Character Animation Reel

[petertan]

Awesome stuff :thumbsup:

I think you can afford to take out the ball character (playblast side view one) and biped walks...you already have that char waving at the start and a very nice walk that shows alot of personality. Although the biped walk was very nicely done...it was uninteresting and i don't see the point in having it in there cos you obviously CAN animate your walks well. My other suggestion would be to remove the opening title cos you already have it at the end. Just go straight into the awesome animation you got :)

cheers
-pete-

[LanceFite]

some of the best animation I've seen on a reel in my opinion. I agree that the ortho shot of the ball walk could go, but i like the rest. My fave is the white puffy guy that jumps outa the way of the ball. I love the slight shake of the head before he jumps.

Question for ya, how much animation experience did you have before you started AM?

[mistasam02]

i'd like to know that too ^ :D

awesome work man! all the pre-pro and effort put into it paid off big time! definitely one of the better reels i've seen as well! keep it up!

[jamesjhunt]

great work man! truely inspiring!

[Aearon]

good stuff man, i'm looking forward to some dialogue shots!

[harmonic01]

Hey guys. Thanks for commenting. :) Yeah, I was contemplating taking out the ball with two legs walk. At the same time I wanted to show that I can do different type of walks.

Oh also that blue character dodging a ball, it's Bone character from a comic book by Jeff Smith. You can get more info at www.boneville.com


[QUOTE=Question for ya, how much animation experience did you have before you started AM?[/QUOTE]

I animated for about two years. That Bone character jumping and dodging a ball, I actually animated right before I started AM. That was after I've read The Animators Survival Kit, which helped me allot. Still, before AM I didn't pay enough attention to arcs, had no clue what spacing was and struggled allot with posing among other things.

[aaraaf]

Ya know... that was a great reel! It makes me realize how much work I should be doing on my animation!

And that is the best 3D Bone I've ever seen! You really captured his personality to a T! Those were some great floating eyebrows!

Great work!

[Maytridy]

Haha, funny stuff man.

[Dennik]

Nice reel you got there! I realy enjoyed the first piece that you posted some time ago. Great timing there. I think you could lose the biped walkcycle and the sideview walkcycle. They don't add anything to your reel. Better put your best stuff only, even if the reel gets shorter.

[rblitz7]

Fantastic reel man!! Great job! All you need is some dialougue animations and youll get a job easy.:) and is that rig used in your 3rd animation from Academy of Art or AM?

[Tasimasu]

I realy like animation with boy who is in trouble with boxes and teapot hope to see your new jops.

[sgbox]

yep, this is wonderful demoreel and realy deserve to be in banner. keep it up pal, your animations are wonderfull... i really liked am_push_13 anim. it's very funny and very cool. other anims are good as well. i watched ur walkcycle frame by frame, and it was very useful to me. (generally i watch walkcycles :) )
u successfully graduated from animationmentor .

[harmonic01]

WOW, a plug. Thank you so much. I am extremely honored.

Suleyman - Thanks for kind comments. :) I didn't graduate from animation mentor, though. I only took first three classes. I do hope to come back and finish the program in the near future. :thumbsup:

[Lordiego01]

I've said it before and I'll say it again...

You are a future CEO of Pixar in the making. :thumbsup:

[harmonic01]

Fantastic reel man!! Great job! All you need is some dialougue animations and youll get a job easy.:) and is that rig used in your 3rd animation from Academy of Art or AM?

Hey Richie. Yeah, working on some dialogs. Not much time lately so progress is kind of slow. :(
About the rig, I was honored to do the modeling for the new Academy of Art rig from sketches Leif Jeffers gave me. I used my own rig for theese animations, though. It's a 3dsmax rig and up for grabs if anyone wants it. http://www.3dluvr.com/clisk3d/freerigg/Max_v03.rar It's not quite finished and only works for shots with one character, since some facial stuff breaks if you try to merge a second copy in. But still quite functional.

Of course, ball with two legs and the second animation on my reel was done using riggs provided by Animation Mentor.

[harmonic01]

I've said it before and I'll say it again...

You are a future CEO of Pixar in the making. :thumbsup:

Heh heh, thanks Diego. I'd be very happy just being a Fix Animator there, though. :D

[Digit]

Great stuff!

[urgaffel]

Woot congratulations on the plug Peter! Great reel although I'd have to say that the guy in the kitchen isn't really as good as for example the first piece (which is BRILLIANT). Personally I like the ball since it's just a sphere with two legs but it has a lot of character, which can be quite tricky. I remember the Phone Bone animation from back on Maxforums, great to see your progress from back then :)

Wish I could show what I've been working on so you could see that I've developed too :D Best of luck with your job hunting, and with that future animation supervisor at Pixar job ;)

[harmonic01]

LOL Peter. Thanks :) I doubt I'd get in to Pixar any time soon. I'll just keep dreaming in the meantime. :D

[Scob]

Amazing as usual , really impressive , thanks to give me envies to progress and work better...
Cheer..

Sorry for my poor english..

[AnimZiggy]

great to see your work again, Peter. I miss AM a lot (I had to stop cause I was broke...) :eek:
good luck with job hunting!
-Ismini

[Jeremy Hopkins]

Hey Peter, I absolutely love the Bone character animation! Awesome! Congrats on the front page plug and your reel is looking great. Only suggestion I have might be to take out the walk cycle at the end with the character that's only basic shapes. It's still pretty good but the other class 2 walk you have is solid. As always, its a pleasure to see your work!

[rblitz7]

It's a 3dsmax rig and up for grabs if anyone wants it. http://www.3dluvr.com/clisk3d/freerigg/Max_v03.rar
I dont know how hard it is to change it into a maya rig but if anyone could that would be super fantastico! Sorry bout going off topic Peter so Ill just congratulate you again. The first animation is really creative and was executed beautifully.:thumbsup:

[carlw]

sweet, thats some awesome work.

[GoranNF]

tssss,that's nothing compared to my animation.It's a shame that this is plugged:wise:



Seriously,your reel is awesome,one of the best animation reel I've ever seen.I think a reel isn't complete without a dialogue shot,so I would definitely put a dialogue in it.Congratulations and good luck with the job hunting :)

[ssava]

About FREAKIN' TIME everyone else got to see the wonder and magic that is....PETER STAROSTIN!!!

FYI to any would be employers out there.
Peter has been working with Blue Dream Studio for...what...3....4 years now?
He's done everything from modelling Resident Evil and Dreamland to animating shows for us for Disney and Nickelodeon. He's done Predator, X-files, Bone....you name it.
He's the MAN!

HIRE HIM NOW!

:P

Great work as always Petey!

[disrupt]

Fantastic work Peter, you will go far. Keep it up man, very inspiring. I just wish you finished that dialogue piece you started in AM(pppppppprettty obvious....). That is the only thing your reel needs.

[synkipate]

I don't know if i'm really qualified to comment on this, but its really good :thumbsup:

Maaaaybe get a better render of the washing up/cake scene, as i found it alittle distracting compared with the rest, but it did say wip so i'm probably abit noobish saying that.

I would to see the dialogue when its done, espeically if it involves two or more characters in one scene :D

Great stuff, and good luck with finding a jog :applause:


benj

[Jadetiger]

Very cool reel. I especially love that first bit with the blocks and the teapot.

[CuTnPaste]

REALLY nice!!

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

I love the monster at the beginning and at the end of the movie!! ahahahha

masterpiece!

[Blusoul]

Nice reel! :thumbsup:
I would say once you add that dialouge peice to the reel it will be even stronger. Great stuff man, you have such a wonderful style to your work always great to see!
Keep it up and I cant wait to see the Work in progress test completed.

[Ranimate]

Yay! That's my man!
harmonic, awesome reel man, I LOVE it, animation is awesome.
Cool WIP, funney, reminds me of myself... shame.... :)
Congrats on getting plugged, you deserve it!
Cant wait to see the final animation of the dish washing guy.

:bowdown:

Five yellow ones from me,

Ranimate

[Gulfrove]

Really nice work and very entertaining. Great stuff.

[Darknessseeker0]

Hey Peter! Congrats on the plug, you deserve it! Good luck on the job search, I'm sure you'll get hired! :D

[VM]

I think your last shot is your best shot, it should be the first... great acting (although I'm not sure what the "whatever" head movement at the end has to do with the anything, the rest of the shot is extraordinary).

[Loolarge]

Hi. I like it. Recognized boneman. I like the alien character too and would enjoy seeing him animated as well :)

[Mijangos]

what a great work Peter, the animation is fluid, the physics are extraordinary and the characters have alot of personality beacuse of how well is the acting..

great work!

[Selpakius]

Hey Peter, it's great to see your work on front page !

congratulations!

Keep it up.

~S

[Sean MacNeil]

What's up Peter! How are you? This is looking great man. i agree that you don't really need the Ballie walk or the blue/green character vanilla walk. Other than that, looks fantastic!

Best of luck to you,

-sean.

[snwbrdn7]

Looks great Peter. I think we have another successful graduate from Animation Mentor. Of course I have never been there but have seen some of the work coming out of there and I must say it is fantastic.

Critiques: I like the stuff after the Biped walk better and I think you should keep the biped but put it at the back. The ending stuff is far more interesting and fun and great.

Great work,

[raimZ]

I am torn between being inspired and depressed...either way I have a lloooooonnnnggg way to go.

GREAT WORK.

[harmonic01]

Thanks allot for kinds words and critique guys. :-)

Ismini - Oh I miss AM too. I just hardly have time to even work on my reel. I hope I can come back in the fall, though. :-)

Jeremy Hopkins - Thanks so much for comments. It means allot, coming from you. You're work has always been very inspirational to me.

Richie - Hey no problem about going off topic. :-) If anyone has time, can and willing to port the rig to Maya, feel free to do so. :-)

Carl - thanks allot.

Goran - Yeah, I totally agree. I really want to finish a dialog or two that I have started. Hopefully soon but lately just had no time. :(

Scott Sava - oh WOW, thanks allot for kind words, Scott. :bounce: Uh, the fun 3-4 years it was. :-)

Disrupt - Thanks allot. Yeah, someday I'll finish PPPppretty obvious. :-)

Benj - Thanks for commenting. Yeah, that dishwasher is just a playblast/Preview, not rendered yet. I guess I should do a quick one.

CHristina - Thanks allot. :-)

Paolo - LOL, I love your running Chicken. :-) Yeah, that Monster, actually an Alien, was designed by very awesome Mike Kunkel from www.theastonishfactory.com (http://www.theastonishfactory.com) I just turned his design in to 3D. You can see the design here http://www.theastonishfactory.com/images/edcharacterpage.jpg

Mykal - Hey, thanks for commenting. You've got some awesome AM stuff on your site. Pretty inspirational. :-)

Ran - Hey Ran. Thanks allot for dropping by. :-) Always awesome to hear from you. :-)

J. Charette - thanks allot. :-)

Jocelyn - Thanks allot. :-) I love your current AM wip, btw. Have been watching it's progress on strutyourreel.

Virgil - Thanks for your critique. I still like the one with boxes and teapot better than the last one. Just more polished, I think and more fun. I did want to close on a decent piece as well, though.

Iyo - thanks. :-) I like Bone allot. And I did a walk cycle of that Alien character, it's on my site. But back then I was still struggling with walks and now that I look at it, it doesn't look good to me anymore.

Christian - Thanks allot :-)

Serkan - thanks for commenting :-) Any job openings at Sony Online Entertainment? :-)

Sean MacNeil - hey Sean. Thanks for posting. :-) How's AM? God I miss it. :(

Hey CG GUy, I haven't graduated from AM yet. Just first three classes.

Raimy - Thanks for commenting. Animation does take allot of time and practice so don't give up. :-)


I'm sorry if I didn't reply to everybody. I really appreciate you taking time to view my reel and posting a comment, though. Thank you very, very much. :)

[DHernandez]

You really shouldn't express that you have a WIP in your demo reel. No company wants to see something in the works. They want to see the rendered finished product. The animation is incredible and I know that you will be a wonderful addition to the animation world.

[randomsheep]

damn ur good allright.. the guy with the boxes.. wow.. keep up the good work...

[My Fault]

Hey Thug!! Talk about a very well deserved plug, really killer work all around. I am not sure what to be more impressed by, your acting abilities? your sense of timing? Just darn imspiring stuff. Who will be the lucky company to snap you up?

[AnimaticFanatic]

Great Work Peter...very nicely executed.:buttrock:

[Womball]

Very nice work! And your from philly too! I go to University of the Arts which is about 13 blocks from you. Did you go to AI of philly?

[harmonic01]

Hey Brian Nicolucci, thanks for commenting. Always awesome hearing from you. :D How's AM, are you back yet? I'm hoping to come back in the fall.

Ian - thanks for posting. It means allot coming from you. I totally loved your reel. He heh, Eugogilizing. :D

Nathan - Hey. :) Yeah, I went to A.I. of Philly. Eh, if only I knew in advance www.animationmentor.com (http://www.animationmentor.com) was going to open up. :/

[RobertoOrtiz]

I plugged this on a recomendation by derbyQsalano .

This is a very GOOD reel.

-R

[harmonic01]

Hello Roberto J. Ortiz. Thank you gazzillion for the plug. I am truly honored to be at the front page. Also huge thanks to Wim Coene (derbyQsalano) for recommendation. :bounce: I was bouncier than that bouncy smiley when I saw my reel plugged. :bounce:

[antero]

hey, peter ... really cool stuff man ... very fluid, comic and realistic.
congratulations .

[Womball]

Hey Brian Nicolucci, thanks for commenting. Always awesome hearing from you. :D How's AM, are you back yet? I'm hoping to come back in the fall.

Ian - thanks for posting. It means allot coming from you. I totally loved your reel. He heh, Eugogilizing. :D

Nathan - Hey. :) Yeah, I went to A.I. of Philly. Eh, if only I knew in advance www.animationmentor.com (http://www.animationmentor.com) was going to open up. :/

I dunno I like personal instruction. My school is great for fine arts and traditional animation. It just seems that 3d animation is "new" for school's. I will have to check that out though. I'm entering my senior year.

[HOP]

Congratulations Peter,,this is an awesome work!.I like every frame of the animations.Fantastic job.Can wait to see your next work:thumbsup:

[Eldrego]

Yo Peter where's the rest of your work? Show them the good stuff too man! Don't hold back!:scream:

[mirapakai]

amazing ! i really love the walking style of characters in ur demoreel.

[Jason-Lavoie]

Wow... that is incredible, AWESOME reel man, the very first animation with the dude trying to balance all those things... I can't believe how smooth everything was, awesome job, great fluid motion, you should have a job in no time man :)

[loocas]

Some very very nice animation you've got there! :thumbsup:

Great stuff man!

http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/rating/rating_5.gif from me! :applause:

[d_jnaneswar]

Hey peter!

Awsome work dude! So much to learn from it and so inspiring!! that cherry one is looking good although its still in progress...(you didnt work on it since last term at AM?? I just love that piece and looking forward to seeing it finished...)

Great work as always. Looking forward to seeing you on AM campus next term...

dj

[Likesyrup]

Its an amazing reall good since of character animation. Love the secondary motions. I checked out your otherworks too good job all around. congrats man you deserve it. Good to know some one else has a love for the Bone comics.

[pigbelly]

HI Great stuff!!

To be honest I would keep all shoots on this reel.
The WIP show good/potentially great acting, the sphere character is doing a very nice double bounce walk, why trash that??
The "ordinary" walk cycle is fluid and solid.

Keep'em all :-)

Cheers
/Tommie
www.pigbelly.com (http://www.pigbelly.com)

[harmonic01]

Nathan - Hey Nathan. I really didn't mean anything against University of Arts. I've heard some really good things about it, actually. AM seemed pretty personal to me, as well. Every student has personal e-critiques, and really gets to know his/her mentor through live Q&A's and forum chats. I just really like that AM is not software or medium specific at all and teaches the art of animation.

El Drego - Eh? Whatcha talking about? :D

Indra the dreamer, Loocas and Jason-Lavoie - thanks allot. :-)

Dwarakanath - Hey, great to hear from you. Yeah, I did't have any time to finish that dishwasher animation. :( i still have a dialog piece that needs finishing as well. Yeah, hope to be strolling through AM in the fall. :D

Scott Denton - Ha, yeah, Fone Bone is awesome. :D You've got a pretty cool model on your site, btw. :D Did you check out www.telltalegames.com (http://www.telltalegames.com) ? They have two Bone games out.

Tommie - Thanks allot. :-) [edit] love your robot dancing animation on your site. :D Oh and I remember seeing your B-Project animations. Very cool. Thanks again for commenting.

[JoelOtron]

Congratulations Peter
http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

looking forward to seeing your name in the end credits of a cool animated feature some day. Maybe one with an asthmatic green alien in it...
;)

[brazz]

Hey harmonic, how are ya man, here´s a fellow maxforumer, great reel and I´m very much happy to see you have come this far, best o luck mate!


Bruno Andrade
www.redlakestudios.com

[harmonic01]

Lol Joel. :D So he's an Alien then? I never quite figured that out. :D

Bruno, Hey great hearing from a fellow Maxforums.orger. :-) Thanks for posting. :)

[sushanimator]

Hey Peter,

Awesome stuff on your reel...very inspiring and entertaining. Although I have already told you before on my thread that I really like your heavy push animation, y not once again..dude..really nice stuff...all of it. Keep up the good work. And, are u still animating 30 sec/day or is there some respite for u now? ;)

Good luck!

Sushanimator

[harmonic01]

Hey Sushant. Lol, I love your screen name. :D Right now I'm modeling and rigging some secondary characters for the next installment of the same project. So a bit more relaxed. :) Thanks again for kind words. And I must say it again too. Very cool short you have on your site. :D

[Maplewood54]

Looks great Peter! The AM shots are really nice, and you've got a tremendous sense of timing. You can really see it in the TV / remote control shot. That development from calm to angry is absolutely golden man. Enjoy the dry weather in California, as I'm sure you'll be there in no time. Good luck!

+ Christian Reese

[kantcho]

your animation is very inspirational Peter, I really admire your work.

[Zookoo]

Wow! super awesome! :thumbsup:
Its one of the best animation reels i've seen :applause::applause::applause:! I love the chef scene even though its a WIP the poses/timing are excellent!!
Just curious, how long does it usually take you to animate a 2-step walk cycle?

[ares623]

haha this is great! i love the music too! and i love the way that ball thingy walks! :applause:

[amvrosia]

Hi Peter. Great work!
We miss you at AM. hope you'll be back soon :)
Thanks for rig for max. its great! I hope you finish it soon so AM max users will make assignments with it :)
see you soon and have luck with job search :)

[AnimZiggy]

Peter,

I didn't realise you stopped too! I'm hoping fall aswell...same situation as u are...trying to work on my reel...save some cash...hope for short break back home...~sigh~

[3dcga]

Good Stuff!!! Your work always inspired me man! All the best! :D

[dcmoutinho]

great reel, congratulation !!!:bounce:

[sekocan]

the animations are really wonderful. both the body and the face animations..
it looks really professional

[harmonic01]

Thanks allot for commenting, guys. :D

Hey Christian. Thanks allot for commenting. :) It means allot coming from you. You have some really inspirational AM animations on your site. Thanks again. :)

Kantcho - Hey thanks allot. :-) btw, I love it how in your "It's Still Good" short at the very end, the soccer guy goes "It's still good". :D

Constantine - Hey, yeah I really miss AM too. :(

Ismini - hope to see you at AM in the fall then. :)

[EyeAmYou]

awsome work man. i loved the shot at the end with the guy on the couch. bravo!

[rafaelrubio]

Hi Peter. Congrats for your new demo reel, very very funny and very well done. Good luck!

[andy82]

Hei Peter, your reel is really awesome.
Keep up the inspiring work, and good luck to find a good job!!
Hope to see u in Am Soon.

Andy

[atow3212]

WOW i love that reel. I have a year left in school, and I'm approaching the point in which I need to compile all my works. You reel is a testament to the fact that a very simple reel with quality movement is better than trying to cram every single project in.

Of course, now all I need is character footage thats as good as yours. I am very jealous. good work

adam

[key_framer]

Awesome reel Peter!!!
I love the Weight and gear change exercises! I agree with the comments about the walk cycles...don't need them all. I'm not sure if this has been said yet, but I'd be carefly about having a W.I.P. on your reel...if you do keep it I wouldn't put it in the middle. I think it's strong enough to go last on your reel...my .02...

Anyway, very inspirational to say the least!!

-Tim
www.timoberlander.com (http://www.timoberlander.com)

[GameFace]

Hey Bro great Reel! reall like it my fav clip on there I would have to say is the guy holding up the heavy boxes. really cool. One thing i noticed maybe its just me but chef in the cake clip just slid in and was still throughout the whole animation. It would be better to animate in even if its suttle even if its breathing with his eyes moving. esp at the end after he puts the chewed up cherry back on the cake. Also him stepping into frame instead of sliding in. Well thats all i got. Good luck on the dialogue clips cant wait to see them i think they will be great. peace

-Ruel

[RVG]

:bounce: I wanna be like you :bounce:

One of the best reels ive ever seen. Do you mind more or less explaining briefly whats the process you go through to achieve your animations and if possible how much time do you take on them?

Im not asking you to write something very broad, just a brief outline. Its just that im very curious about how great animators work differently from each other, and try to learn from it if possible. Sorry if im askin too much and if you dont wanna answer il understand.

Thanks for such inspiring work

[harmonic01]

Bill Cabey - thanks allot. :D

Rafael - Lol, animation IS concentration. :D Survival kit is an awesome book. :D

Hey Andrea. thanks. :-D Hopefully, I'll see your inspirational workspace in the fall. :D

Adam - Thanks allot. :) Yeah, I think when making a character animation reel, the models themselves don't have to be complicated or detailed at all. Good luck with your studies. :-)

Tim - Thanks a ton for commenting. I really love your animations and respect your opinion. Thanks allot for your input. :D

Ruel - Thanks. :) Yeah, the chef is just there for timing right now. When I get some time to finish this off, I will actually animate him, of course. :-)

Ravi - Thanks allot. :D I actually have a progression quicktime of the first animation in my reel.
Progression (http://www.3dluvr.com/clisk3d/reel/hpush_progression_01.mov)

I still tweaked some things so the latest version is either on my site or my demo reel. Also before I started doing what you see in the progression, I also sketched about 3 or 4 pages worth of quick doodles to explore the idea.
I hope this answers your question and if you'd like to know more, let me know. :)

[RingOFire]

nice work. If you are looking for work in the game industry, it wouldn't be a bad idea to leave the ball walk and the biped walks in. If you aren't then you can probably take them out. I would leave the double bounce ball walk because it is different, though.

[ratbaggy]

I've always liked your work. great to see it compiled into a short rell.

keep up the great work :)

[JuddWack]

From one Philadelphian to another, great work! If I was still there I'd love to have a beer or cup of coffee with you and talk for awhile. Good luck finding work, you'll have no problem.

[RockemSockem]

Great stuff Peter! I miss checking out your stuff every week. But its good to see you're still working on it and pushin' the quality even higher. Absolutely love that last piece with the remote...very fun, and a great gradual build up.

See ya' in the fall hopefully! And if you're interested in SOE...let me know.

Rock on!
-Todd Luallen

[theflash]

It was too cool :thumb: I really want to make something like those things

[Phalanx3D]

Hey Peter it's Kenny.

The reel is looking clean guy. I may have some work for you, why don't you send me a mail at kennyroy@gmail.com

k

[Chiko]

This is an amazing reel :0!!! I can only hope to be this good one day after alot of practice. MY favorite animation the last one with the guy sitting on the couch. Especially how ticked off he looks at the end when his tv falls over XD.

Great stuff I hope you find work soon!

[harmonic01]

RingOFire - yeah, that's really the reason I left the walks in. Also wanted to show that I can do different type of walks.

Paul - Thanks allot. :)

JuddWack - Ha, yeah that would be sweet. Maybe some other place. :) Hopefully I won't be in Philly much longer. :-)

Todd - Hey, So awesome to hear from an AM fellow. :) Yeah, see you in the fall, I hope. :D

Maulk - Thanks allot. :)

Kenny Roy - WOoohoo. So cool to hear from my last class mentor. :D

Ahsley - thanks allot. :) I really enjoyed your original artwork, characters and designs on your web site. :)

[harmonic01]

Just curious, how long does it usually take you to animate a 2-step walk cycle?

Hey, I'm sorry I didn't answer this question yet, I did remembered that you asked, though. :)
The time depends a bit on a walk, for me. If it's a vanilla one, then It would be faster. Probably about two hours. If the walk is unusual, then I have to plan a bit more and would take longer.

[WMBrown]

n00b question here certainly, but how did you encode your film down to that size with Quicktime?

i'm trying to get my reel small enough to host it on my site (20mb space limit) and the smallest i've managed is 50ish megs.

could you direct me to how you encoded them that small?

Thanks (i couldn't find anything with this information on the forums)

[harmonic01]

Hey Wesley. No problem.

I first exported as a Quicktime using PNG codec and uncompressed audio. (big file)

Then I used Quicktime pro to export it using H264 codec set on medium, I think. And AAC audio, Mono 32.000 Khz.

The other one used sorenson 3 compression on low. But that was the bigger, qt6 compatible file.

In general, I noticed Quicktime Pro compresses allot better than doing that out of After Effects or Premier using both, h264 and Sorenson 3.

Also, I could probably get away with lower compression here because the models I used are pretty simple. It might be more punishing if I had detailed modeling reel.

Good luck, I hope this helps. :)

[kevinw]

That's some nice stuff you got there Peter. I love that opening bit with the teapot. Not to be too picky but I would remove the playblast of the ball/legs character. The following (rendered) shot looks better and it's kinda redundant.. Also... I think your vanilla walk with the biped is a little simplistic for your reel... Don't get me wrong, it's animated very nicely, but I think the rest of your work shows you can handle a walk cycle. And lastly.. I would really like to see some dialogue/acting stuff! Good luck in the future!!! (as if you need it)
-kEViN

[WMBrown]

awesome! it worked! thank you~!

[Seemoo]

Hey hey

Truely great animation! Your reel looks really impressive and I'm looking forward to reading your name on the big screen soon!

Oh, and I like the music ;-) Seems Django worked our for ya...

All the best and congratulations!!!

simon

[CuTnPaste]

harmonic01: !! thanks for the reply.
http://www.theastonishfactory.com is fantastic... I love 2d sketches :thumbsup:

great artits :thumbsup:

[Zethriel]

I enjoyed watching your reel,it is funny and well done.

[thiagolima]

Hey Peter,

Very good reel, very good flowing animations, well done. About your version of LowMax's rigg,I've got and I noticed that there are only FK controls for the spine, Here with my studies some times I've used with SplineIK though now testing at the LowMax with FK, seems to be better to control it. Have you got any advice from the animators in AM about which one is better to animate? which one has been used for them?


C-ya and take care,

Thiago Lima

[bawhabmw]

Hey Peter,

You know I think your stuff rocks. Keep on keepin on, and let the jobs roll in man!

|Benno

[harmonic01]

Ben - Woohooo, thanks for the kind words. Means a huge deal coming from you. :D

Thiago - I think mostly people used the FK spine. In the end, it really doesn't matter which one you use, as long as the end result looks good. There is a time when spline IK is better for a particular shot, though. I used Spline Ik on the very first animation on my reel, because it was much easier to do the hip thrust that way. Other then that, I usually stick to FK spine, just because I feel a bit more comfortable with it. :)

Dario - Thanks :-)

Paolo - Man, I love your Avatar. :D Yeah, Mike Kunkel designs are awesome. :)

Simon - Thanks allot. It means allot coming from you. :D yeah, Django worked out very well. :) Thanks allot for advice.

Wesley - Cool, I'm glad it worked. :D

Bishop - Thanks allot for your comments. :) I really respect your opinion. I totally agree that I need some dialog pieces. Not much time to work on them at the moment, though. :( Btw, 7th image in your Gallery. Was that for Hershey Town 3D presentation? Hmm... having a deja vu feeling, as if I asked you that before.

[sushanimator]

Hey Sushant. Lol, I love your screen name. :D Right now I'm modeling and rigging some secondary characters for the next installment of the same project. So a bit more relaxed. :) Thanks again for kind words. And I must say it again too. Very cool short you have on your site. :D

Hey Peter,

Sorry, just checked your reply on your thread. Have been keeping very busy with the new job...apologies for the delay in replying. BTW, Thanks for the nice words...again!!

I am glad you are more relaxed now..but isn't it taxing knowing so many things (modeling, rigging..animation)..and knowing them so well as you do, you must be working 24 x 7. ;)

Good luck for the project. Have fun!! ...and keep posting more inspirational sruff. http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon13.gif

[akin]

good works :)

[CuTnPaste]

ahaha thanks for the avatar. He is a goofy sailor during run. .... low poly.... :thumbsup:

[kevinw]

Bishop - Thanks allot for your comments. :) I really respect your opinion. I totally agree that I need some dialog pieces. Not much time to work on them at the moment, though. :(

LOL!!! I think you confused me with Floyd... I work for him now... So does that mean you don't respect my opinion?:sad:


Btw, 7th image in your Gallery. Was that for Hershey Town 3D presentation? Hmm... having a deja vu feeling, as if I asked you that before.

well I think you're referring to the magician... he's for a short that Floyd started long ago (Paul and His Bananas) and it sounds like we may be revisiting that project in the near future...

BTW.. I noticed you're in Philly.. If you ever find yourself 2 hours north... feel free to stop by the studio! We love to have guests :D

[harmonic01]

Oooops. Kevin, I'm sorry. :D I do still respect your opinion, though. :thumbsup: Love your chicken animations. And will definitely let you know if I end up two hours north. :beer:

Sushant - I find rigging allot of fun and modeling almost relaxing, actually. Animation takes the most concentration for me and the most mentally exhausting 3D activity... but I love it. :D

[JUNIORJESMANFINAL]

Hey Harmonic101, your animation kicks A%$:thumbsup: , Very inspiring and i hope one day i too, shall make my animation look so flawless!:) . Everything is Amazin but the intro animation ROCKS!
1.

[Aerny]

Hey man!

Very convincing stuff...
I do not post on things which do not convince but me this one surely does.
Compliments!

Cheers,


Arnold Veeman - composer - arranger - music director
www.arnoldveeman.com (http://www.arnoldveeman.com)

[Kalic]

That's some awesome animations!! Little actions but shows lots of personality. I love it! Looking at yours tells me I still need to put alot of time in mine :) Congratulations!

All the best,

[vfxinsane]

hey harmonic...
u hav really amazing stuff with u...i got really addicted to ur work...love to c more frm u...n tht heavy push assignment...ohh man! how did u maintain such a timing? tht was really awesome..

[KevinKraeer]

This is really awesome work, congrats. Really inspiring stuff. The acting is superb, you've applied just the right amount of restraint to keep your work snappy without over-acting. The simple scenes emphasize the performance, too, which is I think key in an animation reel, and something I in fact need to learn myself.

I used to live on 22nd and Mt Vernon in Philly. I grew up in the burbs, in West Chester. But anyway yeah... I used to be welded to a stool at The Bishop's Collar.

Good luck to you!

[mediaramas]

hey Peter,

I`ve seen your reel, great performance on the characters, I love the timming and how fluid they move!

[EarBrawley]

sweet stuff man

[Radiospank]

yeah i really like those animation mentor rigs.. but besides that the reel is great.. cept the kitchen scene needs some werk.. love the walk cycles adn the boxes scene..

[moonlady]

wow. amazing stuff!

one question. How'd you render their environments with shadows on the ground but no visible physical ground? It's probably a silly question, but i've seen so many animation reel like this and I want mine to have that loook too. thanks!

[harmonic01]

wow. amazing stuff!

one question. How'd you render their environments with shadows on the ground but no visible physical ground? It's probably a silly question, but i've seen so many animation reel like this and I want mine to have that loook too. thanks!

Hey Cynthia, I used 3dsmax and it has Shadow/Matte material for the ground. Pretty much all packages have some sort of material that only shows shadows.

[thiagolima]

Hi Peter,

I tried to ask you something about your version of Lowman rig on your other thread, so I've taken your rig to make some execise and I was trying to understand about the hands control, two buttons to replace the arm's position from IK position to FK position and virce versa, was it made by you? can you tell how you did it?


Thanks man, Cheers

Thiago Lima

[harmonic01]

Thiago,

I used a script to setup those buttons. I got it somewhere here on cgtalk, although can't remember the author. It works with a 3 chain setup, (IK chain, FK chain, and a chain that blends between the two). So basically it matches positions and orientations of FK to FK and vice versa. and to set up the buttons, you just select an object and modifier on which you want the buttons to appear, and run the script. Of course, you'll need to edit the script to reflect the object names in your scene.

catTest = attributes CAT_Test -- define your attribute names
(
rollout ikandfksnaps "IKFKSnaps" -- create a rollout
(
button fkiksnap "FKtoIK" pos:[38,23] width:78 height:43
button ikfksnap "IKtoFK" pos:[39,94] width:75 height:47

on fkiksnap pressed do
(
$M_R_FK_U_Arm.rotation = $M_R_IK_U_Arm_point.rotation
$M_R_FK_U_Arm.pos = $M_R_IK_U_Arm_point.pos
$M_R_FK_L_Arm.rotation = $M_R_IK_L_Arm_point.rotation
$M_R_FK_L_Armw.pos = $M_R_IK_L_Arm_point.pos
$M_R_FK_hand.rotation = $M_R_IK_hand_point.rotation
$M_R_FK_hand.pos = $M_R_IK_hand_point.pos
)
on ikfksnap pressed do
(
$M_R_IK_Hand_Parent.rotation = $M_R_FK_hand.rotation
$M_R_IK_Hand_Parent.pos = $M_R_FK_hand.pos
$M_R_IK_Swivle.rotation = $M_R_FK_Swivle.rotation
$M_R_IK_Swivle.pos = $M_R_FK_Swivle.pos
)


)
)

-- add the attributes to the selected object's current modifier
custAttributes.add (modPanel.getCurrentObject()) catTest

[thiagolima]

Hey Peter,

Thanks alot man, I'll be trying to use very soon. By the way, I really enjoy your animation style! Good luck and I'm here working on to study animation as better as I can, I do by my own.. eheh too expensive schools in overseas..

thanks again!

Thiago Lima

[animark11]

those are some really inspirational stuff! :) From your timing to your spacing. Especially the acting choices youve made in the dishwasher and the tv animation. And congratulations on getting into blur. Can you tell me what they look for in an animator? like maybe they want multi skilled artists(rigging, modeling)? Also, do they prefer acting to physical animations?

And thanks for uploading your reel and sharing it with us. It's amazing the people that come out of AM. The emphasizes on planning and thumbnailing is really impressive.

Best wishes, :thumbsup:
myung

[harmonic01]

Hey Myung,

Thanks for kind words. :)
I think it's nice to be a multi skilled artist, but definitely not required at a company where people specialise. I think in an animator Blur looks for good acting skills with solid foundation in the animation principles. I think it's always good to have acting pieces and then top it off with one or two action / physical animation. I really wish I had some dialog pieces in my reel, actually.

Thanks again and best wishes to you too. :)

[JoelOtron]

Hey Myung,

Thanks for kind words. :)
I think it's nice to be a multi skilled artist, but definitely not required at a company where people specialise. I think in an animator Blur looks for good acting skills with solid foundation in the animation principles. I think it's always good to have acting pieces and then top it off with one or two action / physical animation. I really wish I had some dialog pieces in my reel, actually.

Thanks again and best wishes to you too. :)

Hey--get back to work ;)
Hope all is well for you at Blur.

[animark11]

hey harmonic

Dialogues are great but you can also show your acting skills through pantomines too.
oh, and when you are working on spacing, how do you justify big pops you leave in?
The reason Im asking is because I usually always avoid these and now I feel like thats what makes so much of ur stuff stand out. Do you just make sure you slow in after the big jump? I was taught to avoid these pops and i hope i experimented this earlier, :p

anyways, thanks for taking the time and good luck over there,

myung

http://www.myung.adreamtraveler.net/

[mstram]

If you only have quicktime 6, then try this one.
Animation Reel QT6 format 7.9 megs (http://www.3dluvr.com/clisk3d/reel/PeterStarostinReel_s3.mov)




Your reel is very good.

You should also be commended for setting an example with only an ~8meg download size ! (That still has more than acceptable quality !!)

Mike

[isaak]

Hi Peter! simply super, I think you have one of the best animations of the moment, I´m talking about your first animation reel, I´m not tired of played everyday!, it´s amazing, the rest of the reel it´s super too, so keep up the good work and waiting to see your new animations.

Isaak

[harmonic01]

hey harmonic

Dialogues are great but you can also show your acting skills through pantomines too.
oh, and when you are working on spacing, how do you justify big pops you leave in?
The reason Im asking is because I usually always avoid these and now I feel like thats what makes so much of ur stuff stand out. Do you just make sure you slow in after the big jump? I was taught to avoid these pops and i hope i experimented this earlier, :p

anyways, thanks for taking the time and good luck over there,

myung

http://www.myung.adreamtraveler.net/

Hey Myung,

Heh, I actually try not to have any pops either. :) I guess I let some slip. I'm not too affraid to get in to big spacing quickly, though, as long as I justify it with a long enough ease in or the change in spacing is still relatively gradual. Heh, I"m not sure which once you were referring to, so maybe it just me not catching them all. :shrug: Anyways, glad you updated your signature. :) I saw your reel and it is very humbling and inspirational. Good luck, and I hope to see some updates on your site in the near future. :D

Lol, JoelD :) Hope all is well at 3FX too. :)

[Zork]

Wow, awesome.
Please tell, how long you make animation with television. I think this is the best all your animations.

[harmonic01]

Wow, awesome.
Please tell, how long you make animation with television. I think this is the best all your animations.

Thanks Zork. :D I'm not totally sure how long, since I worked on those things on weekends and the one with the TV was kind of a rush, actually. But I'd guess about 5 days, about 5 hours each day. Just a guess, though, I really can't recall. :)

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