Weight Assignment

 

    For this assignment, we were required to create a short animation of a character interacting with a heavy object. The animation needed to be straightforward and easy to read to understand the emotions of the character through the beginning, middle, and end of the story. The character's entire body was required to be present in the animation and show struggle/strain while interacting with the heavy object. 

    I created a character standing next to a large, heavy ball for this assignment. He sees the ball and turns to try to pick it up, really struggling. Then, he leans back to try to get it to budge, but it is too heavy and never moves. He gives up and turns back to the front with a disappointed face as he fails to do anything with the heavy object. My animation has a beginning, middle, and end as the character sees the ball, interacts with it, and then leaves it alone after he failed moving it. There is also emotion as he struggles with moving the object, and his face changes throughout the process.