How to make a short animation " Late " (August 2015) work in progress

I create this article for showing how i made this short animation. I want to enter the animation contest in showmetheanimation.com. They are having a monthly contest for those who create 10-seconds animation, with various theme that changed every month. This august theme is "Late". For sure, i want to fill my free time to do something good. Even though, this is adding my portfolio as well. The title of my animation is "Don't be late" .

Step :

1. Story

I made this sketch for imagine how i want to make the camera, character, or else. I know what is gonna be after create a storyline and choosing a character design. This one is rough storyboard that i scanned. This is useful for digital drawing.

2. Draw

I could do a lot of screen shot, but this one is essential. So, i don't need much photo. This time i make a digital lineart using wacom bamboo pen & touch. I like the clean style for the graphic visual. So, i choose this software. I saved a much lot of time too. But, it's up to you how you gonna use the software. For this step, i use many reference from storyboard, book , or internet to create the visual that fit in this story. Don't forget to make a list that all needed for your animation.

3. Paint and Animating

I make this one really simple, the paint with one layer shadow. Other purpose is i want to make sure how the animation and story really good. I am placing paint layer below the lineart. After that, i make another layer for the shading, and then i make this good lol. It is just that simple.

For the animation, i arranged to create a sequence one by one randomly. Then, i set the perfect motion and time for each sequence. In this progress i couldn't say much, because this is about feeling how to animate something, for example : the shaking hand, ticking clock, or else. That is how you need to learn more at school, don't you? After this, let's read another step below.

4. Compositing (Sequence, music, etc)

Last night i create this composition and i could say that i am happy enough to see the result. This step is about adding all the sequence into one big sequence, and set the short sequence one by one. After that, add the music and sound effect that fit for the animation. After that, you could render this for the final result in video. 

Yes, that's it. Next post i will show the final result. And, hopefully my english understandable by you all lol. Terima kasih.