i am really struggling to get my head around how and where to start for the animation task we have been set (48-60 frames) as i have never done animation (drawn or stop frame) i dont quite no how it works or what type of drawings i need to produce and the idea of having to draw out 48-60 drawings overwhelmed me slightly!

after talking to eleanor she explained that loop drawings are away of creating animation without drawing similar frames over and over. 

i showed her my idea for my animation (below) 

my idea is for the little girl to gradually grow ears and a tail- representing lewis carols imagination. 

though i like this idea, i feel the technique or which i have drawn this in is to detailed and will be to hard and time consuming to create a 48-60 frame animation. 

eleanor advised that i could simplify the image by removing the detail from her face and hair to make it easier to repeat. i also could draw the tail/ears separately and add them to repeated outlined drawings of the girl. 

though these techniques will make the drawings easier to produce, i dont think they will be as effective without the details in the face. 

below i have experimented with the same theme of imagination but have instead used the motif of a rabbit with the idea of the animation changing the rabbit into glasses,ties, clothing - giving it the characteristics of a human . 

Techniques: i have really enjoyed working with exaggerated different thicknesses of lines lately, i think this makes the illustrations more interesting and prominent. work like lydon hayes and lucinda rogers use line in a really effective way, creating depth and a strong sense of foreground mid ground and background. 

Lyndon Hayes 

Sarah Maycock 

i really like how sarah maycock uses shape to produce a outline. the lack of pen outline on the figure makes the detail on the eye etc more important. 

Lucinda Rogers

experimenting with creating the shape of the rabbits body with block water-colour - avoiding a outline like sarah maycock.