2-D/3-D Animated Short: CRABAPPLE

[HausThePaus]

dude ! sick quality :D damn cool ! i wonder if its possible to render like that in 3dsmax :D great job !

[Isopod]

i wonder if its possible to render like that in 3dsmax :D great job !

Thanks Haus, glad you liked it. I''m pretty sure you could do toon-shading in Max, but I don't have any idea if it's natively possible. I'm sure there's a 3rd party plug-in somewhere.

cheers,
--isopod

[SanderWit]

I so totally agree, that's so freakin cool! Amazing job man.

I love Blender and use it all the time. 2.37 just released you know :D

Did you use Blender Internal, Yafray or something else?

[Chris Bacon]

Nice....good work......some of your shots ned a little work like when he hits the floor...theres no follow through.....

but other that that...cool....

[Isopod]

I love Blender and use it all the time. 2.37 just released you know :D

Did you use Blender Internal, Yafray or something else?

The Robot was done in Maya while Blender was used for the particle effects. If you go to my site, there's a "Making of" video that shows a clip of Blender. Thanks for the heads up about Blender 2.37 being released. I'll go download it now.

Vivec: I know what you mean, but the project has to be done very cheaply (time and budget-wise) :D Now that I graduated from the university, I can afford more time to polish up my next animated short instead of worrying about an African Art exam the next day.

Thanks guys,

--isopod

[kayoto]

Hi Isopod !
Great movie I like it a lot (make me laugh LOL !!!)
your 2D got my eye much more then the 3D since I came from 2D myself... and Always LOVE 2D Animation.... but you blended both together real good ! I love the final resault !!!


about the 2D Part - did you created it using Paperless Animation Wacom Tablet/Cintiq ? or something like that or draw using papers and scanned ?

and.. what program did you use for the 2D can you descibce the process please ?

Any more Animations to see from you would be great !!!
Keep up the good working !!!
http://img1.tapuz.co.il/forums/42455142.jpg

[Isopod]

Kayoto: Thanks! Glad you liked it! Now about the 2-D part:

Everything starts off on paper. Rough animations on paper, I still flip through several pieces checking the arcs etc.

Then they are PENCIL TESTED:
I use a light table that has taped pegs on it, then I take a picture of each drawing with a digital camera .The digital pictures are then brought to After Effects and I then make a Quicktime movie to see if they are alright.

Then the drawings are cleaned up and traced on a new sheet of paper with a mechanical pencil (a .03 B lead). They are scanned in (I have a peg taped to the scanner as well to maintain registration) In Photoshop, I play with the LEVELS to make the pencil strokes black and the white pixels I automatically delete using a plugin called "Eliminate White" (you can find this using Google, although this only works up to Photoshop 7, not in CS)

I then color the drawings. This is when I use my OLD Wacom Intuos tablet (a wimpy 4 x 5) to digitally color the drawings...I make sure they are named appropriately. I compile all the drawings for a sequence into a single Photoshop file where each drawing is in separate layers. I import the PSD file in After Effects as a composition and combine all the other elements together....

Whew! That was a mouthful...if you want a short peek at the behind the scenes, I have a "Making of" video HERE (Quicktime 43 MB) (http://www.weakchild.com/media/crabapple/makingofcrabapple.mov) in my website--- right click, save...

I hope the next animated short would be even better! Thanks again for showing interest.

cheers,
--isopod

[kayoto]

Very Cool !
I'm downloading the "Making of" Right now and gonna watch it, looks interesting !

I'm asked this question of you created, because I saw many animations created with a program named Mirage (the new generation of AURA) and I tought your animation made totaly paperless but I was wrong, not that it's matter the final resault is amazing !

When I create my 2D Animations, I use my wacom Cintiq (my old Intuos 2 is great but not like draw exactly on the Cintiq - cost so much money and worth it !) so I work totaly paperless, I just move around from programs to see what is the best for me, when I get into compositing I use Combustion (I feel there at home).

thanks for your explnation, I can't wait to see your next animations !

Keep up the good working !

[Kid-Mesh]

Skills bro :thumbsup: It's nice to see someone who actually knows and understands anime unlike the crap that is unloaded out a Newgrounds. Your visuals are top notch but if you spend a little more time on the sndfx this would be right up there.

Also the way you matched the 3D with the 2D was just great!

Good stuff.

[Norl]

Great fusion of 3D and 2D animation. Keep up the good work! Anime rocks!

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