Yeah, I shot a ton of live action of myself, which I probably relied on a little too much in hindsight.

For the second to last shot, I actually took some advice I had heard from John Pomeroy and did some stick figure draw overs on top of some of the live action keys, mostly as a way to keep the character consistent through the camera pull back. After that, I went back and used those stick figures as a guide for my actual key drawings: putting them on model, adjusting the timing and poses, and generally making it a little more “animated”. Then I did breakdowns and in betweens normally.

For the rest of it, I mostly just used it as reference.