First Animations

timbot · Post by **timbot** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:52 am

Here are a couple of my first animation tests.

1. A new character with a walk cycle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75aogFkHNSE

2. A very different style i may wish to pursue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7kkTS2mTzo

Any comments, positive or negative, will be appreciated.

Timbot

paulcopeland · Post by **paulcopeland** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:20 am

I like the walk cycle. He is walking to the beat of the music.

Well done.

Paul.

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:06 pm

Very nice character and walk cycle. The only bit I'd change is to pull the hairline around more with the head turn, but that's a fairly minor thing. It looks good as it is.

I'd be interested to know how you managed the chalk texture.

timbot · Post by **timbot** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:09 pm

synthsin75 wrote:Very nice character and walk cycle. The only bit I'd change is to pull the hairline around more with the head turn, but that's a fairly minor thing. It looks good as it is.

I'd be interested to know how you managed the chalk texture.

Thanks. I thought it would be more interesting/comical with the hair remaining in place, but I think I agree with you. I will try it with the hair following the head.

Chalk texture:

Shape setting
- 13 pixel width line without fill

Line Effect Settings
- Splotchy
- Magnatude: 100
- Scale: 5
- Monochrome: YES

Brush Settings
- First custom brush (next to the 'None Box')
- Align Brush with curve: NO
- Brush Jitter angle: 360
- Brush Spacing: 25%
- Minimize frame-to-frame randomness: YES

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:06 pm

Thanks for sharing the chalk settings. For some reason, I'd rarely think of using a brush and effects together. Nice effect.

H.G. DaGr8One · Post by **H.G. DaGr8One** » Sun May 03, 2009 5:51 pm

What program did you use to make the background on the walk cycle? I like how it does not look all cartoony.

timbot · Post by **timbot** » Fri May 08, 2009 5:56 am

H.G. DaGr8One wrote:What program did you use to make the background on the walk cycle? I like how it does not look all cartoony.

It's a photo I took here in NYC. I used photoshop and NIK ColorFX to play with the colors and lighting a bit. I do like "cartoony" backgrounds, but I'm gonna try to do more like this.

timbot · Post by **timbot** » Fri May 08, 2009 7:00 am

Here's another one. I changed the hair to follow the head. I was doing a Preston Blaire type strut, and the feet were sliding a bit. So, I put some wheels on his feet, and now he's skating. This is also a test of some 2.5D buildings using bones to change perspective. They're still sort of crude, but let me know what you think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4j5vFMTIcY

Timbot

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Fri May 08, 2009 12:12 pm

Very nice work. He doesn't really appear to be pushing of with his trailing foot though.

timbot · Post by **timbot** » Fri May 08, 2009 10:44 pm

synthsin75 wrote:Very nice work. He doesn't really appear to be pushing of with his trailing foot though.

Thanks for the feedback. I think this one is a bit better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFQ5E8Mu ... annel_page

And here is the same character, 100 feet high and jogging across the Manhattan Bridge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJMtfFl6 ... re=channel

Timbot

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Sat May 09, 2009 5:31 am

Very nice Manhattan Bridge jog. I like that.

The skating still doesn't look right to me. There's no force propelling the motion forward. (Although you may not be going for that technical of a style) When I skate at the speed he seems to be going, only my trailing "push off" leg straightens with each "step". You might try googling up some reference videos.

First Animations

First Animations

Background

Skate Cycle and 2.5D Buildings Changing Perspective

Push off