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Post by Dungeon Warden on Oct 4, 2005 16:39:44 GMT -5
I don't know if I mentioned it here, but I'm taking animation this year and am learning a lot. It's fun but also hard work. Here are a few animations I've done: Ball bouncing around room: Right click to saveGirl in battle: Right click to save
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Post by Rodak on Oct 5, 2005 4:01:45 GMT -5
I saw the girl before, but I can't view or save the Bouncing Ball animation. I get an error message stating that the web page can't be found. This is what the link properties say: dungeonwarden.c-f-h.com/story_pages/Ball2.aviThe same thing happens with the link(s) at the pavilion. I can't view the updated Rachael there either. Let me know if this is my browser (Mozilla... I had to... it combines a Godzilla reference with a Three Stooges reference) or something else. Peace.
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Post by Dungeon Warden on Oct 5, 2005 16:19:53 GMT -5
Sorry, the websites been down for two days now. I hope it will be fixed soon, I need to update my webcomic as well.
The Racheal I linked here is a new one so check them both out once the site is working again.
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Post by Rodak on Oct 6, 2005 3:44:21 GMT -5
I'm glad it is not an unknown problem. They're the worst.
I'll check them every couple days or when you post that it's working again.
I know how time consuming School can be, especially if you want to have a life too.
Peace.
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Post by Dungeon Warden on Oct 6, 2005 15:57:37 GMT -5
Okay, the links are working now. Enjoy.
I'll post some more stuff as I get it finished.
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Post by Doan the Nado on Oct 6, 2005 20:32:50 GMT -5
Wow, those are pretty cool, especially considering that you are just getting into animation classes. Before too long, you'll probably be making some pretty nice stuff.
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Post by Rodak on Oct 7, 2005 3:17:17 GMT -5
That's better.
Thanks.
The Rachael scene is vastly improved over the first version, but I expected no less. And the Bouncy Ball has a nice twist to it.
Keep the predictability to a minimum like that and you will definitely succeed in this field.
Are these pencil tests or very fine line ink work? It's a little blurry and hard to tell for sure.
Either way, great work! I look forward to seeing more over time.
Peace.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2005 10:46:03 GMT -5
Crap, I think it may be down again.
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Post by Doan the Nado on Oct 7, 2005 11:10:25 GMT -5
Make sure you right-click it and save it, then view it. For some reason, I guess because it's in .avi format, you can't just click on it to view it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2005 11:20:02 GMT -5
I couldn't view the second one ('specified module is not found', I think it has to do with my computer), but the ball bouncing one's great. I agree with rodak on the random thing - it reminds me of those old looney cartoons. And thank you Doan, that worked great.
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Post by Dungeon Warden on Oct 8, 2005 18:12:38 GMT -5
Rodak:
They are line tests made with a program called Flip book. If you look closely you will see that Racheal is a paper doll I drew, cut out, and connected together with brass fasteners.
My next project will look a lot better because I'll be using the stop motion studio and Premiere to create the movie. I'm going to try doing some "Gumby" style claymation and see what happens. I should have the file up by next weekend.
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Post by Bigfoot on Oct 10, 2005 3:12:15 GMT -5
Ive tried watching these a couple of times, but the links wont work for me.
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Post by Rodak on Oct 10, 2005 11:18:55 GMT -5
Did you try "right clicking" and saving as Doan suggested above?
That seems to works better with these format files.
Hope that helps.
And DW; Silly me! I forgot nobody does hand drawn animation anymore... I'm old!
Peace.
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Post by Dungeon Warden on Oct 10, 2005 20:10:34 GMT -5
Actually, we do have to do some hand drawn animation in the course. The bouncing ball was all hand drawn for example, and I have a big project coming up that requires me to draw over 700 pictures of a girl dancing. I should have that done sometime in Dec.
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Post by Rodak on Oct 11, 2005 4:26:49 GMT -5
I am glad there is still hand drawn animation being done. I would not have been surprised if it was gone forever.
I look forward to whatever you do with the dancing girl. I'm sure it won't be just a formal waltz.
Have fun with it and it will turn out great!
Peace.
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Post by Dungeon Warden on Oct 15, 2005 19:13:59 GMT -5
Here is a link to my Stop Motion Experimental file. I had fun making this and I hope you have fun watching it. Stop Motion Animation
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Post by Doan the Nado on Oct 16, 2005 0:04:53 GMT -5
Wow! That was awesome. I can certainly appreciate the work that went into that (see Rodak's topic, I just happened to watch his first). I know it probably took like a half hour to make a 5 second video, and it just makes me amazed at the creators of Gumby.
Anyways, the motion was very fluid; it seemed like you did a good job of keeping your recording lengths consistent (-ly short) and keeping movements small. Looks great!
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Post by Rodak on Oct 16, 2005 5:19:11 GMT -5
*What Doan Said*
My work was done on VHS for fun.
Yours is obviously more ambitious and professional (at least it looks like film... if not Great Job on the lighting!).
You tempt me to post me only bit of presentable claymation (and is is only barely presentable) of Professor Blueteeth and The Gelatin from Mars.
Very well done.
Is that recent?
Peace.
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Post by Dungeon Warden on Oct 16, 2005 13:47:46 GMT -5
Thank you for your comments. The video was shot with a digital camera and converted to film format using Presentation. The program automatically sets the number of spaces between images so that is why it looks so smooth (so in other words, I cheated ) Rodak, It must have been hard to do stop motion with a VHS camera. I have greater respect for your work now. My stop motion animation was done for class. My next project will involve talking pictures of chalk drawings so that the drawings seem to move. Look for it next week.
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Post by Rodak on Oct 17, 2005 3:09:32 GMT -5
Rodak, It must have been hard to do stop motion with a VHS camera. I have greater respect for your work now. Thanks. I had a wired remote control (shows how old it is). That made it easier. My first couple efforts shake from when I pressed the pause button every frame. And it ain't cheating if you have access to the technology! I know I'd use it if it was on hand. Peace.
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Post by Doan the Nado on Oct 20, 2005 11:51:16 GMT -5
That seems like a much better way - taking digital pictures. We did like Rodak and used a VHS camera, so I can appreciate the difficulties that he speaks, although we didn't even have a remote control, so yeah...
Oh, and even though you had that program, DW, I'm sure you still had to know just how far to move them each frame. It looks like you took a lot of pictures, so even though you "cheated" (like Rodak said, not really), your work should certainly still be commended.
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Post by Dungeon Warden on Oct 20, 2005 18:15:46 GMT -5
Well I did take 60 pictures (12 pictures per second of film times five seconds) with a timing count of two frames per image what works out to a smooth 24 frames per second (standard animation speed).
The main work comes into play is slowing moving the image, taking the picture and moving back and forth thought the images to make sure they look good together (another advantage of digital), so I probably actually took over 100 pictures altogether.
My next project was even harder to film. I had to create 120 drawing on a chalk board to create a 10 second animation. I know I took about 200 pictures trying to get the pictures to line up right and look good together. I haven't edited all the images together yet, but when I do I'll put the file up so you can see it.
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Post by Dungeon Warden on Oct 21, 2005 18:15:54 GMT -5
Here is the link to my newest animation, and it has music! Watch the chalk drawings move to the music in this fun little fantasy story which takes all of 10 seconds to play. Butterfly fairy
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Post by Rodak on Oct 22, 2005 14:26:05 GMT -5
Nifty!
I never saw anyone do that (animate on a chalkboard) except on TV.
I have to download that on the better computer because it played back with a few stalls which were my computer's fault.
But it looked nice.
Keep 'em coming!
Peace.
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Post by Dungeon Warden on Oct 23, 2005 13:06:16 GMT -5
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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