Aligorith
November 11, 2006, 2:11am
1
Hi all,
It’s that time of month again for a new round of the animation challenge! The theme for this round will be:
Mechanimal
here . Keep an eye on the file size and time limit!
Contest ends 11 rd December 2006 , 2200 GMT+13 (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=11&month=12&year=2006&hour=22&min=0&sec=0&p1=264 )
You can find stock characters here:http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=64036 (bassam/slikdigit’s Mancandy)http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread?t=63614 (sketchy’s Ludwig)http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread?t=30994 (nozzy’s SkinnyGuy)http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=79305 (Clean3D’s mouse-rig)http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=78809 (Lasphere’s AnimationMentor characters)http://mitglied.lycos.de/skatenzock/…ther_zeus.html http://home.att.net/~yorik/SomeGuyExp1.zip
You can find free music (Creative Commons cc-by-sa-nc) at:http://www.magnatune.com http://www.opsound.org/
And you can find free sound effects (CC Sampling Plus license) at the freesound project:http://iua-freesound.upf.es/
If you need server space to post animations, try these hosts:http://www.ourmedia.org/ http://www.archive.org/movies/opensource_movies.php http://gallery.mudpuddle.co.nz/
Remember, Keep It Simple !
Also please post a frame grab for your animation . This will help keep voting straight and make sure all the votes go to the right place.
Aligorith
I - am - so - IN for this one!!!
Wizard
November 13, 2006, 8:16am
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This is interesting. I’ll give it a shot.
AniCator
November 14, 2006, 8:11am
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RANKN67
November 15, 2006, 12:36pm
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sounds like fun, whoever wins better make a christmas theme,
Aligorith
November 15, 2006, 7:23pm
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In fact, I was planning on making the next round have a festive theme, and have it run for a shorter time-frame.
Aligorith
What the heck is mechanimal?
AniCator
November 15, 2006, 10:47pm
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sorry, this was a bad post!
Here we go…
It’s in Windows Media format. I’ll post another as soon as I can figure another codec that can compress a 20MB avi to 6MB!
AniCator
November 22, 2006, 6:49am
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I’m retracting from the challange. I misunderstood the subject.
I get the feeling you already had something in production… Is there any way you could change it to fit the theme? After all a lot of mechanical items we make have a basis in the animal kingdom any way!
AniCator
November 23, 2006, 7:59am
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Here is an image of what I already had:
Woodman5k
November 23, 2006, 2:15pm
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Anicator: You used a negative lamp to create the ambient shadows correct? To anyone who is interested in this technique check out @ndy and bassams video tutorial on lighting without ray-tracing.
AniCator
November 23, 2006, 10:23pm
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Yes… I didn’t use the video(lol)… I was there!! For a few minutes(or 15) I’m sitting in front of the screen in the end.
AniCator
November 23, 2006, 10:24pm
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Also I’m on some pictures of the making of Elephants Dream. First row.
Woodman5k
November 26, 2006, 7:14pm
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amped
November 30, 2006, 11:08pm
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woodman, why have you posted it right down the bottom when your place holder is up the top?
Sorry guys. I also want to focus on my WIP.
