Told you guys I'd post some animations! I have a bunch more where that came from too.
This one is not an actual shot from the film. As one of the first animators hired, I helped develop the style of the film. This is one of the very first animations I did at the studio, to start getting a feel of the characters. We were trying out ways for Robot to move, to walk, ranging from so bouncy it was goofy, to too heavy and kinda intimidating. Eventually we arrived at something that would make him feel strong but graceful, and most of all friendly and full of joy.
Robot is definitely my favorite character from the film <3
I love that canonnically Dog is good at nothing... except for roller-skating.
So I was in charge of Layout, Rough, Tie-down and sometimes Clean-up for a good part of the September sequence. The ones in b&w are clean-ups. The ones in color I only animated and someone else cleaned, I just didn't keep my version of those for some reason. I drew so many tiny wheels guys TvT So many...
I also worked on the reprise, right at the end, having to reinterpret the same dance moves without the skates.
The director Pablo Berger made a trip to film a couple of Roller Skate dancers, and that's what I had as reference for the whole dance sequence. I believe they're both in the credits!