Vacuité - French short for you

[darkjedi1929]

Hey Vinc. that looks really good indeed. good work mate.:thumbsup:

[Vinc]

come on guys...... let me more comment please... i need to know what you think about that.
And thanks Drak_Jedi ;)
vinc

[blinxpro]

Very nice! It actually made me feel sorry for the guy. I'm usually a tough critic on animation but I really liked this.

[faizman]

lovely man.... great work. Love ur animation love the concpet. really like a lot

good luck in future.

[faizman]

love ur work.... really nice animation. Great concpet :)
u converted pretty nicely in 3d world :)

best of luck in future.

[Vinc]

Thanks for your support guys :thumbsup:
vinc

[Vinc]

Well, just have posted a Divx version of the short in a twice bigger format. Look at the link in the updated first post.
vinc

[Bluder]

Hi, very nice short indeed! cool idea. the only thing that wasn't as good as the rest was the animation sometimes and the closeup on the eye. but again impressive!

[Vinc]

Hi, very nice short indeed! cool idea. the only thing that wasn't as good as the rest was the animation sometimes and the closeup on the eye. but again impressive!

Thanks Bluder ;)
vinc

[Unled]

This was really fantastic! Awsome concept and execution. I'll be showing this to others for sure.

Nice work!

[Bladestorm]

I love it! It's clear that you put a lot of hard work into it, the FX are very good.

[Vinc]

Thanks Unled and Bladestorm :thumbsup:
vinc

[ragdoll]

this is a really great short! :)

i like it how some parts of the animation jump out of the screen width and right at you...

i like the effects...

i like the music and sound effects...

i don't like his eyes tho, sort of looks like he's wearing a mask or something, a bit distracting
but that's just me... :)

the story isn't that clear to me either... probably in an abstract way, then maybe...

overall great short!

4 stars! :)

-rj

[revolutionzen]

from the idea..to the animation and the modeling..very nice..i realy forgot for that i watching a real ....i realy wished it just keep on going..keep it up man

[reeds]

hello, this short is very inspiring and it reminds me of the story of pygmalion.

if you don't mind, could you tell me how you did the sequence on which the buildings constructs themselves, like around 1min and 10 sec into the movie when the white blocky skyscrapers rase out of the ground? I'm also trying to achieve something like that in maya, but wasn't sure how...

5 stars from me for the great story, my only concern was when he dropped the pencil, i thought the story was over because of the black fade out... also the animation seems abit unnatural when it's close up on his face.

[Vinc]

i like the music and sound effects...

i don't like his eyes tho, sort of looks like he's wearing a mask or something, a bit distracting
but that's just me... :)

The music and sound effect was done by Bruno Moyano who composed the music just for this short; He really did a good job that reflect the feeling that i've wanted for the movie.

For the eyes.... i think you talk about the full screen shot when the character look at the statue. The must would have been to do a very high res model of the eyelid just for this shot. I don't take the time for that. So then, the next time may be :p

Thanks for the comment. It's helping me to "keep it up" ;)
vinc

[Aikiman]

Great work, excellent animation, camera work great also, a little bit slow in places I felt but otherwise awesome.

[Vinc]

hello, this short is very inspiring and it reminds me of the story of pygmalion.

if you don't mind, could you tell me how you did the sequence on which the buildings constructs themselves, like around 1min and 10 sec into the movie when the white blocky skyscrapers rase out of the ground? I'm also trying to achieve something like that in maya, but wasn't sure how...

Thanks reeds
About pygmalion.... i think that here... it's the overway... pygmalion make this satue alive after have fall in love with it. For my character, it would have prefer to have a real women but it's not in the pencil ability. Over that... yes, ther's some common theme.

For the blocky skycrapers, this is quite simple. A simple plane moving up from the ground emitting particules with no speed. instancing of a cube for the particule with some random on the scale. And an animation key on the plane scale to give to the top of the skycraper a lower size. And that's all.
vinc

[Vinc]

oupss... Thanks Aikiman and Revolutionzen too :thumbsup:
vinc

[box3dg]

I like the concept. Great work!

[Buhby]

Wonderful work man. Love how the character is modeled and love how he comes out of the aspect. I can't believe the emotions that I felt when watching this. Wow man. Makes me want to be the best I can be in animation.

5 stars!

[vicky_1]

Very impressive Vinc!

From the subtle theme to imaginative visualisation. I'm not able to shake off the point where the guy takes the eraser and then next cut a chunk of building blows away!

Very good shot composition and seamless storytelling. You :buttrock:!

May the Force be with you for your job hunt, man!

[Vinc]

box3dg, Buhby and vicky_1.... Big Thanks :thumbsup:
if you're happy.... than i'm too.
vinc

[NC3D]

I really liked the short; it was an interesting subject to pull off. As he draws with his pencil the drawings become reality, or maybe a subconscious reality. It reminds me of the creative process. I think for all artists there is something in that process that is close to us. He see’s the power of the pencil in his hand and creates his own Madonna, but he cant give her life. He can't really ever have her.

I enjoyed the animation of the city materializing, and then the city being erased, literally. I loved the building ascending, and the bridge coming together. Also the line figure drawing transitioning into a solid object (statue of woman) wow!!. I am still learning a lot with Maya, man I really need to learn effects, because yours really impressed me. I also liked the character design, the artist/architect/ had a weathered, conserned,maybe even tormented look. Great job

[APD-Jack]

Hi Vinc. I just watch your short and i like it very much. From ligthning to animation, there is no need to say any crit. :thumbsup:
The only thing that bothers me is some sound effects. Especially in the skyscrapers' going down sequence, glass breaking sound repeats too much. You should have use different brekaing effects and their mixes i think. :shrug:
Anyway, it's great work.

Keep good working :applause:

[Uncle-Ox]

Hi

Great story...Great modeling...Great texturing...Great lighting...Great animation...Great camera work...Great FX.

This is probably the best reel I've seen this quarter. 50 thumbs up buddy :thumbsup: .

[Vinc]

Big thanks again for NC3D, APD_Jack and Uncle Ox. :thumbsup:

It reminds me of the creative process.

Well, the better inspiration is never far from ourself!
vinc

[Kanga]

Great work.
Can't read french so I am not sure if you did everything except the music. Soundtrack and editing are first class as is the concept. FX super. The only thing I would crit is your main actor looks a little wooden to me. Kind of dried out.

Brilliant stuff:thumbsup:

[KevinCCAD]

It would make more sense to me if the papers weren't all over the ground until later, showing that he had drawn alot. It's like he just dropped in on something that he had already been doing but he studies the pencil as if he's new there. The beginning has a very different feel like it's light and airy but then you found what you were doing with the story and the mood changed. I like the project though, it's one of the better ones. Of the effects, the smoke coming from the building after it's smashed seems too uniform, like it needs to be thinned out and made a little more random shaped.

[suzana_kilic]

Hi
This is really good work. Excellent idea, and story. Every compliment for finishing such a long piece. I hope you will soon start another animation, a talent like yours should be explored as much as possible. I am quite sure you will find a 3d job based on your excellent animation.
Best luck.

[NR43]

Man this short deserves a lot more attention than it is getting.
You could really see the man wondering if this is why he became that old.

Simply outstanding concept and execution.

Now if you'll excuse me I have to watch it again :)

[littlepixel]

Si vous pouvez me pardonner la qualite de mon francais, je veux dire que c'est un filme comme aucune d'autre. J'etait surpris avec la beaute de la technicalite, et encore depuis avec la gentlesse que vous avez utilize en la traitement du theme. Vous etes surement un artiste avec un 'A', et aussi un programmateur des ordinateurs avec un 'O'. J'ai oublie comment parler l'anglais et sur mon choc j'ai commence a parler francais. Super! Extra! je n'ai encore pas arrete battre les mains.

[Vinc]

Can't read french so I am not sure if you did everything except the music.
you're understand it well! This is a composer that make me the music.

It would make more sense to me if the papers weren't all over the ground until later, showing that he had drawn alot. It's like he just dropped in on something that he had already been doing but he studies the pencil as if he's new there.
i'll let you discover what this white space can be. You can refer to the title for that.

The beginning has a very different feel like it's light and airy but then you found what you were doing with the story and the mood changed.
It's how it was supposed to be :)

Of the effects, the smoke coming from the building after it's smashed seems too uniform, like it needs to be thinned out and made a little more random shaped.
This is not my better part that true. This is definitly not my specialty.

Man this short deserves a lot more attention than it is getting.
I agree but the cgtalk admin seems to consider than this short don't worth a front page :cry:

You could really see the man wondering if this is why he became that old.
I don't really understand what you mean... :hmm:

Si vous pouvez me pardonner la qualite de mon francais, je veux dire que c'est un filme comme aucune d'autre. J'etait surpris avec la beaute de la technicalite, et encore depuis avec la gentlesse que vous avez utilize en la traitement du theme. Vous etes surement un artiste avec un 'A', et aussi un programmateur des ordinateurs avec un 'O'. J'ai oublie comment parler l'anglais et sur mon choc j'ai commence a parler francais. Super! Extra! je n'ai encore pas arrete battre les mains.
Merci pour l'effort, je sais que c'est pas simple :thumbsup:


Well again, a big thanks to Kanga, KevinCCAD, suzana_kilic, NR43 and littlepixel :)

[Dagibit]

I thought you did a great job with the buildings appearence/dissapearence. I really, really liked the man, and his animation was well done!:applause:

[bitBrain]

Truly amazing. Innovative and technically excellent. The only thing stopping this movie from being perfect is that quite a few sounds are not quite synced with what's causing them, like when the pens fall. Otherwise the sound is every bit as great as the animation, very moody.

I liked the character, he reminds me of my friend Alf. :)

The tempo definitely is too slow. A very epic feeling, but I'm annoyed when characters go "hmm" and become thoughtful for 3-4 seconds. We get it already! :) Don't underestimate the audience, it can follow the story without having it told slowly.

Overall: aces!

[Vinc]

Thanks a lot Dagibit :thumbsup:

Otherwise the sound is every bit as great as the animation, very moody.
I will congratulate the composer for you ;)


I liked the character, he reminds me of my friend Alf. :)
Sorry, that's copyrighted :p

The tempo definitely is too slow. A very epic feeling, but I'm annoyed when characters go "hmm" and become thoughtful for 3-4 seconds. We get it already! :) Don't underestimate the audience, it can follow the story without having it told slowly.
The slow tempo is part of the movie. It's slow, not to let the audience understand what happen, but to let it feel the mood of the character, and this need time. A movie is not only story telling, this is feeling. Well... that's my point of view.

Anyway, thanks for your comment bitBrain ;)

[HenningK]

So good. I almost cried. Really.
The pacing, editing, compostition, and direction are fantastic. The textures also really stand out. I love the whole woman statue sequence from creation to destruction. Of course he doesn't just look at her, he wants to feel. I would not have thought of that.
My only concern is that the beginning of the movie sets a mood out of sync with the rest. He falls in COMEDICALLY. And the pencils fall on him. Animators do that a lot... just make a guy fall into an empty space. Because they want to make a funny impact animation, and because they dont want to explain how he got there.
Other minor things with the intro: 1) the screen shake looks funny when its just a bunch of pencils falling 2) his movements are just too cartoony for that first part. After he starts drawing (awesome cut, by the way) the movement is okay.
love,henning

[Rebeccak]

Just from an emotional standpoint, your piece was really felt and paced well, I thought. Just a very elegant concept and a very beautiful, stylized execution. I was very moved. Can't crit you much on the technical points, but to my eyes, I was drawn into the story from the beginning. I thought it was interesting that it started out so playful, and the story never seemed dreary or depressing...it was just a chain of thought that this guy probably has on a daily basis.

Beautiful work, I'm really amazed! :thumbsup:

Cheers, :)

~Rebeccak

[geneticlone]

watched it on my macintosh its really great gj.

[ty19345]

excellent concept!!
I love the part that you make that old guy not touching the sculpture.
That is just amazing...
I've watched it several times. :)

[frayo]

Vinc,

i rarely post comments here. i feel im not in the position to do so...but this one i can't pass.

i love the idea of your story man...and how the massage was delivered (assuming i got the story right). animation-wise there's not much to say...that was your style and it works. the DIVx format had some flickering though - in the eyebrow area...maybe its just the compression. smoke needs more natural feel to it but that's hardly the focus here. i was amazed by how you did the structures progressing to completion espicially that structure that looks like a fly-over. how did you do that? would you mind sharing the approach you used and what software...?

after the figure of the girl shattered...and the building started disintegrating, and with the background music...you just got me nodding there. and there was a connection. the effect of everything i percieved at that moment is just awesome. you got the idea across beautifully.

[HellBoy]

I'm downloading now, I'll give review as soon as I finish

[PaulNewman]

Inspiring work Vinc!

At times technical issues of the effects while building the city breaks the spell for me. But that quickly passes because you don't spend too much time before getting back to the character. And in this the pacing is excellent : a fast pace on the effects and then a reflective pace on the character, forcing me to consider his emotions and pick up every small nuance of his expressions, which by the way I find nicely inhibited (not over acted) and that invites me to read the emotions rather than try to follow a story.

I would have liked to see a greater interaction of the man's drawing strokes and the building of the city; not first a lot of drawing and then a lot of building. That may have helped the man to realize his power early on, spurring him on to become more and more prolific in his work until he stands up to inspect his creation - an entire city! That may have also heightened our anticipation when he starts drawing a woman, and then later have increased our disappointment when she crumbles.

I love the fact that at times you break the cinema aspect frame - that was very well done when you did it. The city sounds when the man looks down the streets creates fantastic moments - the imagination and creativity of the artist at work. When the city is erased, for the most part it works fluidly, although I would have liked to see a little more intercutting of the man busy erasing.

In the end I walk away with a defeated feeling. The joy of creating is very short lived. The reason for creating is drawn into question. The fulfilment of creating even an entire city is short lived when a person considers he is alone and has no one to share it with. And then the realisation that a person cannot fabricate a fellow companion . . . that's just how I see it.

Well done :thumbsup: I was moved :applause:

[HellBoy]

I watched it, man I got to say, that is so quality work.

5 stars and half :applause:

[geis]

Wow, outstanding work in each part. I love it much.
Respect for you! :applause:

[bbqwing]

I like this short. It's a great with many different cg factors in it. Nothing I can critique about it.

GOod work.

[TINY1KG]

WOUAH!

une animation a vous couper le souffle! took my breath away!
I really loved the change of mood from the beginning compare to the end!
The part when he tries to touch the statue conveys such emotion.
A truly well wrapped piece of work. 5* bien sure!

tous mes compliments! congrats!

[JiCe]

Very nice work vinc.
Specially how you animated the effects to make appear buldings.

Good work

[Stefan-Morrell]

lovely work here..well done!!
I love that shot after the girl crumbles & he's looking down at the pencil..fantastic
also like the way you let some elements fall out of the letterbox format,

Cheers
Stefan

[Bangsimon]

One word: Breathtaking

[LordDubu]

Vinc,

As many here have said, this is a very powerful piece. I felt as though the main character's plight it spoke to my own. As an artist I am so frustrated at not being able to fully capture reality in my work. How tragic it is, that he finally gives up, and destroys what he's accomplished! Beautiful work Vinc.

Quick question, this reminded me of another French cg short about a guy in purgatory, with nothing but a T.V. and a gun. Have you seen that, and if so, did it serve as some inspiration to you?

[Neil]

Quick question, this reminded me of another French cg short about a guy in purgatory, with nothing but a T.V. and a gun. Have you seen that, and if so, did it serve as some inspiration to you?

It's called 50 Percent Grey.


In regards to your video, I was confused that he had cartooney proportions, but the girl he makes has realistic proportions. Seems like the style should match throughout.

His motions were a little jerky.

I also think it could use a little editing, speed it up at times. Maybe you wanted it to be moody and slow the entire time, but i found my attention drifting at times.

Otherwise, good piece and you did some neat tricks and techniques!

[jd_ambriez]

I really dont know why everyone is flocking over this movie, it is good modeling and animaion, but it's horribley directed, and has horrible sfx, camra angel's are drained and boring. PenPals was a good animation.

[Ducimus]

Bravo Vincent, ce film court va erte un inspiration pour beaucoup monde, le music les effect specieux, sont parfait...

Congrats...

[learner88]

What render engine did you use?Did you use ambient occlusion?

[TimNikias]

I really enjoyed this short, even though the beginning felt a lot different than how it ends. You expect some jokes, or funny moments, what with all the pencils dropping, but turn it into a short about loneliness and how everything is futile if you can't share it.

And I just LOVE the music! Would you consider making it available for download as a soundtrack?

Top notch, everything, I really enjoyed this one. Sure, things like smoke-fx etc have been mentioned, but they're not the main focus, so I don't care. You got the important things right, and thats what counts.

Regards,
Tim

[NC3D]

I really dont know why everyone is flocking over this movie, it is good modeling and animaion, but it's horribley directed, and has horrible sfx, camra angel's are drained and boring. PenPals was a good animation.

That's one opinion, but i think it tells an interesting story without relying on dialogue to drive the subject. The discourse leads you right into your own interpretation of the film. I like that 2 people can watch it and not come to the same conclusion as far as the meaning of it. Its nice to see animation go outside of the Pixar/Disney style, which I like as well. It also creative, and I thought generated its own mood. The character design was strong, which drew me more into the short. I personally dont't think the sfx are horrible either. There are some camera shots that could have been different but I do not feel it took away from the film. Not to mention a student film, like to see different approaches. Either way crits are good for any creative process, though I happen to disagree with the severity of some of the remarks, it is good to have varying opinions. Thats my 2 cents on why I flocked to the short

[attune]

well. It's not bad. It's not great. I don't really understand why everyone is gushing over it. Congrats on finishing a short. =) Done anything recent?

[jd_ambriez]

NC3D

Yah, good point on a change over from the Pixar style though.

[asimco]

Storyline, and modelling were very good. SFX were good, the creation of the buildings was phenominal. Character animation was iffy. But overall for a primarily one man project i thought it was great! :thumbsup: I have no doubt you will get a good job :bounce:

[gaianix]

that s cool character modeling

[Vinc]

wow... just 3 day away from home and so many comments.... that great :bounce: , even if I just have seen 5 minute ago the alias really bad news. I dont know yet what you think of that but it sounfd like a sad day to me.
I will try to reply as much as possible to all comments posted.
vinc

[malcolmj]

I thoroughly enjoyed this animation, and only have one question - what does "Vacuite" mean in English?

[GrantMan]

Very powerful and artistic. Loved it! Great work. The effects were amazing and the idea was great. Loved the eraser scene! Looking forward to the sequel.

Grant

[cyrenevjacob]

This is amazing!! I think you have a great future ahead!!! I look forward to more of your work and amazing ideas.:thumbsup:

[Vinc]

Ok, so lets go for some reply....

My only concern is that the beginning of the movie sets a mood out of sync with the rest. He falls in COMEDICALLY. And the pencils fall on him. Animators do that a lot... just make a guy fall into an empty space. Because they want to make a funny impact animation, and because they dont want to explain how he got there.
I did this comedically start for one reason : to increase the dramatically mood of the rest of the short. The feeling is increase when you don't expect to it. And why the charcter fall in this empty space is part of the long version of this short. I keep it to interpretation for now.

Other minor things with the intro: 1) the screen shake looks funny when its just a bunch of pencils falling 2) his movements are just too cartoony for that first part. After he starts drawing (awesome cut, by the way) the movement is okay.
Tha cartoony stylish of the intro was part of the comedically mood made to put the audience of the track. The screen shake was may be a bit to strong yes but it's a direct
consequence of the primary cartoony style.
Thanks for the comment.

it was just a chain of thought that this guy probably has on a daily basis.
You're not far from the story grounding. Thanks RebeccaK.

watched it on my macintosh
I'm replying to you on mine ;)

how did you do that? would you mind sharing the approach you used and what software...?
I will try to a little makking the whole movie. Soon. But firstly, that's a maya 5 works for 3d and shake for compositing. Thanks for the interest.


More reply anytime soon...

vinc

[darcru]

I just watched this and had to came back and congratulate you!!

I think the sound design was extremely strong and really sent this over the edge. I personally think that the timing overall was excellent...you had the slow, then BAM. Some of the effects were very nice, overall if some of this piece was given a better render quality, (smoke,dust, lighting) I think you may have yourself a big time contender here. Mood was great as well and had an excellent flow to it as it went through its changes.

[Slurry]

Salut Vinc,

Fantastic work! That was really excellent. The modelling, textures and effects were outstanding.
I found the story a little hard to follow however. The buildings seemed to come out of no where. We see him draw the girl and so it is easy to understand why she appeared, but some of the action didn't read very well. Same with the eraser. We can assume he erases a drawing of the building/city but I think it would help to see some sort of anticipation to the action and result.
What was your reasoning behind having some imagery appear above the widescreen "bars"?
I must close by saying this was a terrific effort and you should be congratulated and proud of your achievment.

Art :)

[Vinc]

Here we go again...

I would have liked to see a greater interaction of the man's drawing strokes and the building of the city; not first a lot of drawing and then a lot of building. That may have helped the man to realize his power early on, spurring him on to become more and more prolific in his work until he stands up to inspect his creation - an entire city! That may have also heightened our anticipation when he starts drawing a woman, and then later have increased our disappointment when she crumbles.
This lake is more due to time factor and some restriction need by a one man project. In the realy early issue of the storyboard, there is a primary construction scene before the whole city that show explicitly the interaction. It was droped out with high regrets but that was needed. Thanks Paul_Newmanfor your long comment ;)

une animation a vous couper le souffle! took my breath away!
hehe... merci pour la petite touche frenchy :thumbsup: and for the comment...

Quick question, this reminded me of another French cg short about a guy in purgatory, with nothing but a T.V. and a gun. Have you seen that, and if so, did it serve as some inspiration to you?
50 percent grey.... an italian short if i'm right..... yes I know it and yes it has some inspiration to me especially for the empty space concept, even if i discovered it after have writed the story of my short.

In regards to your video, I was confused that he had cartooney proportions, but the girl he makes has realistic proportions. Seems like the style should match throughout.

His motions were a little jerky.

I also think it could use a little editing, speed it up at times. Maybe you wanted it to be moody and slow the entire time, but i found my attention drifting at times.
In retrospect, I agree with you for the proportion mismatch. Lake of time concern. I'm don't sure i would do the same today.
For the speed and motion consern.... i surly need more practice :hmm:
Thanks for the pertinent remarks.

Thanks also to ty19345, MWarsame, geis, bbqwing, Jice, Stefan_Morell, Bangsimon..... you're wellcome ;)

more reply later...

vinc

[OptimusDinkus]

I liked this short for the execution which was done very nicely, and Im impressed it was done soley by you. I do have a question though, what was your solution for matching his drawing and the motion of his hand drawing? was the drawing animated in composite then u matched the movement of his hand to the composited animation?

[Juzz]

OH MY!

When I first came to this thread I was thinking: What is this doing on the front page?!?

Then I opened the mov, and it did not take long for me to realise why it indeed is on the front page!

Incredible. The effects are crazy! Everyone needs to see this.

10+

[beelow]

That is a friggin nice short, dude! Really got attached to the story very strong and emotional, holla!:thumbsup:

[maronson]

Here are the shots that emotionally involved me:
1) the pull back from a blank white piece of paper to reveal the start of creativity
2) The sky scraper building rising from ground level and extending beyond the picture frame.
3) After all the buildings are constructed there are still particles floating in the air
4) The composition in thirds of the character looking at the pencil that brought all this activity
5) He wants to feel the statue but not touch it
6) The 3D effect of the hand holding the pencil low but into the audience's "space"
7) the erasure of buildings viewed from a distance

Marvelous work!

[StevenBHS]

awesome lighting

[Vinc]

Some more reply....

it's horribley directed, and has horrible sfx, camra angel's are drained and boring. PenPals was a good animation.
aoutch.... you're a bit harsh.... but yes... Penpals is a good animation.

Bravo Vincent, ce film court va erte un inspiration pour beaucoup monde, le music les effect specieux, sont parfait...
inspiration je sais pas.... mais un grand merci du compliment :thumbsup:

What render engine did you use?Did you use ambient occlusion?
I used mental ray for the most part.... and some maya soft for some pass... I used AO, FG and even SSS.

And I just LOVE the music! Would you consider making it available for download as a soundtrack?
...
You got the important things right, and thats what counts.
Well, for the music.... it's up to the compositor to do that.
And really thanks for your great compliment ;)

next reply tomorow :wavey:

vinc

[chikos]

Nice piece of animation, you've done a great job! I like the design of the character, especially his hands! Very detailed and very soft and gentle. The animation at the beginning is a bit stiff, I think its a bit too fast for a man at his age. But afterwards it gets a lot better! The effects are nice, especially those atmospheric ones! Sad and beatiful story about a visioner. Congrats again!

[chikos]

P.S. Hope you'll find a job soon:)

[Vinc]

Ok... here we go again....

Thats my 2 cents on why I flocked to the short
Well, so thanks NC3D for your 2 cents... i cannot say more.

Congrats on finishing a short. =) Done anything recent?
All thing in good time man.... lastly i have much to do for my degree in architecture.

I have no doubt you will get a good job
I hope so..... i really hope so..... :rolleyes:

that s cool character modeling
Thanks man ;)

I thoroughly enjoyed this animation, and only have one question - what does "Vacuite" mean in English?
dictionnary sait : "emptiness" or "vacuity"..... "emptiness" is the better translation for me and for this short.

Looking forward to the sequel.
I think it will take some time.

I think you have a great future ahead!!!
My paste was not bad either :p

overall if some of this piece was given a better render quality, (smoke,dust, lighting) I think you may have yourself a big time contender here.
That's right for some part.... and cause fx render are not easy to do when you never have done that before and that there is nobody to say how exactly it must be done. Thanks for the congrad ;)

What was your reasoning behind having some imagery appear above the widescreen "bars"?
I must close by saying this was a terrific effort and you should be congratulated and proud of your achievment.
The imagery above the widescreen "bars" was done to give more impact for some elements. It's even works better for a big screen projection.
ohh and congrat for PenPals... it is well done :applause:

Well, that's enough for today.... see you soon.

vinc

[Vinc]

Hi all...
I'm back on board for the reply to the lasted post.

I do have a question though, what was your solution for matching his drawing and the motion of his hand drawing? was the drawing animated in composite then u matched the movement of his hand to the composited animation?
hehe.... really much people want to know that.... tell me what you think it is... i'll tell you if you're hot or cald :p
composite?? nop... you're cold :)

Everyone needs to see this.
Particularly big 3D company manager.... i hope...

holla!
hallo! :p

Marvelous work!
Thanks man :thumbsup:

awesome lighting
Thanks although it was quite simple.

The animation at the beginning is a bit stiff, I think its a bit too fast for a man at his age. But afterwards it gets a lot better!
Well, that's part of the cartoony styling i've wanted in the first scene. Even if i don't see this character like a really old guy... yes, it is may be too fast.

P.S. Hope you'll find a job soon
I really hope so too ;-)

Well, i think than nobody have been forgotten.
Thanks for all comment, you're support are great :love:

vinc

[Vinc]

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no more to say :p

vinc

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