"IT COULD HAPPEN" Teaser

[keepfungus]

Hi everybody,
Drinking seems as easy as...drinking. But definitely it's not.
Here is my latest "effort".
I hope you like it.

[alanthebox]

that was really well done! i think you really nailed the feeling of "weight" with the backpack, the sound design was great, the shots/camera movement worked really well, and the slight parallax was subtle but appreciated.

it's actually a little hard to tell - the character is all rigged in moho?

[slowtiger]

Now that's a nice style! And the animation is quite perfect.

I only have 2 small quibbles: in the middle, when he's drinking, you're crossing the line, which is forbidden and will be heavily fined. You could just mirror those scenes to make it consistent again.
And when working with parallax one should take care that objects don't line up, like that cloud with the branch - always have a clearly visible hierarchy (in this case placing the cloud a bit lower would help).

[keepfungus]

Thanks a lot for your comment.
Yes the character is made and animated in moho.
Actually I made different models for different shots.

[JoelMayer]

This is really great and you proved once again that for this kind of pro results it's best to have several rigs that cater towards the scene and not the other way around Really good stuff!

[keepfungus]

This is really great and you proved once again that for this kind of pro results it's best to have several rigs that cater towards the scene and not the other way around Really good stuff!

Thanks Joel.
You nailed it!
In the past I've always tried to make a rig full of controls that could fit every shot of my indie projects and…guess what? I've never succeeded.
For this project I decided to spend less time planning the perfect rig by doing something more spontaneous: drawing and moving parts. This results in less consistency but I personally find it a more immediate, fun and versatile workflow.

[JoelMayer]

This is really great and you proved once again that for this kind of pro results it's best to have several rigs that cater towards the scene and not the other way around Really good stuff!

Thanks Joel.
You nailed it!
In the past I've always tried to make a rig full of controls that could fit every shot of my indie projects and…guess what? I've never succeeded.
For this project I decided to spend less time planning the perfect rig by doing something more spontaneous: drawing and moving parts. This results in less consistency but I personally find it a more immediate, fun and versatile workflow.

Absolutely, that's what i'm thinking too

May i ask, do you think in the long run it saved you time doing it this way instead of let's say just traditional frame by frame animation to begin with? Always curious about behind the scenes stories

[keepfungus]

I love behind the scenes stories too!
I always start my projects with the expectation of making them frame by frame, but as soon as I start drawing (which honestly is not my forte at all) I immediately get demoralized thinking how much faster it would be to do it with a rig. I've always really liked the trembling and sketchy lines, the erasures, the shadows that the drawings on the acetate sheet project on the underlying layers, the flickering grain. That's why I love programs like Moho, because despite the coldness of digital, they provide tools to warm everything up in a more "analogue" way. I always try to get close to that hand drawing animation look but in the fastest way possible.
I know, that's cheating, however...who cares?

[Hoptoad]

I liked how the character picked-up speed as he rolled down the hill, and I like how the bushes moved to convey his changing location right before he hit the tree. The birds flying out of the tree was funny. The character's futile effort to not fall backwards was also funny.

The character kept his eyes closed until second 46. I might've had him open his eyes at around second 43, while he's facing the ground and his head is big, rather than the subsequent shot.

[Greenlaw]

It Could Happen is fantastic keepfungus! I love the designs and very nice animation.

Looking forward to the next episode! Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work.

[keepfungus]

It Could Happen is fantastic keepfungus! I love the designs and very nice animation.

Looking forward to the next episode! Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work.

Thank you very much Greenlaw!!!

[lazerslab]

Excellent work- Great Style and amazing attention to weight and timing. Props!

[keepfungus]

Thank you very much!