animation reel

[cwispy]

Awsome =) amazing animation. I love the interaction you got goin there.

[Canstein]

I really wasn't expecting that. Great story, awesome ending. I'm really in no position to to critique... more I can only applaud and hope to mimic you. Really really inspiring, can't wait to see it finished.

Can

[WiltedEnds]

unbelieveable...i rarely post ....but this is worth it for sure...awesome awesome short...:buttrock:

[unlikelyhero]

thanks for the replies! i'll try to up the interaction in the second pass. here's a still, textures and hair to be included.

[Grayscale]

Brian,
Very good job. I love the entire thing. I can't wait to see the animation all textured and rendered out. Very nice work. It also has some really cool camera angle (IE: Shot looking down on the guy running down the alley with the monsters going down the walls) That shot really draws me in. Great story/concept too! This is a top notch short. Keep up the good work.

[Stimpy]

wow. awesome stuff. i kind of liked the wirefram look actually.. ;)

for me personally it somehow seemed to be a bit too fast though... not in terms of animation but rather editing. that you should leave some shots a bit longer for maybe half a second or so.. especially towards the end

[unlikelyhero]

stimpy, grayscale thanks! i've had a lot of input and help from the staff and fellow classmates here at VFS in vancouver. the reel is actually edited to the song "spiders" by system of a down, changing the timing wouldn't be to easy but i agree totally. a lot of shots need to be longer. thanks again for the replies, more please!!! :p

if the file is too large i can try and post another smaller one?? let me know.

[Nelis]

that is very nice. i like the shot where they chase him while he is running trough the station.

also the shot where they climb down to him is brilliantly done. very smooth and natural.

got a crit for the beginning though. it looks like one of the creatures is floating because his feet isn't on the ground. it doesnt stay foot. but wel in the whole animation it doesn't make a differance. i like it eitherway..
nice.

greets niels

[unlikelyhero]

hey thanks for the reply, i'm going through right now with a second pass on the animation. Nelis- i was working on that shot last night!!! lol. :)

[swadepgh]

Nice looking animation. The movement of the creatures is great, especially when they crawl on the buildings.

The angle of the girl's neck looks like it could be off a tad in the last shot....of course it may only seem that way because of the wireframe.

Can't wait to see an update.

:applause:

[E.Z. Schwartz]

That's awsome, I watched it 5 times in a row. Did you animate each moster individualy in the shots with tons of them? How'd you do it? Keep at it, I can't wait to see it finished.

Ezra

[Pants01]

Man, this is going to be good. You've got like 2 months left to finish this right? And if you get the vfs scholarship on top of that, you'll have 2 more months. Damn!!! I'm amazed you put so much work into this movie, I got bored of mine and slowed down after 2 months into it.

[lildragon]

Incredible :thumbsup: please let me know when its finshed ;) stunning work. VFS seems to teach very very well

salud

[davids]

truelly amazing ... i smell employment... i think the run cycle on my guy running across the subway needs to be frozen and offset .. can't wait to see it rendered! :thumbsup:

[bentllama]

Nice overall feeling. Love the track too.

It should turn out to be a nice piece.

IMO Some of the shots need some reworking , on the animation side, when I get a few more spare minutes I will go back through it again and point out which ones.

What discipline are you focusing on for a career?

Can't wait to see more. Later...

[De-Cypher]

Great camera work and very elegant, well-timed cuts with the music. The looked like something I would see on Sci-Fi channels indi film program. Not sure if they put it anymore (dont have cable) but once you finish it your should send it to them and I believe tech tv does a 3d film segment also... great work..

[unlikelyhero]

swadepgh- i'll look into her neck, i wanted it to be a bit exaggerated for at taht point she's :eek: dead. david- i'll get on that run cycle right away;) bentllama- i'd like to redo the posing on the human characters, i'm focused on animation, but i enjoy all aspects of 3d. can't wait to sit down and crank out a few models. E.Z. Schwartz-all creatures are animated individually, xsi 3.0 is amazing at handling a lot of them, but some will be composited in. Pants01- your reel rocks dude!!!:drool: lildragon- i got to say again, the staff and classmates at VFS are awesome. i'll be finished in a month. thanks again for the replies!!

:drumrock:

[WhiteRabbitObj]

Holy God! Awesome! I have been struggling to come up with ideas for my own short film that I have to produce next quarter, this should serve as some interesting inspiration =)

Bad thing is, why did you have to use System of a Down?! WORST. BAND. EVER. I had to turn the music off, that's how bad I hate em =) Awesome animation tho! Please get the whole thing rendered out so we can watch it in all its glory (though I suspect the scene with like, 50 creatures, will take quite some time for each frame =).

:beer: :thumbsup:

[leigh]

Wow, that is looking great so far! I'm really looking forward to seeing it all rendered!

The only thing I didn't like was the music - I don't think it suits the clip AT ALL.

But great work so far :applause: You VFS guys are really churning out some fantastic stuff!

[rexfang]

well....not bad.......good start..........

keep working hard man..hehe...

let's have beer..................:beer:

[nervous_twitch]

That was very awesome. I loved the movement of the creatures. Just wonderful :thumbsup:

[lildragon]

I dunno, I think you should definitely keep the music, I really don't listen to that genre, BUT it was well timed to fit it, and that's awesome! Strangely enough I enjoyed the music also, except for that long guitar solo :P da da da da da da :cool:

salud

[Pauler]

wow
best ani i´ve ever seen ......

wow i´m really scared... never go by underground again !
:xtreme: :xtreme: :xtreme:

[bentllama]

I liked the music...

you need to write SOAD to try and secure permission, in case you want to show it at festivals, etc....

[lildragon]

Btw please give us some insight on how you animated all those beast! And did you write any scripts to make them scale the walls like that? Cause if you keyframed all of that I :bowdown: to you. But a script would make more sense, since all you would have to do then is make the walk cycle and draw a path :)

Keep it up man

You know what? I'll plug this, you need eyes on this to really push you to the next level. This you must finish :)

salud

[shoey]

really awsome stuff you got there. loved the story and the ending. i thought the music was quite fitting too. lets see an update.:buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock:

[Judge Drury]

Comments and suggestions?:D

Suggestions!: Make sure you finish it!

Comments!: It gave me flashbacks of playing Resident Evil 2. The creatures remind me of the Licker.:scream: Also, if I was on an empty train, I'd be sitting down :p, but the way you already have it suits the flow of the story better, so ignore that.

[tubby]

Great work! yeah, i think the music goes along very well to the story, flows well. I really like the animation of the creatures. i'm sure your gonna go back and fix it , but i just wanted to point out the mesh of the main character on the shot right before they show him with his and around the girls neck, its kinda twisted. very original and well done!:)

[urgaffel]

You will finish this or I will be forced to come over to Vancouver and kick you in the balls.

Seriously though, it's really good. I would really like to see this finished. And I agree, for some reason I like the wireframe view.. :)

[fango]

wow, was totally taken into it. :applause: ye made my day :bounce:

[hiko_]

Waouw !
Amazing animation !
When you think finish this short ?

Xsi powa !

[unlikelyhero]

wow, thanks for the feedback, lildragon- no scripts used for this, everything is keyed. i like the feel of slight differences in timing and pose with the creatures, even though i guess it's hard to focus on any one. i really can't change the song, there is editing to it of course, and it's SOAD??? granted i've heard that song enough to make me sick...but it still rocks :buttrock: it will be finished, no doubt about that. tubby- thanks for the comment, i agree totally. Judge Drury- in original storyboards he was sitting down ;) i thought he looked a bit more pleasing standing, and the animation would flow a bit better. right on. urgaffel- spare my nuts please, i finish!! :drumrock:

[Gkaine]

great work

[Ed Lee]

Super! I was transfixed by the setup, drama and the timing. Also, the monster animation of lunging and leaping is nice. It harkens back to the days of ralph bakshiesque animation...raw and full of kinetic energy.

You mentioned pose to pose...were the in-betweens much manipulated using splines in editor? Or did you animated them as well?

Only crit I have is the creatures being glass transparent things. From the render it looks rather "low budget"...unless, of course it's there for stand in only.

Hope this takes you to the next level.

Ed--

www.edleeart.com

[John Lee]

Fantasic work how long did it take you to get to that stage. I'm making a film as well and it's taken me 3 mouths get 3.10 mins of animation done. From story to script. I have another 3 mouths to complete it? Is this animation for a uni project?

Good work

John Lee

[lildragon]

btw unlikelyhero can you email me your name, the name of the short, and any urls you might have. I would like to add it here http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23039

salud

[maelstrom]

this kicks ass, i really love it, every second of it! :p

nice story, it fits the music perfectly and the posing is already there... you're an inspiration to me!

[Dreamwave]

this is just WOW, awsome, can't wait to see it fully textured...

I have a question, not especially to you but,

If you make a long scene (like in that subway) do you make that in one scene? that first scene in the subway is 30 seconds, is that scene made form 30x30=900 frames?! :eek:

[DeathCarrot]

excellent work man! :beer:
i love the soundtrack, the clip works really well with the music, this is gonna be great rendered!

[swag]

Oh thats soooo nice :applause: :applause: :applause:

[thx1138]

Wow that was awesome !!! Took a while to download it, but it sure as hell was worth it.

Monsters crawling the wall, and the whole timing of it. Great stuff. Even in this wireframe stage it already brings a scary dark feeling over the whole thing. Very nice, and to top it off is the soundtrack. I like SOAD :)

Keep up the work, and we'll all be seeing you win prices with this one ;)

[mohh]

WOW :eek: :eek: :eek:

Can't wait to see the finished piece!!!

[Lukashi]

That was some awesome timing, my favorite part was the top view of him when monsters are crawling from all sides :thumbsup:

[sillynd]

YEAH!! BRIAN , good stuff man! amazing shit.

[Berserker]

:beer:

Very fluid movement... yet there is always a sense of weight.

I like this ending more ;)

[Crash]

Top Notch mate. But as said before it should be a bit longer. Can't wait for the rendering. The ending just stuned me :). Great work, keep it up. Greetz:beer:

[kdub]

dude.....sweeet :)

[asec]

this sounds surrounding
excellent

[LordShaitan]

Awsome stuff. Looks to be very promising. When the girl walked in the first time it looked a little odd. But other then that its sweet.

[Equinoxx]

that's really lookin ace man . . .

as for the choise of music, SOAD definitely rocks man . . .

excellent choise :buttrock:

[MrSolo]

AWSOME STUFF...!!!!!

It is a really pleasure see great stuff comming from VFS. I studied there last year and I agree with you, they are the best. The teachers and the suff are really great.

I am sure more great stuff will come form there:thumbsup:

I hope Magic and Shawn still there, they were the best teachers I ever had.....

Unfurtunnelly, they dont teach english.....sorry about mine.:thumbsdow

CONGRATULATIONS once more... you really deserve it. GREAT JOB.

[DarkSun]

Wow, really cool and amazing work :) I am looking forward to see finished version :D

[Gamoron]

I think you'll be a powerhouse in the industry dude.
Cheers!

[caffeineman]

Absolutely Amazing!

I'm just starting in 3d and it is REALLY inspiring....hopefullt one day I will be able to model and animate to that degree!

I don't know if you posted it but what program(s) is it done in?

[vapulus]

I don't know if I can even say anything that hasn't already been said a thousand times over in this thread, but just FANTASTIC work. I love the feel of the render, even though there isn't much rendered material in there, yet. My favorite scene is with the guy running up the stairs. The way he crosses his legs over slightly is just an amazing little detail that adds a lot. Great work, and keep it up. I'll be watching for a finished version. =D

[steverage]

3 words for you

A-MAZE-ING

This is quality mate - f**king quality!!! The concept, the design, the music - GENIOUS.

I love it .:bounce:

I want the full render NOW!!!!!!!

Id only say 1 thing....The cut from when hes surrounded to him being alone on the train shud be sharper...theres a massive build up of tension and the cut seems a little soft...maybes some camera shake or a flash of light etc etc...

I am in love with this piece :D Full marks my friend - stunning

:thumbsup: :applause: :airguitar :bowdown:

[WhiteRabbitObj]

I give you major props for this yet again because of this embarassing fact: it's the first film I've seen in years that actually creeped me out. I dunno why it did so much but there is somethin about it. When I went to bed last night I was just thinking about it and getting kind of freaked out. Awesome! Hasn't happened to me in years! :beer: :beer:

[chepe297]

That reel is purely amazing... I love your camera work. The rhyme and the timing couldn't have been better.

One critic... before he is running up the stairs, his footsteps seemed to slip a bit.

Two questions...
1) Did you actually animate each monster those scene? If so, it must have taken you ages.
2) How many months have you spent on this reel?

Like I said... amazing work. :D

[Terminator]

First of all that was an awesome reel everything was top notch but the most notable feature was the animation part. i can see why some might think u used script to create those movements,reminds me of aliens :)
and for the music i thought it went quite well with the flow of the story and the theme :buttrock: though the ending was a bit freaky for me i thought flow of it were superb my only gripe is the reel seemed dark alittle that might be due to the fact that maybe u havent put lights in yet or maybe it was intentional but i couldnt see what was going on, unless it was in wireframe. second i thought the presentation at the beginning could be better instead of couple of word in black background showing up :) but that might just be me :) overall great job

[URI::G]

I remember the previous update you posted. I liked it then, and I love it now. I'm sure this will look amazing when finished. Good luck!

[XerC]

This is great work! Awesome!!! :bowdown:
Even in this unfinished version it is one of the best cg shorts I've ever seen - and I've seen a lot ;)
So keep it up. I think a dark sketch-like style would be perfect for this clip. I searched the internet in order to find a render engine doing what i have in mind.
I have no idea what Softimage offers concerning comic rendering, anyway, this is how IMHO it would be just perfect (concerning the stokes and shading):
Picture1 (http://www.finalrender.com/products/link.asp?TID=:by%20A.%20Cantarel&LID=../products/images/finaltoon/gallery/brain-detector_hatching.jpg) or even betterPicture2 (http://www.finalrender.com/products/link.asp?TID=:by%20A.%20Cantarel&LID=../products/images/finaltoon/gallery/needle-dream_hatching.jpg)

Maybe you have something completely different in mind, I just hope you'll not destroy parts of the already perfect atmosphere in your short with a not fitting rendering. Would be too bad! :hmm:

Well... I'll watch it some more times now. Amazing! :xtreme:

XerC

[PAL]

The most coolest short film, which I saw recently! :buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock:

Don't stop and keep it up!

[Gentle Fury]

wow, i had almost forgotten about this project....you had posted some wip animation tests a while ago and i was impressed....this is just amazing!!!!!

i dont know what to say, everything is perfect (with the exeption of the missing next level of detail in the animation....which you are working on ;) )

LOVE the story idea........LOVE the musical choice......timing is dead on! Only suggestion i could have that may make it a little bit less confusing is maybe have the main character at the end of the struggle in the alley grab on of the monsters by the throat....pan up to his face struggling then pull back showing him holding the girls throat...........all in one camera move.......maybe even have the lighting fade into the subway cars lighting as it pushes on his face :) i dont think you would really have to change much in the timing to do it and it would make the ending you are getting at a lot more impactful!

all in all AMAZING WORK......cant wait to see it finished!

[emailsux]

Originally posted by steverage

Id only say 1 thing....The cut from when hes surrounded to him being alone on the train shud be sharper...theres a massive build up of tension and the cut seems a little soft...maybes some camera shake or a flash of light etc etc...

:thumbsup: :applause: :airguitar :bowdown: [/B]

What more can I say amazing work. It looks like you may have built your self quite a fan club and you better keep up the hard work. Excelnt work on the monsters and the guy but you might want to work on the scenes with the girl she definatlly needs some more work. Like steverage said I think you need to have a sharper cut from the scene after he is sournded by the monsters and perhaps have a flash of white, I think that the white would work very well especially if you are keeping this very dark look (which I like). Also if the next camer angle was a down shot on the guy it might work a little better.

:beer: Great stuff dude :beer:

[JDex]

Hat's off to this unlikely hero, finest composition of a short I've seen in a very long time. The dark imagery is pronouced even in wireframe... you should really enter the final short in the next XSI student contest. IMHO this is already superior to the 2002 winners. Can't wait to see the render, and your next project.

:airguitar :airguitar :airguitar :airguitar :airguitar

JDex

[ed209]

I like this...creatures are great...story is interesting and the ending is a surprise. A few comments though, the scene when the creature drops down in hte alley would probably cut better if he totally wipped screen with his mouth. Your missing out on a cool transition from his insanity to his reality only by a few frames.

Also the ending with the creature droping down in the subway could be handled better I believe. Just my opinion but maybe he should drop into frame a little slower and more menacing then the quick jump down into bite. Right now it's so quick and jerky that it's more of a distraction to the mood then a trully horific moment. I'm thinking the lurking down towards him as he backs up would be enough, just leave the bite out all together when you cut to black. Just a thought.

Love the music. Can't wait to see this finished.

[harvest]

great work man keep it up cant wait to see the finish product
awsome song SOAD rules

[Mannequin]

Absolutely impressive.

The best thing of this short though is not only the good graphics and atmosphere... as everyone else is pointing out. It is also supported by a solid story that leaves the observer open to think of it at different levels.

I mean to me it looked like the guy is some sort of psycho, but he still doesn't know that. And those monsters are his killer-side, violently taking over his good-side and making him kill the girl (that explains why those monsters would turn to her even if he was ready at bite-distance). Then in the end he realizes for a moment, before his killer side completely takes over (figuratively killing the good-side).

I know it may be just my twisted mind..... it still is a fantastic piece of work. Can't wait to see it completed.

[Indavisual]

OMG you gave me shivers! That is purely amazing. I love your imagination. Im speechless.

[takai]

Really COOL...... AMAZING WORK!
The aimations and the story are great. Keep working.


MrSolo:
I guess VFS is really good... I saw your movie "GUERNICA"! Excellent movie from VFS too... The best artisitc 3d movie that I saw recently..... great movie too.:buttrock:


Well , I can't wait to see this one done....The end is SWEET!

[ironbearxl]

That's breathtaking and UNREAL MAN!!!! :eek:
YOU DID ALL THAT?!?!?!?!?!

[SEPHROTH64]

damn, i can't wait to see this done

[gary hsu]

I am speechless, I want more now, more More MORE!!.......... I think I am going to duplicate my character 40 times and do that alley shot of yours, it's gonna be fun, heheh

:buttrock: rock on unlikely hero:buttrock:

[davids]

Being a classmate of unlikely hero I would like to say this piece is an example of hard work, dedication, and talent all wrapped up into an amazing demo reel. Nice work Brian. ---- for all you viewers out there.. your in for a treat.. i've seen some of his render tests.. and their amazing! Get a job man one of us has to!:thumbsup:

[[msf]]

I dont know if its just me but I think the wireframe perspective made it all the creepier because it sorta forced you to imagine. I am afraid the fully rendered version may not to be able to live up to the wierd wireframe scenes. It was just totally wicked to me.

[Octop]

Amazing work..:eek:

But i gotta say that your rendered image there on the first page doesnt impress me at all...
This is just my opinion, but u should either make it as real as possible, or render it with a "dark" toon effect...like...emm
Oh..like the korn video "freak on a leash" if u remember it..
just dont make it look so...CG!
anyway...very impressive

[heavyness]

very nice. great storyline and twist at the end, wasn't expecting it. the only thing [only thing] i saw that didn't go over well was the girl's entrence into the subway car, but since this is your first animation pass, i know everything isn't in place yet. keep the music, keep the rendering style, keep on doing...

[tobyWong]

OoooOOooo! I like how the teeth guys move! Especially in the subway part with the poles. Damn cool. They remind me of the iz(from the Maxx) if they were bigger.

Post it when your done! I'll be looking for it.

Peace,
-Toby

[vorlon]

Originally posted by [msf]
I dont know if its just me but I think the wireframe perspective made it all the creepier because it sorta forced you to imagine. I am afraid the fully rendered version may not to be able to live up to the wierd wireframe scenes. It was just totally wicked to me.

Nice observation, you know you might be right about that. But will see, when he finally finishes the entire thing.

Perhaps he should just render this out wireframe, and call it his signature style :beer:

[fak0r]

WOW!!! simply the best animation i have seen so far from these forums. you are so talented, i hope someday I can be like you :)
i cant wait to see this finished, its great inspiration. the story rocks also :buttrock: :buttrock: it gave me goose bumps and taht weird tingly feeling :bounce:

[BiTMAP]

thats it I'm getting Nick to kill you, and give me your brain :) I'm SOLD on this school! :D


great job!

[::cobes::]

ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I'VE SEEN COME OUT OF THE SCHOOL.:buttrock:


keep going man

[pablov]

:buttrock: incredible, that was a good example of VFS 3d 37 potential:beer: :beer:


go go 37 :buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock:

[chepe297]

Yes... I agree strongly with [msf]. I kind of liked the wireframe scenes myself. I like it more than the rendered scene.

[[msf]]

Just had to spend an hour removing those annoying copyright wooshes from all the Evanescence songs. Just because its not released doesnt mean we should be tortured with those wooshes in totally killer music does it?

Hrmm what? Oh yah what I said earlier about the render style.

I don't know if was interpreted as I thought it would be better all wireframe or not. The answer to that question is no. The blend of the two just make a wicked combination. One I have yet to come across on the net. I can definitely see it becoming a new trend, I know it has totally stimulated me to imagine so pretty crazy things I could do with it. Just gives everything that whole surreal feeling.

Man Im tired :)

[Abhinav3d]

Good work dude!!
Just saw your pic...Loooks great...
Downloading your reel.
I studied at VFS last year..
VFS 3D ROCKS>.........
It seems VFS is getting better with age..

Great concept....

:applause: :applause: :applause:

Wishing you all the best.....

[zandernice]

IS IT MAYA?

[Zastrozzi]

Maya Bah
you think something this good could come out of maya lol lol lol
XSI all the way yeah yeah
good job by the way Brian Brilliant ending love it
keep up the good works

[AJE]

Love the piece so far, but I have to agree with previous posts on the beasts...

IMHO
I don't think the transparency doesn't do them much justice... and I would imagine boost your render time(especially with a horde of them in the scene).

If you do go transparent... check out Arkaam's transparent demon work, his 'shader' might look cool on those guys...

Of course, it's your baby, and the animation looks pretty shit-hot so far...

How many hours have you go into this already?

Great idea.

AJE

[Oren Ben-Tov]

GREAT JOB :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Really impressed me.

[Johnlittle]

Cool,thanks,nice of you to think of everyone.:) :beer:

[unlikelyhero]

:buttrock: you guys rock!!! i never thought of the wireframe captures as a final, but i'm loving that. [msf]- a mixture of the transparency and the wire would be killer, i've some testing with that :) as it stands now the renders will be in GI with passes of detail added in. i'll try to get some further tests up on this post. Dreamwave- all scenes are self contained in sepoerate scene files. steverage- you're right, that area need to be broken up a bit, a white flash might just be the trick, i like how Fincher blended some of his cuts together in fight club. i'd like to try that- the shot would virtually have both man and creature on the same frame with differing transparencies. simple and sweet. chepe297- 5 months spent in total from concept to it's current state, one month to go:eek: Terminator- i'll be doing the start over, it's fpo for presentations here at school. :cool: XerC- those comic renders are wicked! xsi has a nice toon shader. Gentle Fury- that is an awesome idea, and i think it would be much better;) ed209- also a very nice idea, can't wait to try these suggestions!! Octopuzzy- one of my fav videos, that mood would be nice to capture :twisted: AJE- lost count of hours logged on this. :insane: again, thanks for the comments, suggestions!

:drumrock:

[belly80naz]

Fantastic job!!!
And the SOAD music is perfect for it. But, is all the project crated by you or is there someone that help you?

:buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock:

[stephen2002]

wow, that was impressive.

Very good animation, lots of creatures, interesting story. :applause:

[zaki7]

realy good.
continue like this.

[zandernice]

how easy is it to animate in XSI. Ive never really heard much about XSI's animation capabilities. Anyone animated with it before?

[RobertoOrtiz]

Great piece.
I am really looking forward to the final version.

Your piece is so good that I am sure that you would easily
be selected for the SIGGRAPH 2003 selection if you send this preliminary piece.

Have you applied yet?

-Roberto

[Maglok]

I LOVE the video.
I HATE the audio.

Keep up the greatness dude! Really good video.

[blackwulf360]

Dude, That was cool!:applause: Can't wait for the final.

[-dc-]

Would you like a job? shoot me an e-mail...

Regards,

Joe

[shahadi]

Very very nice,

I think the music is awesome also! :airguitar

Really feelin your sense of animation. Although this was not the final piece, I feel that u can definately take that wireframe idea to another level.

Case in point:
As i was watching the suspence got to me, not just the cinematic suspense, but the anticipation of seeing the scene textured. When our character first sees the monsters, I wanted to see them in their full textured ferocity!

All in all, excellent. I would like to see what the monsters looked like with a more reptillian skin

keep it up! :thumbsup:

[Harrad]

wow wow wow.... thats is sooo sweet! I've just sat here for 2 hours downloading it on my crappy 56k modem, and it was so worth the wait. I'm going to university in september, and thats got me right in the mood! My kind of short. Dark, weird and a twist at the end.

I don't like the idea of the glass like monsters... are you planning to use a compositing program to give it extra depth? could look good if you blow the blacks out and give it a half saturated green/blue look. ie fightclub.

Keep it up... post some of the test renders if you have time also.

-Matt :surprised

[maggiore19]

XSI is amazing for animation. It's one of the fastest, easiest, most powerful, and intuitive packages for animation.

Vancouver Film School is really IMPRESSIVE. VFS all the way. 3d34!

[maggiore19]

OH yea by the way....(i can't believe i forgot to say this in my last post)

UNBELIEVABLE! i'm sooo impressed. FINISH STRONG! keep it up and don't get burned out brother....

nick maggiore 3d34

[ryguy]

An incredible animation to say the LEAST. I've always loved System of a Down's first album. The only part I'd say that needs work is when it hits about 1:34, the cut in the music goes too fast where the song goes "Before..... you know, I will be waiting..."

You have incredible sense of timing and hard to stomache that each monster is individually keyframed? :twisted: Awesome... keep it going.

~Ryan

[Jeff Unay]

you're good

[whtnoise]

unbelievable, left me speechless, and the story sucks you right in too! cheers to vfs!!!

oklahoma
vfs 3d36

[noisewar]

Badass!!!

I'm not familiar with the band but I think it wasn't bad at all, but only cuz it sounds like in the vein of Tool. Advice: Use Tool =)

But your editing is great, animation and everything else awesome too. Chick should be a tad bit more suprised when entering the subway train... I thought she came in to kick ass not get ass kicked. She looks like she's being assaulted by bums on the BART, not menacing aliens.

WOOHOO!

[ninja noodle]

MY GOD!! that's sooo amazing!!
you inspire me!! :bowdown:

[Mahlikus]

OMG!

:beer: :applause: :buttrock: :xtreme: :drumrock: :airguitar: :bowdown:

[Odrakir]

Great story, great animation... can't wait to see it finished.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :applause:

[jason-slab]

ummm:bowdown:

somehow i think u have a bright future in the cg industry!!
:thumbsup:

[[msf]]

as if I have ever had a bad idea :P

[wolfy2525]

really nice work my friend, i just love the way the monsters move etc. Love the idea for the story as well.
Just love it dude :buttrock: :buttrock:

[bobster]

Won't be saying anything new here when I say that it looks really good, really really good.
The monsters move very fluent and dynamicly. Some of the walk cycles of the guy could be looked at same goes for the facials, but it was a first pass, right?.
Don't like the music though. Is there going to be a sound and soundfx track with music behind that or will it be more like a music video?

Now go and finish that sucker

cheers
Bobby :bounce: wanna see.. wanna see!

[Fitharn]

Incredible work man... all I can say is: 'OMG'

The walking animation outside the train at the start is a little akward (sp?) though.

I like the audio btw, and I also like the wireframe stuff (yeah you'll prolbably change it... but is has style and shows how good your animation is).

*edit: one last thing. In the end, when he realizes what he's done, he makes some movements with his hands. I think in reality, people would (not 100% conscious[sp?]), grab the nearest edge they could reach, as a sort of erm (hard to express this in a foreign language ;))... something they can count on, what they consider to be real. So maybe it would be an idea to have him try to grab the dooropening with is right hand (missing once, getting hold the second time) while he looks at his left one.

Just an idea though.

[Trickster]

*Trickster starts to drools and causes a flooding* i love it... ermm.... may i ask what's the track btw!! i love that too!!! it really goes VERY well with the film!!! i love it at the streets where the creatures are climbing down the buildings!!!! WOW

[SPIDER2544]

i think i just pooped my self

way to amazing for me to even put into words

very profesional

caint wati to see the final product

let me know if you want any help cause i would love to hop onto this project heheh

[LouisBrowne]

Fantastic ending!! :eek:
I'm expecting a lot of atmophere & lighting...
:eek:

[BgDM]

WOW! I finally got to download this, (due to very slow bandwidth a sit was probably getting DL'ed a lot).

Stunning. I love this. Can't wait to see the finished product.

BgDM

[(DARKELEMENT)]

holly crap i can t get enough of this animation. :drool: :xtreme:

[JDex]

I can't either, I've probably watched it 100 times... I showed all the people in my class today and they were blown away...

Can't wait to be able to create a scene that good, maybe in about 50 years.

[alex_m1s1n_user]

:eek:

[juntao]

the animation is flawless!...........can't wait till its done

[Leydecker]

A really catching story. Inspiring camerawork, lovely stop motion
feel to the animation and last but not least a great editing job.
An incredible combination between sound and images.

It´s the best animationfilm I´ve seen from an individual, even
in this preliminary stage. I hope you´ll find a visual style that
supports your story even more. No realism but art please:-)

tim

P.S: I got carried away...several times.

[killahsin]

my god you keyed all that by hand?

Keep up the AMAZING work, i smell a few jobs for you lol

[jonnymac]

Sweet!

This is damned good! Well impressed that your still at college!

The creatures are well cool, obviously spent a lot of time on them.

SUGGESTION- Perhaps spend a bit more time on the guy. Human animaton is sooooooooooo hard to do well. A bit more subtlety on the close ups.

Relly like the bit at the end when he looks at this hand though!


Keep up the excellent work!

JMac:scream: :wip:

[Sylfurd]

Great work, really want to see it all textured!! And the music of system of a down (i think) is perfect with this animation!!
:thumbsup:

[webweapon]

the movement, the animation, the music...all VERY HIGH CLASS stuff. very professional. very good. very frikkin AWESOME!

[webweapon]

By the way, are you planning on rendering it out with textures and wireframes added as a mode? Just curious.

[ThE_JacO]

i don't usually post just to shoulderpat somebody, but this damn well deserves to stay on top in the first page for as long as possible :)

all i had to tell ya i wrote it in the e-mail i sent you this afternoon.
great job.

[Melinko]

I'm truly impressed. That is awesome!

[Chaosphere]

Wow, nothing i can really say that hasn't been said on here.... keep the music, certainly goes with the atmosphere, and SOAD rocks:buttrock: .... Great story, i would go with the suggestion waaaay back, that showed the main character maybe choking a creature then cut to his "dream/ fantasy"...... Can't wait to see the final cut :applause: :applause:

[monkeysweat]

I haven't read the whole thread(laziness),but you've got yourself a great animation here. The music is perfect for this...and you edited the song just right. I like the chick bald...although I don't think most guys would agree. Can't wait to see it done.

[StefanA]

I would just like to add that I love this piece. You wont go without a job for long :) I'm really impressed with the motion and the fluent animation. The timing rock!
I few places where you need to fix the hands and feet, but I'm sure you already know of them.

Very nice work! Will look forward to the finished piece.

best regards

.stefan andersson

[JDex]

An update would own... I am so into this animation, I saved this thread in my IE link toolbar.

JDex

[ninja noodle]

i'm still amazed with your animation!!!! the more i watch it, the better it gets!!!!!! you got to finish it!!! i'm really really inspired by your work!!! look forward to seeing an update!! :buttrock: :bowdown:

[Zastrozzi]

nice work this thread is getting mentioned in other threads now as reference to great animation :P
good job :bounce: :scream:

[IDownupI]

This is me after the movie
http://www.snyggast.com/ul/543868.jpg

This work is like WHROOOOOOOOOOOOOOO:surprised

Must have full must have full


I dont know if someon have ask this

What software?

Are you alone in this animation?

This is heavy work:wip:

[unlikelyhero]

LOL! thanks for the replies! the suggestions and comments i recieved through cgtalk are beyond helpful. i've been working hard on getting this finished for the end of school(end of feb) and i will post a final animation in finished works. i've tried different combos with the wireframe and it looks sweet, but i think i've found a different style much more suited for the reel, my classmates agree! thanks again and i'll get the final up as soon as it's finished!!!!

:drumrock:

[DOOMNINJA]

Hey man, I really liked the quaility of your animation, the amount of work involved in something like that seems stagering to me, again, im quite impressed.

Um, i cant really crit the animation much, (right now it just looks RAD), but theres a few things i would (if it was me animating) change. This is just personal preferance by the way :) !! near the end when he was strangeling the girl, i would try and position the male characater more in front of her, with his wieght more evenly distributed, maybe have his legs slightly spread so his center of gravity is in the middle of his body. Try and get thier shoulders squared up to eachothers, that way it would seem more plausible for him to strangle her in that short of time because he would be able to put more power into it the way hes positioned. then maybe get the guys palm maybe more towards the middle of her neck, so his fingers go all the way around. yay!

Oh, and it might be difficult to change the timeing on the very end, seeing as its tuned to teh soundtrack, but the way you have the monster just kinda sticking its head out left me wanting to see something more dramatic, so maybe have it kinda emerge more so we can see it, and have it spread its jawas and arms wide as well! or soemthign, i dunno. All i know is YOU rock! were not talking sall pebbles here, but like, large boulders! rock ones!

-Doom

p.S. that was so cool!

[Stooge]

Good job Brian. It's great to see some strong stuff come out of VFS once again.....ofcourse, 3D34 still rules....hehe. Keep working as hard as you are and you'll have no problem hand picking the company you want to work for. Can't wait to see your finished film on the big screen on your grad night.

Shiu Cheung Li

[JDex]

Hey Unlikely...

When you get this wrapped up and post it in "Finished Works" can you drop a post in this thread to let us know... I'd really hate to miss it.

THX

JDex
:buttrock:

[emailsux]

Wow, wow, wow, I keep coming back to this post. Very good stuff man keep up the good work.

Just one question do you happen to ride the train alot at night? Because if you do I dont want to be in the same train as you!

:beer:

[Mike RB]

Well done man. Looking forward to the final.

Just curious, but does VFS hold the copywrite and distribution rights to the piece? I know that in the past there have been issues between the school and the students, some ending in lawsuits....

Mike

[unlikelyhero]

posted under finished...take a look.



http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=47077

[mark_battista]

very powerful I like it, just a few questions
first of all how long did it take?
is it your first short?
What is that tune i love it?

[AJE]

F*cking brilliant Brian...

My only crit would be the lack of credit to the band for the music... a simple fix.

Other than that, very well executed (pun intended).

AJE

[webweapon]

Where is the finished project?...The thread link is invalid...I haven't been here in a while and I really wanted to see this!!!

[DeathCarrot]

ah, i see youve finally got it finished! did the thread get deleted or something.. i wanna see the finished thing, but the the thread in the finished bits isnt working... yelp! :shrug:

[unlikelyhero]

heh, i'm about ready to post a new version in a few weeks. i had a really good response to the finished work, and some great suggestions to push it even further. trying to do just that.

[DeathCarrot]

Originally posted by unlikelyhero
heh, i'm about ready to post a new version
wohoo!!! :bounce:
Originally posted by unlikelyhero
in a few weeks
:annoyed:

[unlikelyhero]

hahaha. sorry dude. it's really just rendering now, and some final animation. a festival final and a wireframe version to easily see the animation ;)

[unlikelyhero]

here are those two versions i was talking about. the festival piece is at 14mb and the wire oddly enough is at 23mb. i separated them so you only have to dl one. laters.

www.vfs.com/~briank/brian720divxCred.avi (http://www.vfs.com/~briank/brian720divxCred.avi)

and the wire

www.vfs.com/~briank/brian720divxWire.avi (http://www.vfs.com/~briank/brian720divxWire.avi)

:buttrock:

[mohh]

Top notch animation, this one looks much better! Now I can see some of the subtle things that you did that were going unnoticed before. The wire really shows off your mad skillz. You rock man!! :xtreme:

[maggiore19]

this is amazing brian....

you've really outdone yourself.... this thing is going to blow people away at siggraph:) great work, i hope you're job search goes as well as i think it will

great job brother

nick
3d34
3d Animator
Raven Software

:applause:

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