Redoing Michael's Dialogue

I've decided to redo a dialogue scene I did a couple years back. Here is the original:

2D Dialogue Final from Karena Green on Vimeo.

Originally, I used a super simple stand-in character model because I didn't have a set character design to work with at the time.  I intended to go back and draw the  actual character model over that animation. 

However, I ended up deciding to just redo the animation all together. The rough model I'm using in the animation below is the rough, simplified version of the actual character design. Here is the rough 1st pass:

Argument Dialogue: Rough 1st Pass from Karena Green on Vimeo.

A page of Michael's style of phrasing

The storyboards

Phrasing and Fixed Painting

Here are some of the mouth shapes for a character I am animating for a personal project.

Here is a previous painting I did. I realized the angular gentleman's arms were too long so I made them shorter.

For reference here is what it looked like before: http://crazyninjasquirrel.blogspot.com/2014/10/very-close-to-being-done.html

Aug & Sept Sketchbook pages and Progress Pics

Below are some mouth studies for my design of Michael Jones from Achievement Hunter. I am using this model to replace the stand-in model for the dialogue animation I did in Toon Boom. You can find that dialogue piece here: Michael Dialogue Piece

And here are a couple of progress shots.