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Description Animation: Me ^_^
Music was composed by Joe Cruickshank (ambiamusic.com)
also uploaded on Vimeo: [link]
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Silhouette animation where everything is made using card and shot frame by frame. No digital animation involved.

here's a development photo showing off all the card models used: [link]

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An over-confident space hero enters the scene to get hs hands on a valuable gem stored inside a facility guarded by various sentry bots. With his trusty blaster he begins his mission...

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My final piece for my experimental animation module.
I chose to use Lotte Reinigers as I enjoyed making the Jack and the beanstalk anmation in the group work.

This time I was working on my own and had to aim for 30-60 second piece. I already had a strong idea in my head and once storyboarded it would take a minimum of 90 seconds to tell it.

So here's the end result ^_^ Really proud of this piece and had great reception from my class. It's a shame I won't be doing anymore of this as I really enjoyed the technique/ style of animation.

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Time taken to shoot: around 40-50 hours
Overall time spent on project: 2 weeks
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Comments: 327

bittersweet-ink [2014-06-04 22:53:28 +0000 UTC]

that was quite the ending very cool!

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toadking07 [2014-01-19 17:49:17 +0000 UTC]

Cool, nicely done!

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YannickBouchard [2013-08-08 13:39:38 +0000 UTC]

Wow! this is really great! Congratulations!

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JennyJinx [2012-04-03 05:07:27 +0000 UTC]

go small robot!!! XD

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JennyJinx [2012-04-03 05:05:47 +0000 UTC]

:}

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JennyJinx [2012-04-03 05:05:17 +0000 UTC]

i love it *w*

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DJWOLFCHICK [2011-04-27 02:22:02 +0000 UTC]

This Film is kinda cool

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darksorasan In reply to DJWOLFCHICK [2011-04-27 17:12:59 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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DJWOLFCHICK In reply to darksorasan [2011-05-03 23:51:39 +0000 UTC]

^_^

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Sprybug [2011-03-09 10:59:34 +0000 UTC]

That must have taken forever to do with cut-outs. Pretty remarkable!

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darksorasan In reply to Sprybug [2011-03-09 19:41:22 +0000 UTC]

thanks. it took 2 days to build the pieces and between 1 and a half weeks to 2 weeks to animate. For animation, not quite so bad in terms of animation in general. it's a much easier style than say animating in 2D as you need to draw out every frame.

Thanks for the fave too

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Sprybug In reply to darksorasan [2011-03-10 01:46:42 +0000 UTC]

It's very similar with how you do it in Flash. A lot of cartoon shows in Flash use the "cut-out" method, where you have a big library of parts that make up the characters and you animate them. It's how I did a majority of my Tooth & Claw series. Of course, you can't do that with everything, so there were times here and there I had to do certain "parts" frame by frame.
You can do the frame by frame method in Flash, like you did with the stop motion, or you can use the key-pose & tween method like I do. I figure out what it is I want the character to do, set up all my timing in the keyposes, set up my tweens, then break those down when I need to, to add more animation principles on the fly. Plus with Flash it's easy to fix stuff cause you get instant feedback and nothing is set in stone.
You'd probably be pretty good with it once you got the hang of it.

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darksorasan In reply to Sprybug [2011-03-10 17:44:56 +0000 UTC]

I already have done that ^_^ Check out my beat's audition animation. That was using the style you described I've used flash quite a bit, just havent bothered uploading many and I only have beat's audition uploaded on here (and it was uploaded in really bad quality for some reason) but I know exactly what you mean ^_^

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Sprybug In reply to darksorasan [2011-03-11 03:41:38 +0000 UTC]

I just watched it and there's some good things going on in there like camera moves, some good movements, good designs. Some of the animation was a bit floaty though as though there was a bit lack of gravity and wasn't quite snappy and quick enough for some of the actions you were attempting, but you'll get better in time. I read the description and it sounded like you really didn't have your heart into it, so that may have something to do with it.

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darksorasan In reply to Sprybug [2011-03-11 10:16:34 +0000 UTC]

yeah, it felt like a chore then as it was a university assignment and it was a group project, with certain people in the group not pulling their weight to make sure the quality was all consistent (hence the robotic arm grabbing the lever). It was a 4 part animation where each character ruins eachothers audition.

Thanks for the comments and crits though Will keep them in mind if I ever animate by flash again (although I'm not a big fan of flash to start with). Currently working on a 3D short film with 3D being my main preference. If you're interested in that project I have a blog for it too:
www.ravimaheru.blogspot.com

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Sprybug In reply to darksorasan [2011-03-11 10:28:16 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I didn't know that. When I compared it with your cut-out one, the animation styles just didn't seem to match up, but now I see why. You have some good stuff going and look forward to your finished 3D stuff in the future.

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kingtytankhamen [2011-01-23 02:18:53 +0000 UTC]

Spy sappin my Sentry!

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darksorasan In reply to kingtytankhamen [2011-01-24 09:19:54 +0000 UTC]

lol, good job i play team fortress now that I get what you mean lol

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chandy-man [2010-11-19 20:57:38 +0000 UTC]

beware cute robots....THEY WILL DOMINATE THE WOOOORLD!!!

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chandy-man [2010-11-19 20:55:01 +0000 UTC]

interesting style i love it

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darksorasan In reply to chandy-man [2010-11-20 11:10:56 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the comments

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nightmarestrashcan [2010-09-20 21:21:29 +0000 UTC]

awesome work, it reminds me of playing nes, and snes as a kid

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nightmarestrashcan [2010-09-20 21:20:37 +0000 UTC]

awesome work, reminds me of playing nes and snes as a kid

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darksorasan In reply to nightmarestrashcan [2010-09-21 16:24:26 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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nightmarestrashcan In reply to darksorasan [2010-09-21 22:04:15 +0000 UTC]

no problem

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reydelfenix [2010-09-06 02:06:11 +0000 UTC]

This is great. Really I don't know what else to say. It's fun and really nothing beats that. The artistic qualities were a plus.

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darksorasan In reply to reydelfenix [2010-09-06 10:04:31 +0000 UTC]

thank you It was really fun to make so glad to see it keeps that element ^_^
Thanks for the fave too

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reydelfenix In reply to darksorasan [2010-09-06 14:54:32 +0000 UTC]

No problem

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Marineteta [2010-06-10 10:53:06 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! I also animated with this technique and is quite costly in time. But the result is very nice and in your case you have been very good, congratulations!

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darksorasan In reply to Marineteta [2010-06-11 13:50:06 +0000 UTC]

thank you ^_^

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gfj123 [2010-06-01 14:52:16 +0000 UTC]

not bad...

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darksorasan In reply to gfj123 [2010-06-03 15:48:53 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Cisety [2010-03-28 08:38:09 +0000 UTC]

this is amazing! truly cool!

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darksorasan In reply to Cisety [2010-03-29 19:32:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Cisety In reply to darksorasan [2010-03-29 22:12:56 +0000 UTC]

welcome!

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DramaStar-Mel [2010-03-13 16:33:04 +0000 UTC]

that was kick ass! loved the ending

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darksorasan In reply to DramaStar-Mel [2010-03-13 19:47:40 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Rox-ma-Sox [2010-03-06 20:48:19 +0000 UTC]

WOW!

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darksorasan In reply to Rox-ma-Sox [2010-03-12 10:11:26 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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bToStyle [2010-03-01 20:42:18 +0000 UTC]

haha.. awesome man... love the air duct part

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darksorasan In reply to bToStyle [2010-03-01 21:14:08 +0000 UTC]

thanks ance:

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Mephikal [2010-02-07 06:33:35 +0000 UTC]

That was awesome! I'm a big fan of stop motion so this made my day!

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darksorasan In reply to Mephikal [2010-02-07 18:02:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it ^_^

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XimonR [2010-02-05 01:28:00 +0000 UTC]

Excellent work! Well deserved DD

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darksorasan In reply to XimonR [2010-02-05 08:45:24 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Wil-Perallon [2010-02-03 03:44:09 +0000 UTC]

This is great, really funny, and plain amazing. You were right this one is definitely better than the jack one.

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darksorasan In reply to Wil-Perallon [2010-02-03 09:19:51 +0000 UTC]

glad you enjoyed it

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Galactusworldeater [2010-01-16 22:47:41 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me of clank, hes small but awesome

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darksorasan In reply to Galactusworldeater [2010-01-17 10:31:45 +0000 UTC]

yeah, clank had alot of influence on the little robots design, especially the little robots that clank is able to command in some of the older games.

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ShaneNewville [2010-01-15 17:51:11 +0000 UTC]

This whole scene is awesome. Reminds me of Earthworm Jim (SNES).

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