Ben Willis workflow tip

question yourself:
what you want the audience to feel when they see?
if mechanic lose, the animation might stand out too much

be sincerity
what is the truth of the character
can you feel the feeling you want to the audience?
observer adjust as much I can, no matter live-action, animation
feel stuff


experience the moment and analysis why I will feel that(break down)

Ben Willis workflow :


First pass(blocking)
-shot ref
(If 2 week per shoot, spent 2-3day plaining, explore the idea)
-edit the ref, speed the part of time up or slow it down, to close the character doing
-spline, key in the extreme 
(feel right first and push form there)
(feel like starting from the root and go out to the body)
-start root of the body, turn off the arm and leg (start at ZX transformation, rotation)
-shoulder, rotation
-head, rotation
-a whole arm full animate (many keys)(make the arm animation looks not wired IB)
-whole facial pass(like an arm)

• keep mouth simple
• open eye wider(bigger), clear eye direction 
• eyelid
• eyebrow
• *If lipsync, the whole pass

Second pass
push the timing and posing
timing tighter