very creative challenge:thumbsup: Though I think I might have to pass this one. I didnāt know about this challenge and I had animated some 10 sec clip for another web challengeā¦ So right now I feel a little pumped down. Please let me know if you have the next one, I will be waiting for it!
Animation Acting Challenge #8: Post Progress, Start May 16th - End June 18th
khet13
#102
back with some update from me
clean and jerk
comments are welcome as usual 
erensaritas : ya i agree with Psekal about the push off. need some anticipation to show he is going to run off. actually Psekal pointed out most the stuff. felt that the falling part where the closup is abit no needed. overall itz nice!
frotz : nice animation! personally i feel that the actions are abit fast? IMO the 1st guy could have his hands on his hips when stretching back? and i think he should not be looking at the side? should be looking in front, concentrating on the race :). the 2nd guy looks ok to me. the 3rd guy i feel you could push the timing of the yawn back a little? cos most part of the yawn my eyes were still on the 2nd guy :P. lastly after he realised something wrong and before he looks at the viewer, you can have his eyes look to the right as he might want some assurance that he did not miss out the start of the race.
Hope this helps
Dreamdealer2099
#103
Hi there!
Finally i have finished my piece!
http://vimeo.com/216504
Now waiting for comments and new challenge of course!:applause:
diegooriani
#104
Itās so funny these deadlines.
Probably you will think that what Iām about to say is just because I am not in the challenge this month. Seriouslyā¦ we should stick to the deadlines.
Finished or not finished, post your animation and learn with it.
In real projects youāll never have these kind of deadlines, trust me.
I think the deadline is a extreme important element in these challenges and should be follow strictly.
I can understand the moderator is extending it because most of the users ask for it, but I think this is not reason enough.
Well, is just my opinion. Fell free to criticize it.
Cheers,
Diego
jmvadell79
#105
Khet13: I like the preliminars, very good, really. Then, when he raise the weights I think he needs more effort to raise that, it seems too easy to raise, but is only my opinion, nevertheless is a good job, congratulations
Well, this is the final version for my entry for atlethic event:
http://3dpoder.com/laopresion3d/linierjodido_v55_banderin.mov
jmvadell79
#106
ups!
Iāve just seen the final date to entryā¦ ups its a little late, well i posted a couple of weeks ago an older version, if this final version canāt i hope the older may participateā¦
Frotze
#107
jmvadell79 : As far as I know, the deadline has been extended to June 25th, so you should be okay.
khet13 : First off, thanks for the comments.
Good idea for the hands on the hips at the beginning, Iāll try it. That could help making him look more like stretching, cause I feel right now that thereās something missing. About the yawn, I think youāre also right. In fact, itās probably the solution to my problem. I knew there was an issue when the tired guy appears because we still see the other character at that time, and naturally our eye prefer to continue looking at the first one, so we miss a lot from the early seconds of the second guy. Iāll definitely try your suggestion.
You said āafter he realised something wrong and before he looks at the viewer, you can have his eyes look to the right as he might want some assurance that he did not miss out the start of the raceā. Actually, he looks at his right before looking back at the race, but I donāt know if itās what you mean. Like, heās all ready to run, but then feel something is wrong, look at his right, sees theyāre all gone, and then stand up to look at the other racers who are already far away.
But thanks again, comments appreciated!
I may have also a suggestion for you. Right now, when you guys lifts at about frame 400, you can see his arms streching a lot before the weight even move, which is a bit weird. Maybe you could try making the weight lift for an inch, arms streched at their maximum normal capacity, and make his arms strech even more while lifting.
I see youāve changed how the weight drop down and bounce. It looks much better. Maybe Iād make it roll just a little at the end so that it doesnāt immobilze so fast, but it still works pretty well like it is. Great work, dude! 
SirRon
#109
Actually I extended it because there was a week where people werenāt really happy with the audio clip. So in the middle of the challenge I changed the clip but still wanted people to have 4 weeks to finish it rather than 3 for that first week of discontent.
Reminder: 1 week left til the end of the challenge. The voting session will be shorter so we can get the new challenge up earlier. Voting will consist of picking:
- Best animation
- Non-Audio topic
- Audio clip
anymator
#110
Hi everyoneā¦ This is my first post here, and also my first challenge.
Wellā¦ straight to the subject, here is my submission. I chosed the Industry subject. Personallyā¦ iām not happy 100 % with the animation, but I was limited by minimal free time to spend on it.
http://www.vimeo.com/clip:216989
I also wished to explore much options, so here you have a second layout version for the blue character.
http://www.vimeo.com/clip:216993
Comments and critics are welcomed.
PS: From what i see, there is a problem with downloading the source from Vimeo. If you have any other options where to upload for getting also the source, would be GREAT.
Thank you.
Lom3d
#111
Looking very good For a limited time, I think you did a fantastic job here
ps. I donāt know if you ever use it, but I find that http://www.zshare.net/ is easy to download
anymator
#112
Lom3dā¦ Thanks a lot for the upload link. Very helpfulā¦ and NO! I didnāt used zShare before.
Thank you for the comment, I donāt think is so bad me neitherā¦ is just, i can push much more with a proper period available to spend on it.
Download links:
H.264 Compression
Anim_v02.mov - 2.86MB
3ivx D4 4.5.1 Compression
Anim_v02i.mov - 3.11MB
ā¦and the Layout v1
Layout_v01.mov - 4.75MB
Any feedback much appreciated.
diegooriani
#113
Humn, I see. Thatās alright!
I know youāre doing a great job here SirRon, I didnāt mean anything against you.
Keep the good work mate!
ronbrito
#115
Iāve done mine using the audio voice.
I donāt think so that Iāll have day to change something, but critics will be nice.
Link:
http://www.vimeo.com/clip:218301
diegooriani
#116
Hey jmvadell79,
Do you remember we had a chat about your animation? You told me you used some footage for your animation.
Did you use rostoscope? I really want to try some acting and play with rotoscope in Maya but I donāt know how to do it. (well, if is creating an image plan and changing the source everytime, I know how to do it)
Anyway, if someone know a good workflow for it, please share with us all.
Thank you,
Diego
sunimaion
#118
hiā¦ this is my 1st time to participate in a sessionā¦ and i m a fresher in this fieldā¦ the clip i done is on d the topic "Athletic " ā¦ i know its not that goodā¦ but i just want to participate in the basis of learning 4m u allā¦ hope i can do well in futureā¦ with ur advice and criticsā¦ plzzz show my all faultsā¦
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in the clip the rope is not movingā¦ actually if the rope moves then the animation would hav look betterā¦ but still ā¦ i done it in 2daysā¦
newaz plzz advice 4 better works
till den happy animation
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jmvadell79
#119
Diegooriani: No, I didnāt use rotoscope, I filmed myself acting a lot of times and I used that as reference to add more detail to my animation. Sorry but i donāt know how to use rotoscope in Maya :shrug: