(Unfortunately, I'm having issues getting their animations to come over to my page, so I'm posting the link to their blog post itself.)
JT/Pete's Animations
The first thing that I would like to talk about is how both Mr. Doctor and Larry the Lawyer contrasted with each other so well. Right from the get go, you see that Mr. Doctor and Larry the Lawyer are going to the best of enemies, (and by that I mean they hate each other with a passion). This extreme contrast comes in most apparently with the heavy use of color that both JT and Pete apply to expert effect. With the two characters, we see that they both employ red and blue hues in order to display their hero (blue) and their villain (red). The use of blue and red may be a bit overused in terms of color alignment, it still manages to let us know more about the story of these characters through the use of contrasting colors
Likewise, the saturation of the colors also manages to contrast with each other. The dark red of Larry the Lawyer presents a bold defiance to Mr. Doctor's light, majestic blue. Within each picture, we also see a nice use of brightness, which shows Larry the Lawyer in a darker setting in order to display his more villainous persona while Mr. Doctor was shown in a brighter setting, which gave him more of a heroic persona.
Over all, I felt that Mr. Doctor and Larry the Lawyer were very good concepts. The whole judge vs. corrupt lawyer was extremely unique, and it really added a breath of fresh air to the rest of the super powered pantheon that was presented in the class.
Craig Browne/Ryan Priestle Hero/Villian Animation:
While I do feel that the animation for hero was a bit short, I did like the two characters that were made. I felt that there was a good use of Tension and Release within each character animation. With the hero's animation, we see an old man who is about to be attacked by street thugs, which creates tension as we await to see what happens next. This is promptly released when the thug falls from the sky and the hero steps in to save the elder. Likewise, in the villain's animation, we see the villain approaching the armored car, and this creates a bit of tension as we wait to see what he's going to do. This tension is released when the villain blows up the car and gets the cash from inside, which actually releases that tension pretty humorously.
From here, I would like to make note that Ryan and Craig did a really good job with the movements of the characters. The most notable of these movements is parallel movement in the villain's animation, which is showcased as he moves across the screen in a simple manner, just a left to right movement. The hero animation is a bit more complicated than that, and as such it uses overlapping movements in order to get all of the action in. The best example would be when the two thugs are running away when the hero arrives to save the elder. Finally, the arrival of the hero in his animation shows a bit of "weight" in his landing. If you'll notice, the hero squashes a little bit when he lands and then stretches back out, which shows us that the animators did a good job with the landing animation. That weight gave a bit more realism to the scene, which let it all come together quite nicely in the end.
Dylan Brown does not have his animation posted at the time of this post.
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