COOL CATZ

Mikdog · Post by **Mikdog** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:12 pm

Hi there people.

I've been meaning to post this for quite some time. We have a local show in South Africa called COOL CATZ. It's aimed at kids - a daily real life studio show where humans dressed as cats walk around, talk about arts and crafts and learning, etc. Anyway, the INSIDE of the Cats' clubhouse is real, and the exterior is ANIMATED. So, for the intro, I used MOHO with all VECTOR layers, and came up with this. (Right-click, "Save Target As...")

Here's the MOHO file ZIPPED:

http://www.bruandboegie.co.za/bruandboe ... NTRO_1.zip

Here's the music file ZIPPED:

http://www.bruandboegie.co.za/bruandboe ... _web_1.zip

Cheers dudes. Here's a still or two in case you just want to know what it looks like:

I should mention the characters and show and music are all copyrighted, not by me, but by the dudes who run the show.

vovanimation · Post by **vovanimation** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:59 pm

Magnificent grandiose work!!!

The truth if a file moho in archive that 265Kb

jorgy · Post by **jorgy** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:19 pm

I'm having trouble downloading the wav file, getting a 404 error.

jorgy

Mikdog · Post by **Mikdog** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:47 pm

Hmm, you're right...if just ZIP the files, it makes life easier.

Let me upload these things again. Shot for the comments BTW.

Give me a minute.

Mikdog · Post by **Mikdog** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:47 pm

I put the ZIP file with MOHO file and AUDIO there instead.

Thanks,

Cheers,

Mike

Postality · Post by **Postality** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:26 pm

Archive must be damaged or something because I've downloaded it several times and it's currupt each time.

Mikdog · Post by **Mikdog** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:05 am

What a ballsup. Let me try again.

Mikdog · Post by **Mikdog** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:40 am

Okay, I uploaded the ZIP's seperately.

Cheers.

Haki · Post by **Haki** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:59 am

Looks really cool! Thanks for sharing!

Post by **Lost Marble** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:27 pm

Thanks for sharing your work, Mikdog. There seems to be a big gap in the middle (I see you're using a switch layer to change scenes) where no scene is present, but after a while the animation continues again. What's missing from that section?

Postality · Post by **Postality** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:13 pm

Very nice work MikDog. The Characters are lovable, the music is catchy, and it was very well put together.

As LM said however, there's a blank space missing from the animation.

The only thing to add to this fine piece of work is more animation for the characters. They seemed a tad stiff with just thier arms waving in the air.

With a little work, this would be something I could see on TV for my 3 year old to watch.

Good stuff bud.

Mikdog · Post by **Mikdog** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:45 pm

Lost Marble wrote:Thanks for sharing your work, Mikdog. There seems to be a big gap in the middle (I see you're using a switch layer to change scenes) where no scene is present, but after a while the animation continues again. What's missing from that section?

Yup, big gap. That's where I'd just duplicate the chorus scene in After Effects.

The character animation, I agree, is almost non-existent. Had big plans for redoing the intro. Here are some of the backgrounds I rethought and the characters I had set up for MOHO. I'm happy to say one of my buddies is taking over the reigns.

That's right, 3-year old's dig it. Bright, perpetually happy characters do the trick. Thanks for the comments guys.

ulrik · Post by **ulrik** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:14 pm

Very nice, well done!

Kayambila · Post by **Kayambila** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:46 pm

Awesome!! I dint know u where in SA... Am in Zambia maybe we could do a collabo sometime...

J. Baker · Post by **J. Baker** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:42 am

Nice work and catchy song.

COOL CATZ

COOL CATZ

Lost for words...