Everything I draw ends up wearing a bow-tie

Because I feel like a stinker for pulling the plug on M.O.D. so HERE HAVE SOME STUFF.

Also animation progress videos are kind of handy for portfolios I guess.

( ahahaha helps if I put the link to the movie down- https://vimeo.com/34817753 )

Okay, well to explain the linetest business I’ll chuck up a better example of one; a linetest is a rough pass of the animation. This is done on paper and shot under a camera, ye olde style, but these days there are programs to help you organize the frames instead of having to wait for the film to be developed- which you had to do before the digital era. Some days I am grateful for having a computer to punch me in the face.

Anyway, at this stage you just have the rough layout if any background, and usually you don’t have sound either unless you’re doing lip sync, as with this example. If you can see the little boxes and lines in the right hand corner, those are notes the animator makes to explain where inbetweens and breakdowns have to go- but that’s another story.

As for the what the heck is that thing questions- you’re going to find out.

Relatively soon.