Character Poses by William Thomas

Above is a nice example of character poses by Animation Apprentice student William Thomas. The poses are done on Stepped Curves (see more about those here) and the purpose of the exercise is to create a series of poses with the character (in this case, Mr Buttons) that show character and emotion; each pose is held for approximately one second. This exercise is a warmup for the "Phone Booth" exercise in which students tell the story of a telephone conversation using only a series of character poses - no dialogue or audio allowed. 

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