Animating the first scene of the short-film

This first scene composes of Jim looking at the camera, coming out of the ceiling with a rope and tip toeing to the treasure chest.

This was my first try at this scene.

As you can see, I experimented with a background, to save time from drawing that chest through every frame. What I did was I drew the background with tracing paper and animated on regular paper. When I scanned each frame, I scanned it with the tracing paper under the actual paper, to layer them on each other in the frame.

There were a couple things I noticed in this. When Jim looks at the camera up front, theres absolutely no easing. So I needed to fix the timing.

Theres nothing much wrong with when he comes off the ceiling.

The tiptoe sequence was generally easy except for when he turns toward the chest. However, I noticed that since the chest is at a short distance, a fast-tiptoe sequence may be better.

My second try at going about this scene

I fixed the timing of when Jim looks at the camera to make it look smoother

I also converted the sequence into a fast-tiptoe sequence. It was pretty weird, and I may need to revise it as he looks like as spider and his body isnt moving up and down.

I am also going to want to add more in-betweens when he gets off of the rope. It's a little too fast.

I also added some parts where Jim is looking around to make sure he's safe, to add a bit more character.

Time Logged for this session: 7.0 Hours
Total Time Logged: 41.25 Hours