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Published: 2006-12-30 22:00:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 3126; Favourites: 46; Downloads: 22
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A practice of hair in the weak wind.....
Stupid whip effect, I don't think I have got it all yet... looks natural enough for a newbie animator right now. Clothes not moving yet.... because I didn't set up for that and it would take too much time.
Time spent to make this: around 10 hours.
I am studying to do the strong wind one. This will be scrapped later. (it's a practice without content after all...)
I didn't do a loading screen... just wait a bit, it shouldn't take too long...
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I may be young but, you should try keeping the blowing effect going so that it looks like there's a breeze.
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whoa, this is really good...( I wish I had your skill it might have taken me forever) FAVS with no doubt!
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Some of the strand ends tend to whip a little too much, but everything else looks great. o.o
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Looks better than what I can do! I can't even make them blink
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LOL!
You know...it looks like someone is snoring near him...
Looks good...
But...it kinda looks it's alive...like octopus...
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I didn't really make you sad, did I?
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no, that's happy tears.
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thank you, how very kind of you.
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if you learm anything on the strong wind one give me some clues okay?
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i suppose I will conclude that in my describtion if I finished one.
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2MASTERS! i think... O.o sorry i reconise the character but his name escapes me at the moment 
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His name is Jeremy, you will get used to it. ^^
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thats it ^^ thank you
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Looks great.
Flash is never easy, you did a fantastic job.
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that is beautful! flash is a very hard program...
and for me being on there longer than 5 hrs makes me want to smash the computer in frustation...
anyway so beautfull work!
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oh it does it to me too, that's why this animation isn't done in one single shot setting. ^^bb Resting is for a longer journey.
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I think the biggest disjoint for me is the fact that it takes so long for the top of his scalp to move. Like a few frames too long.
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Wow nice! I am already looking forward to see the strong wind version!
Hehe if you stare at it a little longer, it becomes sort of amusing! (^^ no offense there of course)
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it looks good in general. nice attempt.
here's my advice, have u ever seen how seaweed moves in ocean currents? they have this distinct 'c' curve when it moves to one side and then a 'snap' 's' curve when the current stops it and then a 'c' curve as it moves to the other side. and the process repeats. its kinda hard explaining in words. u have to observe it. if u need more help doin wave-like animation then drop me a note.
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yeah, any reference would be appreciated, I was looking for reference on youtube.
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help is here... hope u find this useful. drop me a note if u still have more questions.
[link]
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here r some 'live' examples. couldnt find any of my old animation clips so had to do a new one. download it to see the bigger picture... note me if u have more questions.
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This looks so amazing... and wow so much work went into it!! 
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thats pretty sweet. i think its decent.
i dont like how the hair just rests for that time period though.
i dont know how noob you are at animation... i know you are a super talented artist so as long as you practice your timing and antics im sure you could become a good animator. but i would suggest purchasing the animators survival kit. best book i bought in a long time.
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I have it. ^^b Perhaps I should flip into it more, the last I looked, there are more on figure and the way it interacts with the fabric and hair, I learned the whip animation effect briefly from school, but there wasn't enough reference for me to nail it down yet.
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ur too rough on urself this looks awesome!!
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So, correct me if I am wrong, you did keyframing for this peice? I know what a pain that is. I redrew clips from one of the latest naruto starters frame by frame for a class. [link]
I am still not sure about hinging but here is the best site I have seen for learning how to do a walk cycle and there is a part here about hair and gravity. I would take a look at this site. You'll thank me. 
[link]
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oo wow... THATS GOOD KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! *Cheers for you*
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i like it alot, but it think i'd look even better if after the first gust of wind it wouldnt come all the way down and keep blowing. :3
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I think it's just the fact that once gravity brings it down, it stops, where it should be fluttering lightly before it blows up again... if that makes sense. Otherwise it looks fine.
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wowies, that's pretty wicked! *whistles* 10 hours.....man, no wonder most movies take a while to make! great job on it!
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and- O_O that is why animation takes SO MUCh more WORK!!! --
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Its a nice start, but the hair is so clumped together and rigid. The flow of the wind doesnβt seem natural and the hair seems forced to move uncomfortably. There should be more bounce when the gust of wind hits and you should encourage individual hair strands to move instead of just the hairstyle in general to move.
Heres a relative example as to what I mean about natural flow. [link]
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that's why I am restarting.
Thanks for the crit, it's about the same as how I would crit myself, knowing it and getting there... they seem to be two different things. @_@b
Thanks for the example, that helps.
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Sorry, it was the best one I had available.
Watching introductory animation shows usually have that waving hair effect going on your could reference. Or you could just simulate it from observing real life, but thatβs usually a little more difficult.
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Yeah, it's difficult unless there's a break down of action to see the still shots. #_#bb
I studied the effect of fabric and waving, but appearantly doing a head full of shorter hair is very different from a cape or a piece of cloth.
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wow 0-o 10 hours and thats your first I think you did a really good job ^-^
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