animation
Making of: Garlic Breakdance
· 5 min · Daniel Georgiev
Eight seconds of animation, four days of work and a garlic bulb that dances better than I do.
First I did rough timing on paper — twenty-four frames, silhouettes only. That part always takes the least time and decides everything else.
Cleanup was slow. Every frame goes through twice: once for the outline, once for the shadows. I tried to skip the second pass and it showed immediately.
left: rough timing · right: the same frame, cleaned up
Where it went wrong
On the fourth day I realised the loop did not close — the last frame does not match the first. I had to redo six frames, which beats twenty-four.
Check that the loop closes before you clean up. I forget every time.
Colour came last and was the fastest part — three flat layers and one orange accent.
The full clip is on YouTube, and the raw frames will go into a future zine.
thanks for reading ♥
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