A Most Befuddling Thing

A little update...

It may sound silly, but I don't really know how to animate the Lego figures going to sit down in a chair. So, I went to YouTube to try to find a tutorial. I found nothing. Most of the results were for how to animate a Lego figure walking, which I already know from previous projects.

Instead of trying to look up a tutorial, I changed tactics. I looked up the YouTube channel of one of my favorite Lego animators, Michael Hickox (MICHAELHICKOXFilms). My plan was to go through each of his videos until I found a scene of the figures going to sit down and then dissect the video to figure out how he did it (sounds complex, I know).

Luckily for me, in the first video I watched, also his most recent (Tim and Ralph: Car Dealer), there is a scene of the figures getting up from sitting down in the beginning.

In order to figure out what was happening, I slowed down the playback speed so I could see the individual pictures that he took to get the final result.

Then, I watched the scene a few times before taking screenshots so I could just do the reverse of what he did. So, instead of having the figures getting up, the figures will be sitting down.

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He was able to do it in about five shots, so I should be able to do the same. I know, it won't be exactly the same for me, as the context will be different, but I'm going to try to adapt the process to fit my needs.

I probably overcomplicated everything, but at least I know how to do it now.