[Final] Combined Animation

Yes, it's finally here!
Well.. I finished it like couple of days ago but I gave it a time to settle. Now, I'm sure it's final.

Change log:
+ Added anticipation before he puts bag down
+ Added ambient sound
+ Redone sound effects - different timing in newest version
+ Rendered in 720p


Problems during whole production:
My main problem was in.. render farm. I followed all steps on tutorial on SCM but it seems to be disconnected. I wrote to the technicians on Wednesday. Today is Saturday - no response. Even I stated it's very important and has to be rendered as soon as possible. Well.. Big disappointment.
Luckily, I managed to render everything on 5 machines in labs. It took me 6 hours. Wasted six hours.

Thoughts:
I can say, the hardest part was when character was putting bag down - which took most of time animating whole scene. Comparing it to the walk cycle, second one was piece of cake.

I spent some time studying references - I have no idea how I could animate without them in the past (well.. hard beginnings). I would like to thank fellow mates from MACHARACTER group for brilliant feedback.

Also, I am really happy that we have weekly feedback sessions. Without that I wouldn't add anticipation, and without anticipation scene was totally understood only by me. I love that feeling when I go back to my previous work and say to myself: 'What I was thinking when doing this this way and not that way.' Ah! Self-development!

To sum up, I spent 40 hours animating, and whole week before for planning - I can fully agree with Ollie Johnston:
'Spend half your time planning your scene and the other half animating.'


Okay, so Animation Practice 1 module is done. Can't wait for lip-sync now!