SexuaLobster

Ragemelon project update

Added 2024-09-11 23:00:03 +0000 UTC

It's been over 10 years since I've animated a Ragemelon cartoon and I am revelling in how much easier it is to animate characters with floating limbs and heads.

My technique for character animation in the last few years is to have a head symbol with all the head assets inside so that can move around uniformly and break the torso down into lots of layers, as represented here by colours:

This allows for smooth moves without redrawing. Head turns are contained in the head symbol so things don't get too complex.

The patreon site allowed me to paste screenshots but then deleted them from the post so i've replaced the images. If you're reading this in the e-mail you might have to click through to the post to see the images I'm referring to.

With the fruit characters its just one torso symbol and the limbs can float about. The face features are simple enough that they can just float around with the limbs.

So I'm already halfway through this one.

I would like to try some more expressive drawings that don't utilise rigs so much on a new project. I have a tendency to make characters too detailed though so I'd need to control that urge.