xinyi-wang

  From Stiff to Natural: An Iterative Journey through Fundamental Character Animation During this semester’s animation course, I systematically studied the keyframe animation workflow and its core technical principles. The curriculum covered everything from basic locomotion cycles—such as walking, running, and jumping—to more advanced skills like lip sync and facial animation. For this project, I created various looped animations for two contrasting character models, both sourced from Kingston University’s open resource archive. After careful consideration, I chose two very different characters to work with: · Tom Cat   — the iconic character from the classic cartoon Tom and Jerry , known for his mischievous, exaggerated personality and highly elastic, slapstick movements. · A culturally styled combat warrior   — a heavily built, game-oriented character with a grounded and powerful fighting style, requiring realistic weight and combat rhythm. These two characters differ s...