For a bit of fun I decided to stick some gif of characters onto animals, which were surprisingly well received. They didn't take long; the hardest part was finding clean, usable, images that worked well enough for the gifs.
The bear/panda doesn't work completely well from the side view, getting in the way of the arm. If I used more frames instead of just moving that one I would have been able to get around it, but these weren't really meant as a proper finished thing.
I had to edit two images together for the grinning face, as the hat was just two different on the two images. It wasn't very hard to do though, and works a bit better I think than using two different ones.
I really like how this one came out - the images are clear, and I think the expressions work well for comedy reasons.I just flipped the characters head as he fell at the end but I think it works fine since I made sure to keep the eye detail on the side it was supposed to be on.
This one is my most well received gif so far at 1,892 notes at the time of this blog post. The images aren't the clearest and move around quite a bit, but I think the timing works well. I made sure to remove the head where the cat's tail was this time so that the gif worked even better. I think it probably does help that the cat gif matches the characters'personalities anyway, which is probably where most of the notes came from.
After learning tracking in one of our sessions, I tried it on a gif. I don't really like how it came out - I feel like the jerkier movement actually works better for these gifs, although this isn't the most exciting one to do it on. I feel like using Photoshop rather than After Effects gave these a sillier feel, which is kind of the point of these gifs, so I know to stick to that if I make any more in the future.
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