Yesterday I was helping Pam clean up the house, so I didn’t expect to get much animation done. I did however get a chance to animate all the tendrily fingers hanging off the tube arms. This was some fun straight ahead animation that added plenty of overlap to the flapping arms. I also painted the entire character late in the day.
What I learned from animating this first Wacky Wavy Uncle Sam can be used when I continue to animate all the other Uncle Sams. I will not reuse any animation. Each Uncle Sam will move differently. It looks like there are about 8 more characters t animate in the front row and there are plenty more going back in space. By the time I finish this scene I should have a better grasp on animating waving tube arms.