Mantis Dance

Initially I was supposed to make a simple animation for my studies, but I had the time and leisure to put a bit more effort in it. Most of the time I was trying to figure out what moves look possible for a mantis.
The bobble head and the antennas were physical calculated.Bobble Head

Dude, that was pretty cool for the mantis to do a jitterbug on the dance floor. Well done!

XD didn’t even knew a jitterbug was a dance. What a nice interspecies wordplay.

Thanks, but a jitterbug is another word for dance.

that is great!

You are a master at this. Congratulations on a fantastic job

Great one, made me laught!

Wow really well done, funny and original!

WOW :smiley: thank you all for the kind replies. It’s the best to make a nice moment for someone else.

very nice

I was under the impression that a jitterbug was a specific dance - something from the 1950’s - but - - - well - - - that’s a fantastic animation! some great dance moves! I like how you made it a full-on music video with effects and fish-eye lens.

Oh man, that’s made me grin like an idiot. 10/10.

that made me laugh and it got bettter and better to the end:)

I like the fisheye/panoramic lense in cycles too and the diplace node in the compositer was very interesting too :wink:

Thanks guys, now I’m getting proud of a dancing insect XD

That was a funny experience! :smiley:
Great job!