Creating the Animatic Pt 2

I began by scanning in my original story board into Illustrator and tracing over them so I had digitally drawn versions. I did this as I thought this would be the easiest way for me to animate the images, as I would be able to draw movable parts on separate layers.

There were times where I could not animate a single section of the image because it would not fit correctly when rotated, so instead I had to draw each frame individually to make the movement look smooth.

Once I moved into after effects I was able to be more precise with animating the frames. For example, when the thumb transitions from the first position the second position there is a change of opacity (shown in picture two) so that it looks as if the thumb actually rotates, rather than flicking from one position to another. This almost has the same effect as adding a frame in-between the two frames just to make the movement smoother.

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