Character Animation 2: Caramelldansen
For my 2nd character body animation I wanted to try and create the dance from Caramelldansen.
Caramelldansen was a popular internet craze when I was growing up and I thought it would be fun to try and recreate that using the Jack Howard character model.
Here is the video of Caramelldansen and the movements that I will be trying to create:
I will just be making the basic movements from the chorus, so this includes making the bunny ears with the hands and arms, the hip movements and slight jumping.
I decided to start with his arms moving up into position and then go into the dance. I found animating the arms and hands easy enough, but the feet, legs and hips were more difficult. The feet keep slipping around and the only thing I could find online about making them stay still was to re-rig the character model. I didn't have enough time to do create a new rig, but in the future I will look into how to create a rig where I can lock the feet into position. \
To create the body movement, I moved the hips from side to side to each beat, and then added a keyframe inbetween each beat of him stood upright. I think this would have looked ok if I could have got the feet to stay in place, but because the feet slide and move, it looks messy.
Finished animation:
I think this was a fun animation to make but it looks a bit messy.