GIF work (Graphic Interchange Format)

This was my first GIF that I created as part of the animation specialism at AUB.

For more information on how and why see my stage 2 blog

Gif work

Loneliness

I started to play about with Aseprite, with the idea that I would make loneliness.

I thought that the head on the original version of this character was slightly too cartoony and decided it didn’t convey loneliness as well as i’d hoped, but the pale blue and pose of the character would do just fine.

So I redid it with a far sadder, humanoid head. This helps the audience to relate more and is more effective. Once i added the movement it achieved what i wanted for it. The movement makes it look like its rocking itself for comfort.

Shame

I thought shame would be a good emotion to make manifest, so I came up with the idea of a locked box with something trying to get out, and the person who is ashamed of whatever is in the box sitting on top of it, not letting it escape, head in hands. So, save for the frames that the arms move upwards with the knees, none of it was redrawn, all of it was shifted with the select tool. This is also the first instance of me using layers on Aseprite, as you can see that the torso, arms and head are all behind the box layer-wise whilst the box is in front and in front of that, the legs. I did this because I wanted the secondary motion , having the chest move, then the body a frame afterwards, then the feet.

Drawing the hand - turning the handle

This staircase climb followed by the hand turning the door handle was more challenging than i thought it would be as i had to redraw the hand and look very carefully at how the hand moves on a handle to get it right. I filmed it and then examined it frame by frame to get the movement right.