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BrainFaucet

10-24-2002, 08:35 AM

I've been working on this for the past few days. Started out as a simple weightlifing animation, and ended up being one of my best animations yet. :)

3.2 meg DivX 5

Let me know what you think. :)

http://www.brainfaucet.com/gallery/kittycola.htm

Thanks.

Taoizm

10-24-2002, 09:03 AM

Really slick piece of work there. :applause:

Couple of things though. The 3 "cuts" to the cola are a bit distracting. You really only need the first one to get your idea across...IMHO

Only other thing I might suggest is a bit more body tremor when he's trying to lift the heavy weight. I almost missed his knees shaking. Try making his head shake a little bit as well so that it looks like he's straining his neck muscles.

Even with my nitpicks this is a top notch animation. BRAVO!!! :beer:

LordShaitan

10-24-2002, 09:53 AM

Looks great. Look out for soem of the animation, never have a part of the body static. After he tries to lift it his hands come up and stop while his body is still moving. Other then that im liking it. Just smooth out some of the animations.

metaGauge:Zero

10-24-2002, 02:46 PM

that was great! the freeze ads and the sound effects really ad to the piece.

the only thing i would say is it would look even better if the knees shivered faster and he himself struggled harder to lift the weight. an easy fix for this that i learned from 2d animation is to go back and forth between two frames one or two times before progressing to the next frame...

eg: frames 1, 2, 1, 2, then 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, then 4, 3, 4, 3, etc..

stephen2002

10-24-2002, 08:36 PM

that was funny.

good work with the animation.

pearson

10-25-2002, 10:43 AM

That's hillarious! Great work! I agree with the points mentioned, but it's still awesome!:thumbsup: :applause:

tpe

10-25-2002, 12:35 PM

Hey great timing BrainFaucet

tpe

MikeRhone

10-25-2002, 01:31 PM

I'll be honest, other than the leg stuttering being obviosly to slow, I think this is a fantasic piece. And I usually have LOTS to rag on about.

Simple Scene. Simple model. Nice animation.

Fiber

10-25-2002, 02:21 PM

WHAAAAAAAAAAAA,it made me laugh.
the best part is not the animation (which is good,but not perfect),but the miaauw on each still. I like the absurdity.

jason-slab

10-25-2002, 02:55 PM

great work!

pearson

10-25-2002, 10:05 PM

Forgot to mention, the funniest part is when he screws it into his eye and then gives the thumbs up! It's so off the wall/unexpected, which makes it so funny.

Chong

10-25-2002, 10:37 PM

This is really funny, and the animation works really well. Great Job

road

10-25-2002, 11:34 PM

This is completely awesome!!!
great work on the animation...
I agree the cuts to the kitty cola 3 times is a little too much...
I think if you cut that to one then it'll work wonders...
great stuff ... :thumbsup:

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