Assignment #4: Character Animation with Outside Forces

The fourth assignment was to create a short character animation with the introduction of outside forces. The example in the class included a platform moving out from underneath a character. I was originally going to fully animate a surfing maneuver, but I am going to wait until I select a rig to use for my final project. Here I have animated the Simple Man rig. In this animation, the character is standing on a balance board type cylinder. The character loses balance and the cylinder slips out from underneath the character. Below are selected frames from the completed animation.

Balanced character

Character losing balance

Character fell after losing balance