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slyshand β The Duel Part 1
Published: 2008-03-15 18:01:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 1972; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 172
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This is the first part of my six month project, it is 311 frames.It is a duel, the kind of duel that takes a while to build up before it becomes really "Action Packed" but for now I introduce to you the guy I have called the prisoner, cause thats where he starts, a dark cell
Parts that have been completed and need final touches are
part 2
part 3
and parts in progress are
part 4
and onward,
This doesn't have an ending yet so if you guys like one person or another, speak up and I might lean toward your liking ^_^
One thing I won't do is make it a "beam battle" or like firing energy and shit (no DBZ fights), thats why the guy at the beginning is well... you'll see.
I've decided to start posting bits and pieces ( around 200 - 300 bits and pieces but bits and pieces none the less) as I have completed them.
I went through this one a few times and adjusted timings since it was completed more than a month or two ago easy, but there were still errors that bugged me and others that I grew to like ^_^
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nice work! i love the forced perspective.
there's this one animator that's in my favorites, kaifutaba || futaba-kai(?) ; i forget his screen name, but he has some wicked ninja animations with awesome perspective action.
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I think I know who you are talking about, he had a one guy fighting another guy in a city and I almost crapped myself when everything started moving.
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This deserves much more faves and comments.
It's ace.
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Thanks dude
Share all you like ^_^
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hi,
i like it. you show very nice pictures for example in the dark room. and the action is really good.
but i have only one critique... you flow is imo wrong. there are too many lang "slow motions". you have something like this:
bam baaaam bambam baaaam bam baaaam bam
but i think its better if you use the "slow motion" for important thinks, for example:
bam ... bambam bam ... baaaam bambambam
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You are right, the flow is less natural than I like it ^_^ With the way I was making it, it was a more mechanical process than usually, and the pieces after it. My tempo was supposed to gradually get faster and faster, and that didn't work out as well as I wanted either. This part alone has issues from slow mo to slow mo. I still haven't finished the whole project so when you can watch them back to back, or I make it into a video the tempo problems will still be there, but the rhythm should build then "explode".... but I'm rambling so... I'll stop.
Thank you as always
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damn. that light effect at the beginning is awesome. my fave part...and the darkening of the downturned face as the dude runs out of the cell.
this thing must be huuuuuge. i wanna see it! (laughs)
i think the guy with hair should win...(nods)...the other dude is totally overpowered fast, strong-so the underdog should come out on top...(nods)
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2.84 meg ezt file
And sadly the guy with the hair has been slammed into the ground at break neck speeds, next week, will be introduced the second character
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awww...(pavement wouldn't stop meee! haHA!)
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The animation is great and fluid as known from you.
One question though: How did you go at this?
Did you plan everything out in extremes before, or just animated ahead?
Oh but another thing just came to mind, why donΒ΄t you make an animation reel and put it up on several video streaming websites to make yourself known around and as you will also need a good animation reel when you go to companies.
You could make a composition of your animations for your reel showing a great variety of different things youΒ΄re able to animate!
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I went about this in a unique fashion.
I made a straight ahead animation in easytoon with the duration set to 20. Choppy and sloppy just to get some motions down of what I wanted to see (I'll throw that up if I can find it)
I took bits and pieces of what I wanted from it, butt decided that animating the sloppy version would not work. So after it got to around 500 frames, I started over with this one.
I took the concepts but only a few direct parts of animation from it. My plan was a concept, my concept was a road map of how the fight could turn out.
When Part 1 started I did mostly the extremes, and then inbetweened those to smooth them out at a duration of 8 or less for most of the frames, except for the breathing in of the power guy, and bits where the prisoner is sitting in the dark.
As far as an animation reel, I have thought about it, and I don't think I'll be able to sell myself to a company based on easytoon animations, but some of the better stuff... I'll consider it but it won't be any time soon
as always thank you, your questions always make me think man ^_^
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whoa, man. kickass!
Your movements just keep getting more awesome by the minute!
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I have taken the next few parts further as well, I'm very proud of the end of part two
Thank you much
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Nice job ... keep up the good work and we hope we'll see more.
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Thank you very much
You will definitely see more : D next week I'll have the last touches on the second piece finished and it'll be up.
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^_^ Thank you very much : D
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