Weight


I decided to name the guy moving the box Harold, and by the looks of it, the box is light to him. I misinterpreted the directions and didn't exactly add weight, but the weight of the box should be obvious by how easily he is able to pick it up. Although I wish I had made it heavier, it was still a lot of work to put this together. I started by taking a reference video of myself lifting up a square shaped ottoman in my room. After that, I wanted a string bean looking character so I did a couple rough sketches of what that would look like. Then, I went in and did the key poses, then doing in betweens to make the movement more smooth. And voila, harold and his weightless box were born. 

 

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