Diamond in the Eye

In search of materials to represent, the sadness I felt after the robbery, 

I decided to use some jewellery beads, that I savaged from house keeping in my last summer holiday. So glad it came handy!

My animation assistant, Steph was there to help me with this scene. 

At first, we were quite sceptical as the beads kept rolling around. 

I had to draw some guidelines so that we know how to animate the tear.

Diamond in the eye...

forming droplets of tears

and the ripple...

just notice that it took us nearly 3 hours to complete this 3 shots. 

KUDOS to Steph and Pam! 

Thanks for your help Steph!