animation: The Puppy Who Loved Me

[gary hsu]

:bounce:

I really enjoy your animation, as always, but you probably know it cause I always bugged you to show me more of your stuff when I was sitting next to you in class, hehe, anyways, just want to be the fist one to congratulate you on a job well done,

cheers Ted:beer:

[lapin]

Really Nice show ! :thumbsup:

[Frank Dodd]

Very nice piece of work. Great character design, modelling and animation. It was good fun to watch. Some of the animation sequences did seam to become a little sluggish as was the pace of the main characters walk but otherwise its a very nice animation, i enjoyed it. :D

[elvis75k]

Very hard to get the movie. I have not see it right now ....i'm

Waiting... zzz...

zzz... 18.50%.... zz. zzz..... 36.51%.....

I'm listen BOB MARLEY.... zzz. 50.25% (!) zzzz... ruhnfh...

Maybe it's big file.... TIME PASSES (like magnetic scroll's adventure games).... 85%

The verdict: sorry the screen saver start and i'm older....

Sorry man, i see now the movie but this is the kind of sequence that if i found in a playstation game .... well i don't know.

I prefer to spend my time to learn english (lol) and to watch a movie like sleepy hollow - hope that encourage you :hmm:

[neutronrobot]

Great work!! :beer:

Very nicely done and great character design. The cel shading is nice as well. What was this rendered in?

[SomeGuy]

cool, her legs r soooooo long.

[Leo73]

Very well done. I like how you stylized everything and how you animated everything. Will there be any more of 008 in the future?

[ts9236]

Thanks Gary and guys,

I really appreciate your comments.

I used FF-ghost shader and simple glow in XSI for the cell.

I hope there will be more 008 series but maybe not very soon. :D

Sorry for the big file and your time, Elvis75k...;)

[elvis75k]

np you really make a good work. i love the shader too :applause:

[Toxic Frog]

Excellent work! The story is pretty amusing, but the funniest thing about this piece is the animation.
Her super exaggerated sneaking near the beginning is awesome! I also particularly like the roundhouse kick.
Cracks me up!

:thumbsup:

[JDex]

Great stuff...

Really loved the cutting the lasers bit*:thumbsup:

Damn cute puppies.

:bounce:

[fxgogo]

Liked that TS9236

Nice cartoon look and I loved the way she moved. Some of the timing on the characters could be tweaked, but I am nit-picking now. Well done.

[jdiddio]

Hey ts, nice animation, I'm a huge fan of any 3d stylized to look more 2dish. The only thing that sorta bugged me was how pinched her elbows and knees were. It cause a lot of her poses which were really nice, seem weaker without the mass there.
You should post some of your other stuff up like animation tests and such.

[stephen2002]

That was funny. Some of the motions were almost too exagerated, but it was good overall.

Now what is she gonna do about all of the little puppys?

[vapulus]

The only thing i'd critique is the audio. It seems very choppy and doesn't match the overall quality of the animation. You can tell the audio was just clips found online or from an FX library and there wasn't as much planning put into the audio as there could have been.
The animation itself is quite entertaining, though. =) Good work.

[martinkruegger]

great work :beer:
I like the shader,
can you post a wireframe of the girl?

cheers

[ts9236]

Guys,

Thank you for your suggestions:D

The audio is temporary now, the better one is coming soon.

Hey martinkruegger, I post a wireframe of 008.

[3DMan16]

wow man, i downloaded your reel, and its some great work on there. keep it up!

[lildragon]

OK that's it I'm migrating to Vancouver, Toronto is dead in the water in comparison :p.

Just like unlikelyhero this is some major kick "a$$" work heheh ;)
I really love the animation style you've choosen, the Jessica Rabbit type walk is always stylish, and VERY hard to get right, you did an amazing job here man.

The only thing is the music, needs changing :) also when she goes to look at her watch thingy the first time, her hips rotate a bit to much, but overall very very very well done.

The Vancouver Film School is kicking major booty these days

awesome work [plugged]

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[martinkruegger]

sweet :drool:
I can´t wait to see another animation from you :applause:

[IDownupI]

hurray

2kb/s on 0.5mbit

[urgaffel]

It's good, but not great. I think the walks needs more work. For example, her hips are a little too gyrating. There a couple of small things that bug me. With a little tweaking it will really be great.

Keep up the good work.

*edit*

Oh yes, the backgrounds need more work. Thanks for reminding me King :)

[KingMob]

hey nice work,

personally I agree with urg that with a little more work this could be something really wonderfull.

I think I have two problems with it.

You characters are wonderfull, very charismatic, but the backgrounds look...poorly rendered (in compaison) sorta baland traditional cg looking stuff. I think if you amp those up to the levl you hit with these stylized characters it would be wonderfull.
Also some places felt a little 'floaty', like when she is looking around her motion seems odd. and some of the running sequences...but I think that could be fixed with...

2. Sounds! (and it think this is most important) is the the sound...to me it just sounds like "SounBank collection Title Here: Misc Sounds vol1" very generic.

they don't flow well, and it's distracting. Watch a cartoon (action or otherwise) and youll notice tons oof little sounds happening, with each step, and motion, you have it on a few things (scisors and such) and its nice, but lets hear some "woosh" when she spins, etc etc...

LOVE the puppies, freakin Adorable :thumbsup:
Also love your sense of humor, a little twisted and off beat, which I really dig.

Also the concept stuff at the end is really crisp work.

Be proud of ths for sure, but if you ramp it up a little more, I think the results will be worth it.


P.S. I just read some of the posts ( I was lazy before) and I see the audio has been mentioned , so FYI didn't mean to nag)
:beer:

[Nurb'd]

hehe that was great man

you did very well on her

[CANIM8]

Awesome work man!

I love it! I think the walks look fine if that's part of the character's personality. I got the impression that the heroine was oversexed and you were basically poking fun at the Laura Croft type character, in which case, the exaggerated "tight-ass" walk seems appropriate.

I like your sense of humor. Very clever work.

Best of luck to you. I've seen some kick-ass work come out of B.C. lately.

By the way..how long did this take you to complete?

canim8s

[mister conehead]

Very cool!!!

The mimic and the expressions of the girl are very humoristic. I like that.

The backgrounds are indeed not the greatest part of the animation. But beacause of the animation and expressions they are not very important. So, good job :thumbsup:

[shrimp_chip]

Very nice! Loved the puppy!

I am guessing you were inspired by Rare's Joanna Dark:

ftp://209.164.21.30/pub/misc/rare_sequence.mov

[Theta-Dot]

I just love that little puppy song thing.... I listen to it over and over and over :)

=ThetaDot=

[Akuma]

damn you gotta love her hips! :bounce:

Awesome animation, really funny too :)

[dmcgrath]

I think some of the comments on teh over exaggeration of the poses are pretty valid. But it looks like the style was carried out effectively throughout the piece.


Really good characters, and choice of sounds is pretty good. It would ever work without sound, which is the MOST important thing to remember.

Overall, it's a great demo reel piece. Good Luck in future endavors.


:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Dreamwave]

it's teh 1337!
nice assssss, but damn I'm scared, she's so cute, what's going to happen with the puppies?

[Michael Chen]

I'm gonna start downloading the animation ... hope it won't take too long :)

[ts9236]

Thanks all

Again, the audio is temporary. ;)

Hey lildragon, thank you for the award. I'll put it on my web site.
Jessica Rabbit was the biggest reference for 008's walk.


I'm sure I need more work for her walk
but I wanted to make her super sexy.
I think it makes a contrast of her 2 sides
(confident agent vs coward runner)
Anyway, I'll keep tweaking. Thanks guys. :)

[Wigaru Wiyamoto]

Well, I'm still downloading on my poor 56K. But I can't help but notice the resemblance to Mina Suvari.

:cool:

[whtnoise]

Teddy!!! great work dude! it's been wicked having the opportunity to work with all you people over the last year. Stay in touch and don't let those awesome 3d skill go to waste!

cheers!! :beer:

- jesse
vfs 3d36

[Wigaru Wiyamoto]

Alright, I downloaded it. I have about a year until I graduate and if I can make anything on this level I'll be thrilled!

As for C&C, I think the animation could use more tweaking. Overall there seems to be too much overshoot. Like when the "puppy" bangs on the door and 008 swings her head to look...it looks rather extreme and painful. In general it could stand to be snappier, it feels 'floaty' at times.

Some of the camera motion and placement is unrealistic, which adds to the "CG" feel.

The Jessica Rabbit walk is close, but no cigar. I think you're lacking the arc motion of the legs. It's almost like a waddling. A walk like that is hard because if it's not perfect it looks really odd.

Someone commented on the plain enviroment earlier. I think if your focus is on character design/modeling/animation etc. then the enviroment is perfectly appropriate.

I think you just need to spend a bit more time for it to look just right. Best of luck on your job search.

Oh, how long did this take, BTW?

[rexfang]

Hey Ted ....

.....this is Rex......Nice job man.....

I like your doggy character...they are so cute. I think you can make the doggy's animation better for the ending....

Well.....as I usually say...." more more more COG movement"

Hahahaha......just joking.......Good job man!!

Vancouver Film School........Rocks:buttrock:

[rperkins]

I really like your animation. I love how the girl walks, she's really sexy. And the puppies are so cute.


Nice job Ted!!!

[takai]

Hey man, this animation ROCKS....:bounce:

I am thinking about doing VFS. I saw your and UNLIKEHERO stuff.... both are pretty amazing...

Someone knows more VFS's good shorts movies link to see it?

I want to see more stuff from there... In VFS website are only stills and 15 sec.s movies...

Thks
Takai.

[Douglask]

haha, reminds me of julius kwan's reel in class 31. good stuff.

[ts9236]

This project took about 6months from the idea of story.

I konw I need more work for my reel and it will be endless.
I wanna start a new project now, so I'm not sure how much I can work for this reel.

Thanks... my friends, Raph, Rex and Jesse. :beer:
Oh! I forgot Gary. :cool:

[Stephen Vyas]

Good to see some more Vancouverites here on the boards.
You have a good story, the camera angles help guide the story rather than confuse the viewer, and the animation is very stylish. Hope you find time to finish with the critiques made here.

Cheers,
Steve

[Theta-Dot]

Hey ts9236 is there ANY way I could get that puppy dog theme you used? :) I love it I could think of ten million things I could do with it (not necessarily CG related)... But if you have it would you mind posting the rest of what you have.... pweeeese? :)

*Please ignore your brown-noser detectors for this one...*
Your my honey bunch sugar plum :)

i'm a dork

=ThetaDot=

[Joril]

lol, well done :)

The puppies actually reminded me of the movie "Screamers" :surprised

[LordEzzat]

LOL hahaha i loved that movie,overall concept was cool,very funny ,pretty good animation, over all i really liked it alot!!:thumbsup: :scream:

[ts9236]

Ha Ha Ha, Theta-Dot

Do you like the baby song?

I don't remember where I got it and who has the copyright.

However, If you give me your e-mail address I will send it to you. :D

[Theta-Dot]

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ThetaDot@twmi.rr.com

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You rock!


=ThetaDot=

[Theta-Dot]

oh god yes! I got the puppy song! yayy! Extreme warmy fuzziness going on right now... It's just so good! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[lildragon]

Originally posted by Theta-Dot
I just love that little puppy song thing.... I listen to it over and over and over :)

=ThetaDot=

You scare me :surprised

heheh :p

[Theta-Dot]

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[dbach]

Way to go Ted, nice to see someone from our class posted there work here and congrats on the cg talk award. As always I realy like your stuff

Out,
Don

[monotypic]

the music.... from the avengers right? *big grin* man i love that show... mmmm.. and the whole slideing under the wire shot like in "Entrapment " (one of my fav. movies) was awesome... had the same feel to it.

great work.

[ts9236]

Hey!!!, Don :beer:
You gave me a lot of suggestions. Thanks. :cool:

Actually, the music is from 007 movie.
The title is "007" by The John Barry Orchestra. ;)

[Abe]

TS9236 What can I now say that has not already been said except its BRILLIANT, that walk I could watch all day and love the round kick.You cannot stop now give us some more 008 ,and I like the end with the sketches etc WELL DONE oh yes I also like the music it seems to go just right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:applause: :applause:

[fr3drik]

I'm downloading at 22kb/s from Sweden... The screenshot looks promising! Seems like you guys over at VFS know what you are doing.

Are you in the 3D animation class? You wouldn't have a curriculum of your education?

[goodlag]

Jae mi it ge jal bat sub ni da :)

yer ja hip ga mam e dub ni dang :drool:

[ts9236]

HA HA HA :D :D :D

Gam Sa Hap Ni Da :beer:

[levin]

the anim was off in a few places ... the sound effects too..
the story was nice tho... with more polishing it'll be great

:thumbsup:

[MrSolo]

Originally posted by takai
Someone knows more VFS's good shorts movies link to see it?

I want to see more stuff from there... In VFS website are only stills and 15 sec.s movies...

Thks
Takai.

Hi Takai...

I finished VFS program last year and my short movie is online. I dont know if Is it "good" enought as you want but here is the link to the thread. I hope you enjoy it. Good luck.

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20037&highlight=mrsolo

ts9236, EXCELLENT JOB!!!!! I loved your short. Nice animation, I am pretty sure you will find an excellent job. Cya.
By the way... VFS is the best....:bounce:

[Omniscient]

When do we get to see Goldenkitty? hehe

[ts9236]

Hey MrSolo,

I remember your reel, GUERNICA! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Yours is one of my favorite. :bounce:

Thanks for your compliment. :D

[MrSolo]

Hi ts9236...

Thks for your comments:thumbsup:

As I told before, VFS rocks and they are getting better... Your's and unlike hero job's are AMAZING!!!!!!

Cya...:buttrock:

[jchoi]

Awesome piece.

Like I said many times, you have a unique style and your work is always as clean as it can get.


VFS Rocks! :beer:

[theartspark]

Hey, nice animation! : )

[ts9236]

Thanks Gino and Chana :D

[wonseok]

Sorry I am late man...

Lovely Animation ! Nice Charaters!! :love:

[unlikelyhero]

:bowdown:
awesome ted

[emailsux]

good stuff Ted!!!

Nigel

:beer:

[ts9236]

Thanks guys.... and congratulations Class 37 :beer:

Hey Brian, I can't wait 2 months to see your demo reel :love:

[Shock6822]

Amazing piece man :)

[CLR]

Much better than my demo reel.

[pelos]

ts can you post a wire of the girl,
and i have to say that the puppy song is adictive, especialy if you show the movie to your girlfrien!!

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