Here is a still frame of rough animation from the film. It's when Johnny, the little boy discovers by climbing on a boulder, he discovers on the other side is the bandits camp. As you can see there are timing numbers and notes for me telling me whats a still frame body as compared to parts that will be animated. I'm always fascinated with looking at old rough animations and looking at their timing charts and to go by them frame-by-frame and observe how each part moves or counteracts with each other.

So heading into Week#3, still having strong confidence level for making a film worth proud of. I'm currently working on Shot#14, where the little boy and his horse discover the hideout of the bandits, as they are unaware that there cover is blown. Also today I was experimenting in Toon Boom Harmony. With this program now becoming the main source for excellent 2D and even the blend of 2D and 3D, inking and coloring will go bye in no time, as to compared with a pain-staking Photoshop assembly line process. I roughly sketched the boy and horse and went through the color swatches and found their correct matches. started with the bad guys but soon put that away to get back animating. To me the bad guys will be the most fun and if so difficult because although they are one group of the toughest bandits alive, they each have their own take/ personality(s) on how to handle things. The big guy will be a goofy lump of mass, the speedy Hispanic is a guy who wants to do everything in a quick rush with as little mess as possible. The main bad guy I want to establish a stylistic approach to him as he is one of the less broader characters in the entire film. I think i can pull this off with all the knowledge and history I've absorbed throughout my animation learning.

Well Folks, this is it. The last hoorah! I'm am now only weeks away to graduating with a Bachelor's in Fine Arts (Animation). A lot has happened over the the course of my four years and now I get to apply that knowledge in my "Senior Thesis". It will be a western that I created up two semesters ago, featuring my character, Li'l Johnny, who by which I created in freshmen year character design class. I cannot wait to display my talents in this short film and have it played in front of a live audience. This will be a "Tradigital" hand-drawn animated film using several techniques. I will first get the basic movement down in DigiCel Flipbook and when that is over, transfer those files into Toon Boom Harmony for the final line/ and color. Once that is complete, I will be doing nothing but compositing those images in After Effects. I have my good friend Jeremy writing what should be a great score, considering the base piece we came across and can use to help shape the other scenes in the movie. So here I will leave off my first post of the semester and get back to work. Talk to you guys soon!!!