Secondhand Motion

Flying-saucer, the Giraffe Walks Past way

Flying-saucer from the archive, made the way Giraffe Walks Past was made. SAM 2.1 traced the flying-saucer in every frame. The rig is the chosen Quick, Draw! doodle itself (quickdraw:6582446130724864): its own lines, bent at a few joints, so every frame is the same drawing. 6 keys were placed by eye over the silhouettes; in-betweens follow the silhouette frame by frame. Scenery is real Quick, Draw! doodles on depth planes that slide with the measured camera; the silhouette is painted as a cel.

Planes

Review

Round 1 · bar_metNamed “flying saucer”; motion smooth. The doodle is a wide horizontal saucer with a dome on top; the animation rotates it nearly upright and makes the body narrower. The dome, the rim and the row of small dots are kept.
Round 2 · bar_metNamed “a flying saucer (UFO) with a domed top and small windows, turned on its side”; motion smooth. The animated character is the doodle's flat oval body with the dome and dotted windows, rotated to match the capsule's tilt; only the window dots shift slightly between frames.

Exposure sheet

FrameDrawingCamera x, yAction

K = key · B = in-between.

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