animation: Cane-Toad teaser

[samhodge]

I saw the post about this earlier on the DLF I only got around to viewing the teaser last night.

It is so rich and so aussie I love it.

Looks like you have painted every last poly of geometry in the scene.

And how can you beat a fart joke?

:buttrock:

rock on!

P.S. do you think other nationalities will get it? who cares! it will still be quirky and funny even if the cant see the satire in the content.

[anticz]

This is great. 5 stars *plop* Only crit is the animation on the hands looks a little unfinished. The poses you chose are so conservative that it looks a little stiff. I think you were going for sublte gestures but it would probably be a little more interesting if you mixed it up a little more (a couple closed or more varied poses). It would still feel subtle and I think it would loosen up the feel of the character at the same time (give you some room to really sell the beat gestures, like when he says "missing"). When are you gonna release it? I want to be the first in line to see it!!!!!!

[HapZungLam]

looking good. but do u have a bigger resolution? can't see it quite good.:applause:

[funkychild]

Saw this on the DLF earlier too, and love it :)

A bit of background for non-Australians, the cane toad is a creature that was introduced into Australia to try to curb the problem of cane beetles eating sugar cane crops. However, it sort of backfired and now the cane toads themselves have multiplied out of control and are a menace of their own. They're generally filthy and disgusting IMO and tend to get used as makeshift golf balls or speed humps quite often.

[phyle]

Thats cool. I saw it about a week ago when some guys from cutting edge came to our uni.
I thought the animation was good, sort of stylised and snappy.
Who did the voice? I thought that was well done, really suits him...

[beej]

yay brisvegas!

ill check back later, maybe ill have better luck with the download then. the still looks great though.

b.

[Ant4d]

Yo Andrew!

SUPER DUPER WORK!
Not only the character looks really good, but the backround as well is looking highend.

:beer:

[Alderian]

i like the fart joke.

[drew]

Great image, really funny.
I know all about the cane toads.
Drew

[leigh]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! :scream:
Man, that's EXCELLENT!
I LOOOOOOOOOOVE Aussie humour - most of my favourite comedies are Aussie ones (Muriels Wedding, Welcome To Woop-Woop, Mushrooms, Priscilla, The Castle), so I love this sort of thing :D
The fart is hysterical!
I love the way he is lounging in a pet's water and food bowl - nice detail!

He seems like a superb, typical Aussie character. Excellent work! I'm looking forward to seeing the whole thing!!!

[Khepri]

great! but I agree on the handmovement, abit stiff.

but enviroment, character, mood, its all great!:applause:

good luck on the short!

[lildragon]

The links aren't working for me :sad:

[markdc]

Not much there yet:hmm:

[daevid]

Looking great, reminds me of Aardman Animation's Creature Comforts series (and thats really good!).

Wonder where he got that really tiny bottle of beer though? (everything else has normal proportions...)

- David

[facial]

Wow, I love your character design.
:scream: But i don't know why i can not open your animation clip, well, i will keep trying.
Did you made any lipsnc here?
Nice job.:thumbsup: Keep post

[Leydecker]

But I did recognize the sound of the fart...

Cool piece from downunder.

tim

[andrewsilke]

Sorry everyone, you'll just have to be patient with our site. If there's too many people downloading at one time it just maxes out. There's nothing we can do short of finding a new host which we can't afford right now. If anyone knows of any good high bandwidth deals let me know.

cheers
Andrew

[Toeng.com]

Very nice texturing ... I don't really get the joke, but hey, it's still entertaining :D

Good luck on the short movie :)

[eric P]

that's cool,really funny even is i dont understand the 3/4 of what he say's.
Nice modeling & texturing,...i think the floor can be more define,but that's just my point of view.
anyway that sh*t look's really great:applause:

[hexenhaus]

Funny character.

One of my favorite films was the documentary Cane Toads.

Check it out if you haven't yet.

[Larry_g1s]

WOW. The animation and modeling are great! :applause: I love the scene as well...lounging in a water dish...ha ha ha. My only thing is I could really understand him. Had such a strong accent and all. But I'm sure for your target audience it's fine. Again, great job on it and good luck.

[Stevo]

I like this alot. Really good texturing and the character is really originally. The only thing that bothers me is the tub > it doesn't look that real (very plastic) > probably the color... Good work though!

[dmcgrath]

The tub is supposed to be plastic looking, because its made out of plastic, Its a dog's food dish.

Great work to the both of you, and Salud to CGTalk.com for showcasing your thread as a banner.

[etsuko]

Wayyyyy KewLLLLLL! :buttrock:

Urm, i've not read your past thread so was just wondering which program you used to produce such a marvelous piece there... :applause:

[sforsyth]

That is frickin' sweet!
So when is the movie out? How long is it?
Can't wait to see it.

Is that your own voice then?

[soooon]

good works:airguitar

[andrewsilke]

Thanks everyone again for the feedback. :) To answer some questions, we made the short with Maya, it's about 3 1/2 mins long, and it'll be finished mid next week when the sound effects are complete. Not sure when we'll be able to put it on the web yet. Dave and I did all the 3d work, concept story etc. we were unpaid (self funded) and it took us about 6 months full time. We were lucky enough to have help with sound and we had it composited in Inferno by some friends of ours. We've rendered to HD 1920 x 960 so we're keen to get it to film but we'll need some funding for that. The voice was done by Paul Davies, he's a proffessional voice over guy who works in Brisbane. I find it funny that some people can't understand him :).

Here are some behind the scenes picks. The facial animation was created with bones driven via driven keys, it worked out pretty well, the animation interface operated much the same way as morph targets/blend shapes and it was quite fast. It's pretty hard to see in the picture but the bones are actually parented to locators in the center of the face which is why they appear to be floating.
http://www.cane-toad.com/images/forum/dazzaSmooth.jpg
http://www.cane-toad.com/images/forum/dazzaWire.jpg
http://www.cane-toad.com/images/forum/dazzaBones.jpg

cheers
Andrew

[catbells007]

Awesome work! The texture works very rich and the actings great youve really managed to project a personality into this guy with the little nuances and mannerisms.

Just curious as to how your going to promote the work then, is it going to be soley on the web or are you going to take round the festivals and such?

[catbells007]

Originally posted by funkychild
Saw this on the DLF earlier too, and love it :)

A bit of background for non-Australians, the cane toad is a creature that was introduced into Australia to try to curb the problem of cane beetles eating sugar cane crops. However, it sort of backfired and now the cane toads themselves have multiplied out of control and are a menace of their own. They're generally filthy and disgusting IMO and tend to get used as makeshift golf balls or speed humps quite often.

Oh yeah, i remember hearing something about that. Thatll be where Matt Groening got his idea for the plot in the Simpsons episode where the go to Aus.

[Aura]

:applause:
:thumbsup:
:beer:

[lildragon]

Digging up some of the classics ;) Don't forget to read the interview here http://www.3dfestival.com/story.php?story_id=674

You have received the CGtalk choice award .Please feel free to display this image anywhere you like! Keep it up amazing work bud!

upon receiving this award, it guarantees you a spot in the cgtalk gallery hall of fame (http://gallery.cgtalk.com) - which you are now placed

http://www.cgtalk.com/plug_award/cgtalk_award_feb03.jpg

P.S. Please email me @ tito@cgnetworks.com for the .psd file

salud

[mimo8]

congratulations

[Ryder]

hehe.. nice work!

but the lipsynk need more work..

[LPlasma]

I agree, the lip sync seems a bit too choppy/strange. Nice model/texture work as well, the water looks a bit odd though. Almost a bit like a gel in appearance instead of water.

[Grosserfrosch]

How can you not understand him? I understand him perfectly. I'm from Texas, by the way.

[umjetnik]

Superb !! I laughed my tits off first time I saw it on the DLF and it still makes me laugh even now after a dozen times or so, though I can understand the non Aussies not getting it. Anyway you are on a winner as far as character goes...Looking forward to seeing the whole thing

[xynaria]

Would really like to see this but it looks like the site is down for a while now by the notice..or is it liable to come back? :)

[andrewsilke]

Sorry about that, billing error with the ISP. :annoyed: The site's back up now, should be cool from now on.

-Andrew

[xynaria]

Yup..back up now and looking very good. Trailer certainly lives up to the concept of being a teaser and looking forward to seeing the whole thing indeed. How long is it btw??? :)

[MrCup]

Wow! I just saw the complete film the other night at a short film festival in Melbourne. That is funny stuff. I loved Bazza's muted expletive to camera. Missed this when you originally posted it and was going to post the link myself.

Congrats on the award too, very much deserved.

oh yeah and the guts were great too. :p

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