement that would make them appear more alive as characters. If the periscope was a bit more bouncy in popping up out the hole then it would appear a bit more lively. The blue meanie could possibly have a facial expression that changes to make it appear less static.

Having received the advice from my tutors to work on the animation I also want to stick to the style of animation which is very static and not particularly amazingly animated, but with artwork that gives the overall psycodelic effect.

I will look at these ways of improving my animation, but I will make sure that I don't change the style that I have portrayed effectively into something else completely.

Final animation

Finished!!!!!

Designs and Referencing - Characters 4

E4 Yellow Submarine - I have combined the designs for the yellow submarine and the e4 symbol together. By integrating the lines for each image and tweaking the design of the yellow submarine, I think I have successfully combined the two.

A zoomed in version of the periscope on the submarine - I have designed it so that it looks like it has a eye, like someone is looking through it, so that when it pops up from the holes it looks more effective.

Designs and Referencing - Characters 3

The Apples - used as weapons! I have designed my own to appear in my animation purely as an extra reference to the film.

Designs and Referencing - Characters 2

Glove - I have drawn a similar rocket to the end of my glove like the one in the movie for added effect when it is moving.



I noticed that when the glove smashes things there is some squash and stretch motion going on, so I have attempted to do the same with my animation by resizing the image.

Designs and Referencing - Characters

Blue Meanies - I used the original design as reference, but I decided not to use the exact design to make my animation a parody, not a copy - I have done this with the rest of my designs too.

The Final design: