Balloon Flight

This is the final of my balloon flight video. I chose to depart

from the cycling theme (as this would take far too long), and

simplified my main object as something that didn't have to be

changed 10 times in each frame for the different poses.

The whole animation took about two and half hours to produce,

with about 730 frames in total. I' am glad I've produced this and

can now move away from it.

I' am not entirely pleased with the end result. I found it very

difficult to keep my background moving smoothly and

consistently, which means the animation jutters around far too

much.

This has been a valuable learning experience nonetheless. I've

learnt not to undertake such an over-ambitious animation for

my first one of the module, and to take things easier, producing

more tests.

This animation has also felt like a slight waste of time, after

taking the time to paint the background (which seemed a good

way of introducing my illustration work). Without taking so

much time on this animation I could have moved on much

sooner on to a new technique.