Discussing "Archer Shooting Arrow" - My Classical or Hand drawn Animation

Hello friends!! today I am going to share an animation that I have made last year to develop my skills in animation. It is a traditional animation which is also called classical animation or hand drawn animation (as we have to draw every frame by hand.)

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All the movies like Tarzan, Mulan, Aladdin are traditionally animated. I mostly do 3d animation where we have a 3d character attached to a skeleton with controls. We have to pose the character and set the keyframes and the inbetweens are generated according to the spacing between the two frames.

In traditional animation, animator has to draw every frame in a separate sheet. All the sheets / paper are then captured and played to see the final animation.

I did not use any reference for this animation because of my habit of trying without any reference first. It's not that using reference is a bad thing. Its just my way of working. Besides, It's good to train your brain to create something without using any reference.

I wasn't worry about how it was looking. I was focused on the movement so the cracked lines dont bother me and I am quite satisfied with the result. However, I can change many thing to make it look more natural as the animation is not that expressive. Here is the animation.

The Archer (No Bow)

This is my second attempt at classical animation in which an archer is shooting an arrow. The first attempt was not good but I will share it if you want :D

The Archer (Bow Added)

I used Pose to Pose animation technique where we have to draw all the keyframes and after that we draw the inbetweens to get the smooth movement. The other way is Straight ahead in which we draw frames one after another till the end.

Changes I can make

If I have to rework this animation, the first change I would do is to look for more natural and expressive poses such as the one given below.

For an archer, the tilted head looks more appropriate and it also shows that the person who is shooting the arrow is a skilled archer. The current one can be used for a person who doesn't know much about archery.

What do you think about this animation? I would love to know your opinion about this animation :D Thank you :)))