Rough Scramble Animation

I've been in sort of a creative slump these past few weeks. I haven't been animating & I feel like I've been slipping a bit. But after going to this year's Berndt Toast Gang 'Bunny Bash' at Bunny Hoest's the other day & anxious anticipation for Tom Sito's animation class coming up in a few weeks, the creative juices have started to flow again. I guess I just needed a bit of a jump start to get me going again.

I sat down this evening & jumped right into Flash. In about an hour, I scribbled out this little scene (straight-ahead) of a character surprised & scrambling off-screen. My first pass is in green, & my "tweak pass" is in purple.

This is the first thing I've animated in almost a month, & I'm pretty satisfied with it. If I keep this energy up, I may just be able to finally finish my film by the end of the summer! Here's hopin'!