Week 3

Last week we continued working on our walk cycles, and we were given time to work on adding additional elements to our animation. We were asked to create a background for our walk cycle, and we went over how to make our background appear to be on a continuous loop. For my background I decided to create a mountain scene which was on a classic tween. I used the brush tool and the paint bucket tool to create my landscape. My mountain scene currently moves from the right to the left of the stage at a slower pace than my walk cycle figure which moves from the left to the right of the stage. I had a very hard time trying to get my background image to appear to loop continuously without "jumping" when my animation restarts. I edited my background to make everything line up, however the image still seems to jump. My intention is to have that problem fixed by next class.

I am happy with my walk cycle at the moment. My figure is a bit taller than I originally intended, but I think it adds something to the character of my animation. I spent a good amount of time getting the feet of my figure just right, working on how its heels We were asked to continue working on our backgrounds and to add at least three additional movements to our animation for our finished products. I think that I am going to add a cabin with a smoking chimney and possibly a forest. I may also add the sun.