On day one of animating this scene in Callipeg. I assumed I might finish one runner after finishing my online course with 2 students. For some reason both students were missing in action so I devoted myself to animating all day. I finished animating three runs for the day, although I need to paint a few arms and add a strip to the pants of the runner in the background. That paint will be just a few blobs and stripes since the figure is often hidden. If I can keep this pace up I will have the scene done in two more days.
I have one more big running scene with Centaurs running down the streets of Washington DC. That could be the trickiest scene in the film and might require full animation, with the centaurs running up the road and then turning in front of the camera. This scene is building up my chops so I can tackle that Centaur scene.
I might go back and re-animate scenes I worked on in After Effects. That program makes moving objects easy, but the computer creates very even timing which stands out like a sore thumb. There is an ease in and ease out function but the timing otherwise is monotonous. I will have to go back into those scenes to add some snap the timing. I am using every trick in the book to complete animation quickly but I can’t settle for boring timing.