Enchanted Forest - Char/Env/Anim - MonkeyBoy

#7

Hi all,

Tnx for comments & encouragement.

Iguiniz.X. - I’m glad you read the characters so well - that means they’re working I think. As for what happens, you’ll have to watch the final movie!! :stuck_out_tongue:

Here’s an update on the background: QT format. Just so you can see the parallax. (Yeah, parallax!! :buttrock:) You’ll have to scrub it back and forth: only a few frames for size sake. The girl is just for reference: obviously she’ll be animated etc… Anyway, czech it out…

[Edit] - posted the message without the attachment. Grrr…

#8

any link?:rolleyes:

#9

Hi all,

Tnx for comments & encouragement.

Iguiniz.X. - I’m glad you read the characters so well - that means they’re working I think. As for what happens, you’ll have to watch the final movie!! :stuck_out_tongue:

Here’s an update on the background. Gah! I give up on animated GIF: pain in the bloody neck. Here’s a still: girl is for reference (not the final model yet). I wanted to show you the parallax scrolling, which looks really cool, but I guess you’ll all just have to wait, so nyeah :stuck_out_tongue:

#10

While I’m at it…

#11

That pain, THAT PAIIIIIIIN!!!:cry:

Cant wait,…AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

#12

and…
(these are views as the scene scrolls along. The wolf will be lurking behing the big green tree…)

#13

Hello.

Now the girl is made. Test animation.

ps. thx Tommy Lee :slight_smile:

#14

woohOoo!!!

gifs and innocent perversions of myths!
I like this one!

#15

jep, its great… i had that idea with the moving characters in a drawed world as well (if you believe me or not… )

That was missing in this challenge!

And i like your version!

Keep on! make a cool little short-story!

:applause:

#16

I just saw your work Monkeyboy. Wish I saw it sooner. I don’t know what it is about it, but your image truly does have magic and enchantment! Keep it up man, looks great. Looking forward to seeing the next update, and I’m wishing it was a short film or something.
:thumbsup:

#17

Second page! Go me! :buttrock:

thx all for your encouraging comments.
PATER: yeah I saw some discussion on this site actually about how to simulate stop-motion in 3d packages - don’t remember if that was you…
Gamoron: it will be a short film (very short…):slight_smile:

Update: the wolf boy in boy mode.

Will have more frequent updates in future (was away this weekend).

#18

And now the wolf boy in wolf mode:

ps. these are just quick test animations to test the rig.
C&C most welcome.

#19

Yeah,yeah,yeah… I see ´em coming.
I´ve nothing to crit now, because I am not so involved in animationthings.
Looks great for me now.:thumbsup:

I am sure ya will get some better crits from anothoer one in here.
I just can say if I like it or not. The cause is to less knowledge about animation in that way you do.

But I hope I motivate ya a bit:rolleyes:

Cheerz

Tommy Lee

#20

Thx Tommy Lee :wink:

Another little update for you: the chars in the scene (scene 1 only so far… one more backdrop to do). Obviously you won’t see the boy and the wolf together in the final. Also, will have some lighting effects… Anyway, any crits welcome.

#21

Got no big coments, except that they are walking in the air.
Maybe you can make a layer in the front of the image which only shows the contours of grass and make them walk a bit lower in the image. try to make them walk on the same hight, maybe it improves,worth a try!
Then I got an other sudgestion. the far background. it is a mono collor, gray. Try to make that background a bit chancing grayscale so there won’t be the same collor every were in the background, and that it looks like fog or so, I think it will improve.
Well Further MAKE THEM MOVE,:bounce:
I’ dying :bounce: to see how the story unfolds and … :drool:

#22

I like it! :applause: :applause:

Very naive designs…It remembers me old cartoons from the 50’
Very nice!

It will be better if the characters will be animated with Full-Anim and not only like “puppets”…but I know it’s very very long to do 2d Animations

Did you realise animations with Flash or in 3d?

On of my favorit work here, because of the graphic choice!
bravo!

#23

Thx for yer comments, guys.

No updates just now cos I’m working flat out on it, and optimizing movies for the web is a pain. Deadline’s soon… :argh:

Iguiniz.X. - I’m hoping that once the chars are walking properly that will indicate where they are stepping. I have some foliage along the botom: I’ll maybe add more if it needs it. Good point about the background: I’ve added some noise. If I have time there will be a fog, so it won’t be an issue, but it’s starting to look like the fog will be nixed, so good idea.:slight_smile:

Totitch - Thanks! I know what you mean about full anim, but I hope these will have a a nice cut-out animation feel like some old Russian animations I was looking at recently (check out “Tale of Tales” on the www.cinemanow.com website).

#24

You´ll do it!!!GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!:bounce:

#25

*Fashionably late as usual, the Monkey strolls into the party… *

Monkey: Hi everyone, sorry I’m late: I had a total computer failure. It looks to be working now, so I’ll post somethng for you all shortly.

#26

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