Character Progress

I have added in colour to my character model. Each clothing material has its own unique colour scheme. I have lowered the intensity on some parts of the clothing to not give out too much of the glow as fabric or skin does not give much of a glow. The top hat I chose the skin as a pale colour since William the magician is intended to be living with depression.

Phil Zerply
Phil Zerply is a senior character animator currently working at Disney Animation. He went to University of New South Wales located in Australia and earned a Bachelors degree of digital media. Zerply has worked on character animations involving Zootopia, Moana, Wreck It Ralph and The Boss Baby. He has also worked on Visual Effects for some movies including The Hobbit and Prometheus.

In an interview, Zerply mentions that on Zootopia, he had done a lot of character tests and cycle work for the background characters. There were some characters who weren't that cartoony but there were characters who were. Zerply prefers his character animations to have some variations to keep things fresh. His idea on Zootopia was to keep the characters more cartoony and exaggerated, which he finds a lot of enjoyment in.

Source: http://industry.zerply.com/interview-with-phil-to/

Here is Phil's Animation Showreel demonstrating the character animations Phil has done. I like the excessive use of exaggeration in these animations. The characters seem to flow at a smooth rate and the use of bounces to the characters gives it a dynamic feel.
Philip To - Animation Reel from Philip To on Vimeo.