Dialog Animation

This was my first attempt at dialog animation in Maya (spring 2012). There is a lot I dislike about this one, but I still think the main idea is pretty funny. Overall, it definitely needs clearer key poses and better lip sync. My planning thumbnails for this piece are in an earlier post.




For my second attempt at dialog animation, I decided to do my "thumbnails" in Flash to give myself a better idea of how the character could move. This was simplified and exaggerated a bit from my video reference, and my final version was exaggerated even more.


The environment in the final animation leave something to be desired, and it could use more polish, but I like how it always gets a laugh.