Assignment No.1: Animation Tests (Happy Gary)

These are the animation tests for the character, Happy Gary. I used these test animations to experiment with his personality and the different emotions and actions that will need to be dealt with his character during the creation of the final scene.



The above sequence is a demonstration of happy Gary's outgoing and silly personality. During much of the final scene he is happy-go-lucky and sees the fun side of the situation. Though it is not planned for him to rock in his chair in the scene, I think it, along with the goofy laugh, demonstrates all of these qualities well. This will be a good video to refer back to when animating this character in the future.



The above sequence is a demonstration of one of the other emotions this character will go through during the final scene. It displays a feeling of anxiousness and bewilderment in Happy Gary as he turns around to see what is behind him after the antagonist points in that direction. This animation could use some tweaking to make it more believable, which will be done when preparing it for the final scene.



The above sequence is a demonstration of the character confused, in pain and irritated. During the final scene it is planned for the antagonist to hit Happy Gary with a bar stool and this is his reaction to that event. This test animation is basically what I planned for the final scene and I'm pretty happy with it. The only problem is really have with it is his right hand's fingers curling in agony. This part of the animation doesn't achieve the look I desired and so I'll be sure to tweak it for the final scene.