Animation Research
Danny Antonucci Interview
This animation video was very inspiring towards making the final animation. Ed edd n Eddy's creator, Danny Antonucci mentions many interesting things in this interview such as the character's different coloured tongues, and the different ways they blink and run all go towards characteristics and differentiates them from the other characters which I think is very smartly done.
There is also a 'boiling' line which is similar to old fashioned cartoons in which the character's outlines continuously move even when the character is still to give a bit of life to the character. This is done by drawing the character in the same position 3 times on different sheets on paper and continuously overlaying them while shooting to give the effect in which the lines are 'boiling' or 'bubbling'.
I liked this effect and so decided to replicate it in the 2D fully animated flash scenes by continuously redrawing the scene or the next frame rather than keeping the animation smooth. This way it allows the character to have a more old fashioned feel to it.
The idea of different characteristics especially is one to definitely look in to, if not for this animation, then definitely for one in the future as this helps to give the characters in-show a personality and a more defined character which I feel is very important when creating characters and animations, because it will allow the viewers to reflect with the characters and to believe the allusion of the characters really existing in their own world.