Mel’s Vegan Hot Dogs

This project was to practice animating a character struggling to lift something.  I had the character try to pick up a carrot so the weight they are combating is the roots stuck in the ground.  Filming a reference was very helpful in making the weight shift in the right places.  Although, it did hurt a little to fall multiple times.  If I were to redo this, I would add specks of soil flying away as well.  

These exercises were to practice arcs, squash/stretch, overlapping action, and character movement.  Every time I started a project, I had to re-download Harmony from online.  You have to be careful when skipping a few frames so that you don't accidentally fill in the space with the previous frames.  Although sometimes that can be helpful.