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Episode 25: Direction-changer
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Episode #25 (posted by Jon) |
Funny story: for the first version of this episode, I had all of Leviathan's direction-changing taking place in one frame (including the downward one in the this version's last frame). But when I actually stood back and looked at it, I realized that the 'direction changer' actually had Leviathan landing in more or less the exact same place as his original fall was going to make him land anyway. Hardly a 'direction changer' at all. Boy was my face red...
So I decided to move the last bunker farther to the upper left. But that only helped a little, and it made the frame kind of cramped. So instead I allowed the second-to-last bunker to throw him onto a completely different frame, and then had the final bunker come in later, thus solving my trajectory problem once and for all.
However, once I finally had the 'direction changer' set up how I wanted it, I noticed that the last two big frames were looking a tad...text-exempt. And Krunal agreed. So, I decided to add in an idea that I was kind of thinking about anyway: wouldn't it hurt to slide across something at that speed? Even if it was cold and mostly smooth, wouldn't the friction be a tad painful? I mean sure ice is really smooth and slippery, but it still has to have some friction (if it didn't, the only way for an ice skater to slow down would be to crash into something).
So I decided to throw that in. And then the reference to Leviathan's mother kind of cracked me up, so I decided to use the last frame to add a reference about his impending family reunion. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out, hope you all enjoyed it.
Enjoy,
Jonathan R. Gilbert
Eric LeBlanc
Krunal Sheth
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