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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Pawige on July 14, 2006, 04:12:13 am

Title: Animation Challenge #2 (now with 100% more #3!)
Post by: Pawige on July 14, 2006, 04:12:13 am: Alrighty, I decided to post this in a new topic, per Lick's suggestion, seems a bit more efficent to split them up that way.
I pulled this topic out of my hat, but I'll be depending on you to keep interesting ones coming!

Topic: "Small creature struggles to wield heavy weapon."
Intended to be an attack animation.
Silhouette or rendered, if you so desire.
64 x 48 pixels maximum.
10 frames maximum.

Unless anyone has any objections, y'all can just PM me any ideas you've got and I'll post them every Sunday and every Wednesday in the order I get them. I've got guaranteed free time in the evenings on those days so there shouldn't be any problems.
Title: Re: Animation Challenge #2
Post by: AlexHW on July 14, 2006, 06:52:55 pm: hm..
here's something generic, I couldn't think of anything really exotic at the moment.
(http://www.finalredemption.com/stuff/anim_pickup01.gif)
Title: Re: Animation Challenge #2
Post by: Pawige on July 14, 2006, 08:45:14 pm: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/Pawige/pull.gif)
(Edit: I see to be having some host problems, switched this to photobucket.)

I was originally thinking of two winged pixies working in tandem to fly a shotgun around, but it didn't work out very well.
Title: Re: Animation Challenge #2
Post by: Lick on July 14, 2006, 10:12:05 pm: Whew.. I sense a great difficulty leap. Hehe.

Luckily we have enthousiasts! Love this board! It looks nice Kon!
Title: Re: Animation Challenge #2
Post by: Sohashu on July 15, 2006, 01:08:50 am: Pawige. That is pretty good. Can't figure out what the creature is but good anyway.
I would like to see some recoil.
Title: Re: Animation Challenge #2
Post by: Xion on July 15, 2006, 01:52:28 am: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/Xionight/Hammertime.gif)

Eh, not really a small creature, but meh.
Title: Re: Animation Challenge #2
Post by: AdamTierney on July 16, 2006, 06:14:31 am: (http://www.adamtierney.com/Pixel/lil_guy.gif)

- Adam

EDIT: Whoops. Guess mine's not so much an attack or a struggle. I just kept 'little guy with large, heavy weapon' in mind as I pixelled. Oh well.

Comments:

1) Alex - Nice sense of weight and general flow. Watch the wiggles in his limbs (his legs should just make 1 slow shift per action rather than back and forth) and it probably needs 1 frame of follow-through once he's released the box. Otherwise quite spiffy.
2) Pawige - Nice gun bounce and I like the little hop he does as it fires. Is he meant to struggle with the trigger or wait and then tug? If you're going for a struggle, a little stagger would enhance it. He could use 1 additional frame once he's up there aiming (very snap-to right now) and you might make his slide into the firing position a little slower (with the legs) but otherwise pretty perfect.
3) Xion - Really nice mallet swing and bounce on the connect. The leg position is also pretty cool, especially given how simple the legs are (nice knees). You might make his body stretching a little more dramatic to emphasize the swing, and his head jerks back in one frame, but that's about it.
Title: Re: Animation Challenge #2 (now with 100% more #3!)
Post by: Pawige on July 16, 2006, 07:18:25 pm: Okay, so the turnout wasn't too great this time around (much thanks though, to those who participated, nice work all around!), and no one PMed me any ideas, so I didn't figure #3 really warranted its own thread.

Topic: "Aiming at the spittoon across the room, he expectorates with great gusto."
Portrait/Facial animation.
Lineart or rendered.
48 x 48 pixels or larger.
No frame limit this time, so go nuts!.
Title: Re: Animation Challenge #2 (now with 100% more #3!)
Post by: Feron on July 16, 2006, 11:09:24 pm: Topic: "Hocking a record-setting loogie."
Portrait/Facial animation.
Lineart or rendered.
48 x 48 pixels or larger.
No frame limit this time, so go nuts!.

I'm sorry but i dont understand what this means.
Title: Re: Animation Challenge #2 (now with 100% more #3!)
Post by: AdamTierney on July 16, 2006, 11:36:33 pm: Quote from: Pawige on July 16, 2006, 07:18:25 pm
Okay, so the turnout wasn't too great this time around...

3 days isn't that long. You should probably wait at least a week in between each.

- Adam
Title: Re: Animation Challenge #2 (now with 100% more #3!)
Post by: Lick on July 17, 2006, 01:34:31 am: Quote from: Feron on July 16, 2006, 11:09:24 pm
Topic: "Hocking a record-setting loogie."
Portrait/Facial animation.
Lineart or rendered.
48 x 48 pixels or larger.
No frame limit this time, so go nuts!.

I'm sorry but i dont understand what this means.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loogie - From what I understand, it's just a VERY ugly action to load up some slime - prior to spitting it out. The sound goes like 'GGGHHOK- TOO!'
Title: Re: Animation Challenge #2 (now with 100% more #3!)
Post by: Pawige on July 17, 2006, 07:44:17 am: Uber quick animation I whipped up to demonstrate:

(http://paul.gerla.us/hock.gif)

And Adam, you're right. It'll be weekly rather than bi-weekly from now on.
Title: Re: Animation Challenge #2 (now with 100% more #3!)
Post by: Xion on July 17, 2006, 06:54:21 pm: Quote from: Pawige on July 16, 2006, 07:18:25 pm
Topic: "Hocking a record-setting loogie."
Portrait/Facial animation.
Lineart or rendered.
48 x 48 pixels or larger.
No frame limit this time, so go nuts!.

Wow...That's really, really obscure.

I'll try, but I doubt I'll come up with anything more than a sneeze.
Title: Re: Animation Challenge #2 (now with 100% more #3!)
Post by: Pawige on July 17, 2006, 08:40:53 pm: Hmm, I thought most people were familiar with the term "hocking a loogie." Reworded the topic. And to explain the choice of subject, I can't remember ever seeing close up facial animation on these boards, and I figured a silly, easily exaggerated subject would be best.
Title: Re: Animation Challenge #2 (now with 100% more #3!)
Post by: Lick on July 17, 2006, 09:42:54 pm: Pawige, yours is awsome. I wish I had more internet time, like I used to. Nowadays I can't even play in these small exercises.
Title: Re: Animation Challenge #2 (now with 100% more #3!)
Post by: Ro83rt on July 19, 2006, 03:43:15 am: Just thought I'd participate. This was really fun to do so I hope you all enjoy it.

(http://a.domaindlx.com/ro83rt/spitoon.gif)

kinda ANIME-ish, but then again it was just for fun.
Title: Re: Animation Challenge #2 (now with 100% more #3!)
Post by: Lick on July 19, 2006, 11:48:07 pm: (http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2042/spitcq9.gif)

Ah.. Enjoy the unsmooth animation.. :p