I animated 2 Minotaurs yesterday and duplicated several animations to fill out the crowd.I just have to paint one Minotaur’s legs and I will probably duplicate that animation as well. I should definitely be able to finish this scene today. What remains is adding breath, COVID Spatter and perhaps dust rising off of the dirt road. I think I should also expand the background on the right so that I do not need to crop the scene tight top and bottom at the end.
The plan right now is to zoom out as the Minotaurs run towards the camera and possible pan right as they turn the corner. This should add more motion to an already frenetic scene. I had tried moving a still painting of a crowd of Minotaurs behind all the animated Minotaurs but that stood out like a sore thumb. I am hoping that the dust will fill in the negative shapes in the same way and look more natural. There are some painted levels that I will also add in After Effects. A yellow wash with overlay transparency will give a nice sun light glow and darker washes around the edges will add menace.
The background will be given a depth map and that may effect my choice of camera move in the final composite.