My Inchworm!

My First Character Animation

I started using After Effects much better to animate this little inchworm and background I started in Photoshop. Using the Puppet Pin tools, I had my worm's torso move up and down like a real worm. Then using a Null Object to direct the movement of my worm, I had it pause between lifting its body and lowering its body to create the effect to look like it's a bit like a real worm. Lastly I copied my worm and flipped it around 180 degrees, blurred, and darkened the copied worm to look like a shadow on the grass. I actually thought I did well on this project! The worm looks like it's moving realistically and well! The challenge was to make the shadow, as I was having a difficult time making the shadow move in equal time with the worm. But using the link tool in After Effects, the shadow trails alongside the worm perfectly.