Showing posts with label reference. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reference. Show all posts

Thursday, 9 May 2013

Daffy Duck walk cycle from 'Duck Amuck' - 1953


Love the walk cycle, it's actually a four step cycle as the hand sways and takes 2 steps to reach from the back to the front and another 2 steps back again! Something interesting about this is the lowest position is also the contact and the highest is the passing position instead of the up and down positions being in between the contact and passing. I believe this is what gives it that 'lazy' bounce. It's such a wonderful walk the more I study it the more I keep discovering. I've just included the contact and passing positions below so you can see the swaying shoulder movement. 

Hoping to try something like this once I get some more basic walk cycles nailed!


Saturday, 27 April 2013

Daffy Duck take from "You Were Never Duckier"

Have a look at this completely insane take of Daffy Duck from 'You Were Never Duckier' (1948) 


This frame (above) looks like it shouldn't work, but it does so well. The dry brush shows the anticipation of the head turn.




 The pupils exaggerated delay adds to the disbelief. 








Doesn't make sense when you think about it that the glove suddenly flops down onto his face but you buy it when you see it.
 There are just a few lines on this last pose yet it has so much expression.