just to demystify the animation process, you can just make a character doing an action and drop it on top of a scene.

the illusion will work!

the next step up is having direct interaction between person and setting but it’s cool to start simple.

this music video is a great example of simple character motion and background motion causing the illusion of interesting movement

this video also demonstrates the power of linking multiple shots together to create a bigger story

again:

make a walk cycle (even a simple one) where the camera moves around the character. then make a setting that spins. the two will work together!

the real next step up is story but that’s another blog post. today I’m just trying to make my studies more focused on learning specific animation skills.