I’m creating a short film, And i wanted do do
some more animation practise, so i decided
to do a pixar-intro lookalike, with the main character.
Well, this was the result (not final though):
(link removed, check the new one)
UPDATE:
http://www.box.net/shared/9vwx659w8c
I’ve improved the lighting, and changed the falling, adding a little bounce.
Please c&c if you feel like it.
Hey! not bad. I like the overall idea. I’d brighten up the scene a bit more and for the animation make it a little more exaggerated, especially with the ending bounce. Also when the plant hits the ground it should bounce up a bit and then back down. But just the plant not the pot so much i think. And sounds would add a lot too when you get there. Looking sweet man, made me laugh.
more light. what is it - a plant of some kind? cute! need to refine the animation though, it’s too blocky.
Thanks alot!
I’ll try to use your suggestions.
@papasmurf
yes it’s a plant. Hopefully it will be more clear
when i get the lighting right.
Hi,
I think the final pose of the plant must be retouched… some bounce like crit said, color sure, the leaves can have some independient movement? … that could help a lot, you can animate in groups.
Hope this help
Farewell.
When the plant hits the ground the second time after jumping: give him/it more time to prepare the next jump; slow down the animation a bit, make him squash (i’m talking 2/100 sec or so 
… 'cause right now he almost leaves the ground before getting there). Also in the end - it would look better if you let the plant jump just a little after hitting the ground. You don’t just lie still after a fall like that. Make him bounce just a little.
Personally I also think you should make him jump on the letter two or three times on the letter before he flies away It would make it look more convincing (and Pixar-like). And perhaps you should concider a little squash and stretch on the plant-ceramic-pot.
And CD is right - you need to light up the scene a bit - not much though.
I really like the idea - and you have done a good job with the animation - so take this as clean-up ideas
Thanks alot for your suggestions!
I’ve already applied a few of them, and I am going
to do most of the rest. The animation is a little incomplete
in this version, but i’ll look to it soon.
Anyway, here it is:
http://www.box.net/shared/9vwx659w8c
Please c&c if you want to.
Great improvements. Especially the lighting is much better.
I think the bouncing at the end is too much. Maybe just do one rebounce and then let it drop to the floor. I also think the effect of getting catapulted upwards is better if the plant would bounce two or three times on the I just like morvan suggested.
LOL! Must be a plant made from a rubber tree (just like in Monkey Island…ah, the good old days).
I like it. Before it was a spoof… now it’s just crazy.
LOL! Must be a plant made from a rubber tree
(just like in Monkey Island… ah, the good old days).
I like it. Before it was a spoof… now it’s just crazy.
That was kinda what i was aiming for :D.
The thing about the “I” is, that my idea wasn’t that the plant
would jump of the “I” by itself, but that the “I” would throw it off.
-Tobi
here is an idea to get your plan of making the i throw the plant off work better.
On the first jump make the i bend like it does but make it stop halfway. Give the plant another jump to try to replace the I like in pixar. But the i doesn’t bend any more it just vibrates a little.
On the next jump make the i give away a little (anticipation) and then catapult the plant away.
If you want the plant to be made of rubber maybe it should sway a little more rubber like when it jumps to the I.
Your web-provider seems to be mad at you. “Not allowed to use direct links…” I can’t download the film.
Much better!!! Yellow is happy, I would use a yellow ambient for the AO processing. And I dont think he should bounce off camera more than once. A little more light? Maybe spots over each letter.
