Animating process: First running sequence

I came back to the running sequence and thought about a good idea. I went to at the weekend and took some picture in leeds, places that I walked everyday to school, to shop and to town etc. I feel really contacted with these places especially when photographing them. In the story, I decided to let the lamb runs from Leeds (England) to the coast, hoping to go home. Therefore I want to include some photos in the animation. I decided to take the picture in black and white so as to emphasis on the lighting and shading, the silhouette of the city and simplified the colours of the photos.

Here are some choices:

train station.Too busy, do not even have a space for my character to run.

road outside IQ. I love this photo but my character is running from left to right, it will be difficult for it to run from the back the the front.

way to town..um..a bit dull?

But I chose these ones below because...

the glass celling in the Trinity (but I have turned it up side down so the lamb can run on) which creates an interesting new environment.

way to town, building new houses? I remember there were no such constructing project going on so it was quite touching when experiencing changes without noticing.

way to town

I love this photo. There were originally people inside the photo but then I had a good idea and wipe them away in photoshop. I want my character to run behind the people which could be done by making the people into layers so that the running layer can go behind it. It was an extreme challenge as I have never done anything similar to this and which has taken so much time. Nevertheless, I am so happy with the outcome and I feel like my skill has improved so much!

Layers of the people

and the backgrounds

 The last thing I need to do is to complete my idea by after effect, I really love the product which is exactly what I imagined. The lighting helps a lot when creating atmosphere and the character successfully blend into the photo. I also used expression tool to make those people wiggle as if they are walking. It turns out amazingly natural that I am so impressed with. well done people(giggle).