This Lip-Sync post is about how I coloured the animation and the feedback I got on the animation I considered finished.
Unlike my preferred animation program Adobe Animate, TVPaint's layers work more like digital illustration layers. What I mean by that is that they are able to fully interact with each other, to create lighting effects, the ability to choose a source layer, etc. I took advantage of this when colouring the animation.
I had three layers of animation that needed to be coloured; the main body, the head and the eyes. For each of these layers, I created a new blank animation layer underneath it. Using the paint bucket tool, set to use the layer above as a reference, I coloured each piece of animation on it's respective colour layer.
After I applied the colour, the animation looked like this:
I got some feedback from Helen on the animation. She was approving of my "less is more" method with the mouth, approving my justification for using less mouth shapes to fit my cartoony style.
The main thing to work on is consistency. The hair isn't consistent the entire way through, with it changing shape and size. One clip in particular showcases this in particular, when the character says "complicated"; the hairline keeps shifting.
So now I have this feedback, I'm gonna work on making the head look better and more consistent! Honestly, I'm glad I got more to work on, because I feel like I worked a bit too quickly on this task. That's not to say it's rushed, just that made it in a very short amount of time. But now I have something to do with the extra sessions we have on lip-sync!
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