Animation Timelapse: Astrologian Lizard (Patreon)

Hello! Here's an animation timelapse from my last video!

It's been a little while since I last did one of these. They take some time to get done but I really enjoy making them!

It's always interesting to me to make these because as I try to notice again what I was doing, I get more critical of the thing I did - so by the end, I was noticing that if I were to still work on it, I'd probably refine and change a few things. For example, I mention trying to get the accommodation of the arm in an arc as it goes back after the "shoo" motion, but now I think it stopped too abruptly, and it still need to be a slower, wider arc.

Then again, animation is much more about training the eye to see those things than an actual technical button-pressing thing. So just by seeing those things it's already an improvement!

And also, the movements don't have to be perfect - and they will never be. As long as you're trying to get better at each one, and you're successful in getting the idea/message you want across, then it's all good! At least that's what I tell myself. Never go for perfection, go for better than the last one. Or not even, just go for done so you can keep making more! You will inevitably get better at it with practice.

By the way, sorry that my posting schedule is a mess, but this time it's because it's been less than a week since the last full video. I'm trying to compensate for a few missed weeks! Well, more videos is better than less videos, right?

If you have any questions, let me know.

Thank you for watching and for your support!