Animation : crab dance

[teh fury]

mwah awesome.. :thumbsup: crabs rule :)

[Enrique Gato]

Very funny!! Animation should be improved a little, but crabs looks nice.
:bounce: :bounce:

[Kamul]

Loooooooooooool thats really cool :airguitar :airguitar :airguitar

[SheepFactory]

brilliant :beer:

[Theta-Dot]

How COOL IS THAT. I could think of 100 funny things crabs could do on the beach when people aren't looking :)

GoOd StUfF :bounce:

=ThetaDot=

[swadepgh]

Very cool original idea! Funny and entertaining.

:thumbsup:

[RockinAkin]

Very good job.
Great work with the compositing.

-DivideByZero-

[baby]

is excellent, so funny...

I wanted to do something a bit like that a few years ago...but with oyster...it was called oyster act :applause:


OK...the idea is excellent...but U have some small problems on the tracking & on color/contrast comp on the crabs and shadows...

for the first one...I don't know if U can improve it, for the second sure you could tweak it on the soft U used to composite both...

I think if U want to use it as a professional demo for clients U should try to improve it and try to have it perfect...it would be a perfect visit card...




:thumbsup:

[NanoGator]

I wanna see. :( Server no workie.

[NanoGator]

Originally posted by NanoGator
I wanna see. :( Server no workie.

It started working again. *Whew*

[NanoGator]

Hehehe that's cool.

Mind a little criticism? It almost works perfectly, but the shadows were sometimes too soft and had a slightly different color to shadows cast by objects the camera caught. A slightly sharper shadow and a slight reddish cast to the shadows would have come reall close to nailing it.

Gotta say, though, I love the animationo in it. I really got into it when they started clapping . heh i'm off to show this around the office. Ciao.

[boxcrash]

Pretty cool, I like it alot.
Good job.:)

[dolmuji]

i love it..!!
..
very very ....good job!
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Lukashi]

HAHAHAH that was awesome!!!!! :beer:

[Goatfuzz]

lol

Great animation. I especially liked the crabs playing with the paddles lol. :p

[Lukashi]

Actually yah it was great when they start to clap but some of the walking and shadows seemed off :) i actually used to own fidler crabs as a child

[MaTibay520]

You make me laugh!!! It was very funny!!

[Oren Ben-Tov]

Thanks for the replies everyone,
I am glad you liked it :bounce:

hope will get some time in the near future to improve the shadows, foot prints and comp... and clean the beach a little.
the tracking was kind of hard cuz we didnt bother planning too much for good target points :wip:

The funny thing was us trying to remember the dance moves of the song, I made my girlfriend dance for me all day long :cool:
very nostalgic...

thanks again

[18th_Devil]

it was really funny to watch :D
nicely animated and all, good job :cool:

[Array]

nice animation. the only thing that really bothered me was the fact that the crabs werent displacing the sand, and the aliasing around the towel at the end. great concept overall though.

[Phugative]

AWESOME!

[FloydBishop]

Very nice. No comments, as it's a finished piece.

Maybe there could be a sequel where they are interacting with people at the beach? Seeing realistic crabs at the beach acting in this way reminds me of the bar room scene in Gremlins, for some reason.

Very nice piece.

[MiGa]

Thats so funny !!! :applause:
..make it clap..:applause: :applause: clap clap

miga

[HapZungLam]

i just can't stop laughing, especially the crabs are playing balls.:applause:

[Douglask]

hands up, baby hands up! :buttrock:
how about thumbs up! that was just too funny!

Cheers!

[kr3ml]

Haha, thats great. :applause:

[muckywetnoodle]

hehe, that was funny sir! As far as the shadows go, if you check out the part where he walks over to the radio and hops up, the shadows for the radio are quite a bit sharper and the crab's would be a little sharper than that since they are closer to the ground (probably a little darker as well. So, that is why they looked too soft to me anyhow. Maybe that's what you were planning.

I liked the last animation you posted as well. Very nicely done and a massive amount of work.

[Zach]

Excellent!

Very creative, made me laugh - I love it :)

[DeathBrain]

Absolutely grrreat concept...:bounce:
Nice camera tracking on this one...:thumbsup:

[Revilo]

You are one interesting character

[Signal2Noise]

[i]...crabs rule :) [/B]

O.K. The animation is great but I want to point out that CRABS DON"T RULE!!!

I mean, crabs can get very itchy and bothersome without the proper medication :) Makes for a bad conversation starter on date when it comes to that point of having a night cap, if you know what I mean.;)

"Oh by the way, before we go any further..."

[dark_lotus]

HAHAAAHHAA!!!

I remember when that song came out. I was like 3 or 4. Brought back those memories.

My only complaint is the "No crabs were harmed...."

Its a bit done, and considering that none of the cg crabs were hurt.

I reckon it should've beem "No crabs required therapy after listening to 80's music" lol.

[Oren Ben-Tov]

I thought of a nice sequel :
The crabs are in a resturant and just before they are served they start to sing :p
There was also supposed to be a shot were the crabs walk over some girl tummy on his way to the tape.
But for some reason there arent any girls on the beach in the winter :rolleyes:


:)

[T_pott]

Very cool animation!

My favourite part was the one when they clap their claws! Very funny!!!

I think all the critics has been said already.

Great work!:buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock:

[stephen2002]

I clicked the link and after a long while got re-directed to the Lycos home page :annoyed:

I want to see it!

[Facial Deluxe]

Got error 404 always... Want to seeeeeee:scream:

[aaron johnson]

Maybe I am just doing something wrong. I click on your link and I don.t get anything. Can you please help. I would like to see your work. If anyone knows please tell me.

[joconnell]

Probably gone over the bandwidth limit.

[dzogchen]

I flipped over when I saw the crabs doing aerobics. Hilarious!:thumbsup:

[lildragon]

Loved it Oren, I had a smile on my face all the way through :). Sometimes the shadows were a lil dodgy but overall its a nicely done piece. Kudos!

You have received the CGtalk choice award .Please feel free to display this image anywhere you like! Very good work.

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P.S. Please email me @ tito@cgnetworks.com for the award .psd file

salud

[lildragon]

Need a new server buddy, I think that one is tanked :)

salud

[LPlasma]

Yup, can't download it.

[mimo8]

I'm also sad not to see this animation

lot of wow's and yeeeah's but no mov

[CoolCalb]

hey Oren,

I already congratulated you after you sent me the low-rez
,carppy compression version, last week..

I'll download the hirez ver tommorow at work...
then we'll see

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

got an idea , for a sequel:

how about next time, instead of using their "hands" they'll
turn around and lift their "ends".. wiggling their a$$es?

ends up! baby ends up!

just kidding.. :)

great idea and animation!
can we see the reference video of your GF dancing for you??

[Oren Ben-Tov]

oopps sorry , I was on a vacation for the weekend, so I wasent connected :wip:

I guess lycos dont have free traffic like I thought so.

Meanwhile here is a second server were you can download the movie.

http://www.3dluvr.com/orenbentov/movie/HandsUpHIGH.mpeg


Or get in to my wip section on my site at:

http://www.3dluvr.com/orenbentov/wip.htm

Oz - Cool idea for the 3rd sequel, and sure ill upload my GF dancing, but she was naked there so maybe NOT :shame:

Thanks for the Trophy :)

[tomanek]

Very nice joke and 3D tracking!

Cool!
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[stipen]

HAhahahaHAHa .....Soo funny !!
Especially the crabs playing matkot !!:thumbsup:

[Ti-Ki]

snif i couldn't dl it on anyserver specified here and in the gallery section... :annoyed:

If someone could upload it on a working server or maybe send it to me by mail or something ? thx in advance...:wavey:

[fester]

yeah, I'd love to see it. Let's find a server this thing can stay on!

[unrealwarfare]

hey... crab dance is at the top of the list again! so nice to see memorable work.

[harmonic01]

aaaaaaaa, :scream: I wana see but link not working. :annoyed:

[Ti-Ki]

Just after this short was posted here i couldn't download it. I tried many times after that but i never got this video ! argh.

Very annoying especialy when many people said it rocks ! :drool:

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