Breakdance

[Jeremydjutras]

Hello Farhad,
Appealing character... Well, with the animation: What is happening with the cheek and bow tie!? Check to make sure there are no keys on them, they seem to be a bit out of control If this is an attempt at some secondary motion hold off on that for later.

Now the first part where he is using his arms to hold him up as he swings around, his weight is not balanced correctly, he would not be able to hold up his body in this position (not to mention he is spinning, forcing a strong outward momentum). I would try translating his body more over the arm and also arcing his body up into more of a U shape with his legs pointing upward This might be hard considering his short little arms and a stiff shell but see what it looks like.

During the pause in the middle, maybe anticipate with the legs before spinning back out of the pose. After all, this is what the dancers do to build power before thrusting the legs and continuing the motion down into their core.

At the end where he hits and holds the last pose: I think he should ease into it more, have a little spin still happening in the body as it slows and stops smoothly as friction comes in to play.

[farhad2008]

Hello Jeremydjutras.
Your comments helped me very much!
Here's you can see video with fixes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqT1p2O5Xh4

[Jeremydjutras]

cool. you pushed the weight over the arms more and selling the realism!! Lookin good!

[farhad2008]

Jeremydjutras, thank you again for your critique.
Here's the first part of the turtle breakdance:
Please everybody, I need critiques and comments


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smITtnppdUw

[CGOutcast]

For your windmill your first spin is timed pretty good but each spin thereafter should be faster, you know like gradually gaining speed to stay off the floor. The dance moves are pretty good, I would add a lil more snap into your key poses and maybe some follow thru movement in the arms. Keep it up...

[farhad2008]

Hello CGOutcast.
Thanks for your comments!

[goku112]

it looked more like the turtle was doing flares. Looks really good, man! In the second vid, is the Turtle doing the moonwalk or the running man?

[farhad2008]

goku112
This is mc-hammer style dance.
Here's some reference I used:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a15x76qfQYU

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