Animating with Blender

A Practical Example

For the vast majority of The Beast, I used a hybrid approach. I found the straight ahead method to be too loose, while pose to pose was rather restrictive. What I had arrived at by the end of production, and what I will demonstrate here, was a straight ahead approach to create the main poses, followed by a pose to pose style review and refinement.

Let’s look at shot 2 of The Beast. Figure 11.19 shows a final production frame, with the Beast, two toys, and a carpet and floor as the background. The action in the shot calls for the Beast to slide toward the toys on the floor, then to scoop up the rattle.

Figure 11.19. The Beast grabbing the rattle

When beginning this shot, I knew that it would proceed directly from shot 1, ...