Animation Challenge 1 - Jan 26 > Feb 9

[andy_maxman]

what needs to eb te resolution....at what frame rate must it be?
and where can i upload the files as i do not 've or own any webspace.....

will look fwd to these challenges.....and i sure beginers will learn a lot with veterans around....
thnnk u pose2pose......
and all the great mods around......

[SheepFactory]

you can use 320 x 240 or 640 x 480

There are lots of free hosting sites you can upload here:

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49775

[PrayingMantis]

Glad to see this challenge.
But a question. Why don't U give one puppet with a setup and a rigg and everybody must use this one ? Like that we can judge the animation and not the rigg or setup, everybody have the same one. Everybody will be at the same level with the same puppet.
No ?


P.S: Excuse my english.

[TRi-14]

YEH!

Tonight I should be finished with my rig, so I think ill block out some animation, or at least know exactly what I want to do.

Anyone work out there story for it yet?

See you all in a while!

-chris

[StefanA]

"IK Joe exists" for both XSI, Maya and 3Dsmax. I'm sure some other people are converting it to other apps.

For the XSI and Maya rig:
http://www.rigging101.com/ ["free stuff"]

For the 3DSMAX version
http://www.3dluvr.com/pepeland/Misc/Boped.htm



best regards

stefan andersson

[grury]

Originally posted by DArkVIDor
Glad to see this challenge.
But a question. Why don't U give one puppet with a setup and a rigg and everybody must use this one ? Like that we can judge the animation and not the rigg or setup, everybody have the same one. Everybody will be at the same level with the same puppet.

Hi DArkVIDor, I dont think the rig issue is a very important one, focus is on animation, as Stefan says , you can use one of many ready available rigs, like IKJoe or Generi Rig, which also cames with a facial setup (http://andrewsilke.com/generi_rig/generi_rig.htm), this one is pretty good, am using it right now for this challenge.

Btw does anyone know how to switch the legs IK/FK on the Generi Rig?

Cheers

[posetopose]

Forcing people to use the same rig will not slove anything. It will frustrate those who use amazing rigs on a daily basis (ahem....like...we...AHEM....do...here....thanks John.....yourock) if they have to use one that is substandard and it will give false to hope to others, who feel as if a stardardized rig will somehow even out the competition plane.

Let people use whatever rig they want. Heck, I might even use my dragon for this challenge!!

Cheers....and best of luck!!

Greg

[skellybobbly]

Howdy all,

Just thought I'd 'check in'.
I think I'm going to do the 'fly swat'. I'm going to do a bit of filming myself tonight for reference.

BTW posetopose I loved that dragon animation. Very fluid stuff.

Look forward to seeing peoples stuff.


Cheers


Jon

[StefanA]

my aim is to do the "sleep" one, and if I find time perhaps either one of the other two.

/stefan andersson

[rsalonen]

I'm definitely gonna go for this challange.
I was thinking why we dont have a challange like this, when there is a speed modeling challange.
So I hope this one will be a success.

And I hope people are not scared to join, even if they never animated before, this is for learning, nothing else!

I think I will go for the Swat a Fly. Got some ideas for it.


Good luck everyone!

[grury]

Oh well I'll kick off.
started blocking my animation last nite, the storyline goes a bit like this: guy seating on a high chair, bug enters frame, guy gets scared and climbs on the chair, as the bug prepares to climb the chair as well, the guy produces a huge bat from behind his back and prepares to hit the bug with it, with all his strenght swings the bat above his head and tries to hit bug as it clibs the chairs leg.... he misses it and by hiting the chair, it goes flying under his feet...he floats in the air before smashing is face on the ground...the end...

WIP 01 (http://bunchdesign.com/grury/swat01.mov)

Cheers and hope to see some of your posts soon.

Grury

[doodlyD]

HI!I'am still working on it !this is 1 part!second will be soon!!
my wip first part divX 5.1.1!!: (http://doodlyd.front.ru/sleep.avi)
wavey:
first part MOV file (http://doodlyd.front.ru/mov.mov)
:wavey:
c/c

[BadMange]

Sheep Factory, how many participants will it take for "success"? I'm going to try and participate in this one (my first), but I have a lot on my plate right now. I'll see how much I get done this weekend. These are great scenarios btw!

Originally posted by Gru
Btw does anyone know how to switch the legs IK/FK on the Generi Rig?

Click on the hand controller, and in the channel box is "Ik_fk" with a value of 10. Zero switches it to fk. Andrew Silke explains this in the instructions that came with the rig. :)

-Bad Mange

[grury]

What I was asking was "legs IK/FK", not hands IK/FK...and Andrew does not mention anything on the help file :)

Cheers anyways

[BadMange]

oops, my bad!:blush:

[eek]

Ok im gunna try and have a go at this challenge. Im gunna do the swat a fly challenge! Heres the character im gunna use, ive gotta rig him up add facial controls etc etc...

more to come...
eek

[kr3ml]

So Im gonna enter this challenge , in sneeze cathegory ...

so here is 3 diffirent characters that I drew, one of them are going to sneeze and I dont know wish one to pick , so can some one give me an advice

http://hem.passagen.se/kr3ml2003/images/complete_01.txt

[grury]

Originally posted by Ac0rN


so here is 3 diffirent characters that I drew, one of them are going to sneeze and I dont know wish one to pick , so can some one give me an advice

http://hem.passagen.se/kr3ml2003/images/complete_01.txt

Sorry dude, couldnt see any images, only a text file...

[kr3ml]

well... it should work if you just click on the link , it works for me

[grury]

Sorted, it was a Mozilla problem, works fine in Explorer...:rolleyes:

As for the characters i prefer #2, it feels more expressive and perhaps looks a bit dumber and silly, than the other 2.

[kr3ml]

Thx for the advice, Gru. I i'll go for the fat guy then.

[StefanA]

first few hours of setting up the animation. I don't know if this is the route I wil take, but at least it's something.

http://sanders-animation.com/challange/SA_sleep2.mpg [1.5 MB MPEG-1]

best regards

/stefan andersson

[grury]

Lookin good Stefan!
Couple of points: 1st when he's head is droping down slowly and just b4 he reacts ,i think he's head shouh drop very fast further down, just like he actually felt asleep.
other thing, it feels kinda strange why he sudenly turns his head and body very quickly to his left b4 the fall.. in my view, its just such a fast move that doesnt work with the action straight after when his head and body start falling slowly.
____________________________

I've done a bit more work on my animation, pretty much blocked everything apart from the fall at the end, the hands and the left arm.
Would apreciate some comments on the action and timing.

WIP 02 (http://bunchdesign.com/grury/swat02.mov)


Cheers

Grury

[andy_maxman]

Would apreciate some comments on the action and timing.

hi gru ever since i saw the first one cudnt wait longer to see the whole thing.....
overall looks cool......would really see how u are gonna massage those fcurves now......
esp. the part where he falls down....

i'm looking for a place to upload my animation...once i find it i'll be onboard....
so long!!!

[andy_maxman]

well i forgot to quotep gru for the prev. reply.....

[grury]

Cheers Andy, finished the blocking so now will start playing with the curves and then into the facial animation, will post sumthing soon.

Gosh...it is quiet around here, can hear a pin dropping, hope this is the calm b4 the storm..
I was hoping people would start posting they WIPs (if anyone actully got around doing any animation yet), so we could all comment and help each other, otherwise theres no point for this challenge thread.

Cheers

Grury

[andy_maxman]

and i really hope its the calm before the storm in here......

i would have loved to post my WIP but i came so close to having it all done thought it wud be better to have the final file up..

[skellybobbly]

Hi Peeps,

I'll post something up tonight.
Not got that much done though, had a couple of false starts.:scream:

Cheers


Jon

[doodlyD]

some update
divx5.1.1 (http://doodlyd.front.ru/Untitled2.avi)
:rolleyes:
mov (http://doodlyd.front.ru/Untitledmov.mov)
:cool:

[kr3ml]

well... Im done :D , here is the final animation...

Animation (http://www.geocities.com/kr3ml2003/images/sneeze_done_divx_01.avi) <----- Rightclick and "Save target as"

http://hem.passagen.se/kr3ml2003/images/sneeze_pic.txt

[posetopose]

Hi guys!!

Guess what I did on Sunday?!?

I went to a superbowl party....ate some great food....

.....and got really really.....really sick.

:drool:

Anyway, I'm gonna try to whip something up as fast as I can. Hopefully, I'll get something done by the deadline.

Cheers,

Greg

[andy_maxman]

hi all,
i think i'm done with this now....unless i recieve critics where in i might want to change a thing or two...managed to pull a quick one off after work hours....

but before anything else....a couple of guys i want to be greatly thankful to....

mr. andrew silke - for giving us generi....boon for animators of all classes......

vinod nannaiah - for letting me upload this file onto his site...

rushiraj pawar - for helping with the props modelling.....

my beautiful wife, Punita, who has a great eye for detail......and for pushing me constantly.....

and my mom...for her early views on the animation.....definetly made a diff......

and my one year old son , Yash, for those lovley references.

boy!!!! do i feel like i got an oscar.

cmon guys i'm its my first animation post on the internet ...so obviously i'm kicked about it.

ps : dear moderator......can i extend the animation from the point of view of adding credits...esp to Andrew Silke

and ofcourse the soudn from Extreme's Rise and Shine......

pls. right click and save target as -

http://www.pandhicurry.com/anand/wakeupgeneri.mpg


here i am ----------

anandbaid@hotmail.com
anandbaid@tataelxsi.co.in

[andy_maxman]

Ac0rN, had problems playing back your file.
can u pls convert or change the codec.
regards
andy

[grury]

well done Andy, I love it, the mood the sound fx, the animation, the 2 little front teeth...everything.
looked at it some 10 min. trying to come up with anything that could improve it, but damn it, it's good. pehaps one little thing i would try... offset the eyes blink at the beguining by 1 frame or so, so they dont open and close at the same time...thats the only thing i managed to came up with.

cheers

[skellybobbly]

Howdy All,

Firstly apologies for not posting something yet. Have had a couple of mad evenings..the animation is taking shape though and I will post tonight.

Secondly, andy_maxman.
Nice anim, I love the end section when the clock goes off and he reacts to it. I don't think the starting 'nodding off' reads to clearly when you view it for the first time. If I were doing it I'd have the kid more relaxed in the chair, leaning back, less upright and generally looking tired.
His nodding off I'd then do more with the head and neck and less body movement. I've got the image of watching someone fall asleep on the train in my mind, where the body stays in place and the head kind of droops.. Sorry I can't show you what I mean.

These are just my opinions/ideas, not saying anythings wrong.

Good work!:thumbsup:

Cheers


Jon

[andy_maxman]

hi gru,

well thanks a lot for those comments. felt really good about it. and about offsetting the blink ...i'm not too sure if i get where in the beginning you wanted it to be done. 'coz his eyes just keep opening and closing mildly.

hi blowtorch..
i thought about it too...but then i wanted to go for a feel where in the character is been sleeping for quite a while and is sub-consciuosly swaying...if you see any baby sleep on a swing...the tend to go all over the swing more.......moreover if you were to be in position where your back is not rested...then u'll be bound to have your spine sway to......thats the reason for his body moving.....

i'll wait for a few more critics and then i'll reconsider changing that......

thanks a lot again.....
waiting to see what others are upto.....

Acorn, cud u up ur file in a diff format pls. hi blowtorch.. hi gru, Acorn thanks a lot for those comments

[andy_maxman]

can i post a thread out of this challenge thread in the ANIMATION section with a link to my animation for public opinion?
Also if you could suggest me a place where i can post a link elsewhere again for the same purpose.

[kr3ml]

here's a qucktime version , its a bit smaller

animation (http://www.geocities.com/kr3ml2003/images/sneeze_smaller_qt_02.mov) <------ RIGHTCLICK AND "SAVE TARGET AS" ! otherwise it wont work right....

[a9693814]

Hi everyone, i have done a clip for about 30 second i am sorry that it is longer than required length but i just want to make it more interesting .. anyway .. hope you enjoy it and give me some advisement. Thank you !


animation (http://www2.sva.edu/~weiching/images/thesis/catch.mov)

Cheers,

Calvin :bounce:

my website (http://www2.sva.edu/~weiching/think.htm):bounce:

[aes]

Here's my sneeze so far. It's only 3 seconds, guess I could pad it to make it to 5. Any crit's?

http://www.Alonso-Soriano.com/AesSneeze.avi

Ciao
-Alonso

[andy_maxman]

hi calvin,
would 've been fair to go ahead with just 10secs. ...but neverthless your animation looks good at first go......more comments on it a little later....perhaps you cud've gone a bit extra ahead with adding a fly or bug in there......
till the end you had me guessing whether he's gonna be swalloing it :)

[andy_maxman]

this thread defines loneliness......
hope to see some more works by the 9th....

[a9693814]

i am sorry ... just can't stop it ... yeah... i know the time is 10 seconds but after i start doing it .. i just can stop it .. wnat to make this clip have a better ending ... anyway ... just for fun... but say sorry again... :blush:

[skellybobbly]

Hi Peeps,

Sorry I'm posting later than planned.
Had some down time while I replaced the hard drive in my machine, up and running again now though!

Here's where I'm at with my anim..

http://www.blowtorch.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/animation/blowtorch_swat_1.mov

Still got some tweaks to do to this section and the ending has to be done yet. Though I've got some of it done.

Back to animating..:D


Jon

[SheepFactory]

Good stuff everyone! keep em coming.


I missed the train on this one but i'll definitely enter the next. :(

[grury]

Guess that will be it, wont have time to do much more, would like to fix the face animation and the end bit, will have to came back to it when a get a bit of free time..

WIP03 (http://www.bunchdesign.com/grury/swat03.mov)

Would apreciate any comments.

Cheers

[pigwater]

just found this thread ... i've put in a hell of a week and i'm zoning here, just clicking away a little before i fall asleep and these animations are killing me ..the sleepy ones that is

great stuff all of ya :thumbsup: ... thanks for the laughs

[archimede]

wow great idea!

missed the trian too, i ll try to catch the next

i saw good stuff here

[SheepFactory]

This one is over folks , please post your links\finals once again for everyone to see.

[skellybobbly]

Well I didn't finish by the deadline. :scream:

Still working on it though and will post it here in a day or two.

Cheers


Jon

[grury]

Kind of finished version, rendered... (http://www.bunchdesign.com/grury/swat03.mov)

Cheers everyone!

[andy_maxman]

http://www.pandhicurry.com/anand/wakeupgeneri.mpg

hi gru,
smooth animation.....my peers found it very funny...it looked cool to me......i was just thinking if you wanted to add more of flutter when he's in the air and about to fall......just a thought.......

i also like the catch anim which went on for 25secs...good stuff..

and to all the other guys who came saw and left........my wife is furiuos that she let me work on the animation on the weekend for very few of 'em posting their works....
cmon guys we had just 10 secs to get done....and generi is an awesome rig to do some thing wuickly...
looking fwd for reviews......

so long!!!!

[grury]

Cheers Andy, yep i agree, gotta get back to it when i have some free time, actually cutted a bit of the hold in the air to make the 10 sec limit..
btw, what settings are you using for smootheness? yours apears to be slightly smoother than my one (or maybe is just your soft lite look), although am using the max value (2) on the generi_cog_ctrl...is there any other setting to make it smoother.

Love your facial animation, thats something i also have to work out on mine, looks too basic.

Cheers

[andy_maxman]

well even i used 2 for smoothness....i think the light did the trick.....
are u gonna go for the second challenge too?
with the first one having very little response i'm not too kicked asbout the second one

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