I was reading Animation Mentor’s Tips and Tricks (done by Shawn Kelly in the monthly newsletter) and I’ve found it fascinating to see into the mind of an actual animator. I’ve actually never focused much on the art of animation, being interested primarily in the technical aspects of it, so these tips and tricks are interesting because it shows the amount of work that goes into actually doing character animation. After reading certain tips I thought I would do some rough thumbnails of an animation which lead to some general doodling (the results of which I’ve posted below). I’m not finished with all of Shawn’s tips but they certainly spark my interest in trying my hand at character animation. Luckily, Houdini has a toon character asset that is rigged quite nicely, so I might mess with that for starters.