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Re: Dance animations

Reply #10 on: February 18, 2009, 10:37:52 pm
Lollige, I like the upper side of the body, I can feeling he is dancing and having fun, but the legs have no sense at all for me... Do the test. Block the upper side, and see the legs, alone. They look like the hypnotic movements of soap in a bubble... Nice, but they have no sense. Do the same in the stickman... It' s even worse, actually.

I would give a new look to the legs. There is a gym machine that do the movement I would look for and matches with the movement he is doing with his arms... I can't  remember the name, but it' s simillar to this one:

But not really this one. This machine does steps, or "stairs walking". There is a machine that makes your feet move left and right, in circular movements, like when you are winning speed when skating.

So, one of the extreme movements of the guy, should look more or less like this (Very rough edit, though...)



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Re: Dance animations

Reply #11 on: February 19, 2009, 10:15:32 am
I get what you mean, and I agree that his legs are not too dancy, yes.
However, when I try doing this dance myself, there is no way I can really easily involve my legs in it  :-\
Especially not twice within a second (animation speed)

New version here:



EDIT:
Man this was hard, and it is still not how I like it:
« Last Edit: February 19, 2009, 11:31:52 am by lollige »

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Re: Dance animations

Reply #12 on: February 20, 2009, 05:03:36 pm
I get what you mean, and I agree that his legs are not too dancy, yes.
However, when I try doing this dance myself, there is no way I can really easily involve my legs in it  :-\
Especially not twice within a second (animation speed)

Well, most dances (if not all) are mostly about moving your feets. Arm movements are just there for the fun. Legs are your roots and moving your weight from one to the other is the very basics of any dance.

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Re: Dance animations

Reply #13 on: February 20, 2009, 07:30:27 pm
Agreed, but isnt that a bit too late for THIS particual dance move?
Anyway I am working on a new one too (also with no leg movement :( )

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Re: Dance animations

Reply #14 on: February 20, 2009, 11:27:49 pm
Agreed, but isnt that a bit too late for THIS particual dance move?
Anyway I am working on a new one too (also with no leg movement :( )


Well headbanging with leg movement would get really silly wouldn't it? :P
It's nice and smooth though. And I like that finished (?) dancer. Although his legs still look a bit glitchy.

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Re: Dance animations

Reply #15 on: February 21, 2009, 01:20:20 am
omg that is insane. well me being me ive tried head banging and you do need a strong solid plant on the ground, so the pose that youve chosen theres a high posibility that if someone mimic-ed it, they would fall back on the up bit. maybe more of a green day i like punk rock on my guitar pose.

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Re: Dance animations

Reply #16 on: February 21, 2009, 10:08:19 am

Well headbanging with leg movement would get really silly wouldn't it? :P
It's nice and smooth though. And I like that finished (?) dancer. Although his legs still look a bit glitchy.

Yeah, I think his pants are a bit more enthousiastic in the dance than the legs itself. ill see what I can do about it.

Im going to finish that headbanger I think, but I am not to sure yet about the hair movement.. but it is probably easier to fix that later on.
Current wip:



EDIT:
New version is the second one. I think the legs are better, and also I have uppened the saturation.
« Last Edit: February 21, 2009, 12:08:26 pm by lollige »

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Re: Dance animations

Reply #17 on: February 22, 2009, 02:25:26 pm
Any last comments before I have to hand it in?

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Re: Dance animations

Reply #18 on: February 22, 2009, 09:10:42 pm
Sure.

Lose a frame or just speed it up somehow when he thrusts his head down so we get the DOWN-riiiiiiiiiiiiiise-DOWN-riiiiiiiiiiiiiise-thing O:!

Either that or speed it all up, that'd also make sense!
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Re: Dance animations

Reply #19 on: February 22, 2009, 09:33:54 pm
Do you mean somewhat like this?


For the challenge I am btw limited to exact 8 frames all with a framerate of 10/100, but I am willing to not enter it if thats an improvement. However, I could of course also add a frame to the rising.

But I am not yet sure if this is an improvement, but it DOES give a certain beat feel to it!