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3 Cats and a Mouse

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Tension fills the air as Felicity, Tristan, and Damon--3 cats--try to befriend a mouse.


Notes:

This was my 5th and final assignment for my Fall 2021 semester's 2D Animation 1 class.


Credits:


Art

Animation & Character Design by Susana Salas


Sound

“Mouse Squeaking Noise” (https://www.freesoundslibrary.com/mouse-squeaking-noise/)

by Spanac (https://www.freesoundslibrary.com/author/spanac)

Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Audio clip trimmed from original


"Big cat, could be a lion, tiger or similar, growl 1" (https://www.zapsplat.com/music/big-cat-could-be-a-lion-tiger-or-similar-growl-1/)

Obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

Audio trimmed from original


Sound Design by Susana Salas


Self-Critiques

  • - Not enough animation; slideshow-like (especially when Tristan removes Damon's head)
  • + Loved how the off-beat but kind of endearing climax turned out; developing of surreal humor
  • + Liked how Tristan’s character arc turned out (unconfident -> determined)

(Possibly) Future Elaboration

  • Add more in-betweens on the sequence where Tristan removes Damon's head (among other sequences)
  • Make anime-like in terms of fullness (i.e., on 3s, on average). [Try not to make too full; I don't intend to pursue the animation skill itself too much.]
  • Shorten # of frames held on: 2nd key drawing of Damon tossing the mouse into his mouth & 1st key drawing of the mouse's running

Future Elaboration (Storyboards)

(To see the storyboards, along with my Self-Critique & Future Elaboration notes, please see the 1st 4 posts of my Storyboard Sketchbook Art Forum topic.)

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Uploaded
Aug 3, 2023
3:49 PM EDT
Software
  • Illustrator
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  • After Effects
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  • Windows 10