Planning And Scheming Your Animation By Josh!

Here's a little picture of the way a animated scene is planed out. Take note there is many ways to do the same thing, and I'm not claiming to have the perfect workflow, but this is how I work, and I thought I might share it with you.

Step 1: come up with Idea, Thinking.........Got It! Guy jumps on gym ball then does back flip off it.

Step 2: Try and find video reference for your shot (youtube is your friend) or shoot video of yourself. Call me out of shape but I'm not doing any Backflips in the near future, YouTube It is lol. Got It! Cool, time for step 3

Step 3: Time to start drawing. After your done watching your video reference you want to thumb nail it all out. Basically draw simple drawings that describe the scenes actions, try and not copy the video reference too close, because that would be boring. You also don't need to be Michelangelo, stick figures rule the world!

Step 4: After all drawing is done, I throw all my drawings into a storyboard template. From there I work out the timing of my scene. This is basically the time it takes the character to get from position A to B. Then its time to hit up the computer and start Animating.

Hope You Enjoyed! Later