Speed or Action lines

DK · Post by DK » Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:34 pm

Thanks for the advice.....It's hard doing this series as a one man show...I think I will be posting more of my files for such advice as things progress.

D.K

mkelley · Post by **mkelley** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:30 am

Yep, that works much better (seems like it belongs to the tail now).

Hey, it's hard to do *anything* without feedback -- I know some of my best work was when I (excitedly) shown my (perfect) stuff to my wife only to have her say, 'Yes, but..."

(And after I defend why I'm right and she's absolutely wrong I change it and then have her watch it again. Wives are always right, even when they're not. Especially when they're not.)

DK · Post by DK » Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:46 am

Hehe....exactly the same thing happens at this end of the world!!!

Here's another scene....again with lots of action lines (now adjusted).

http://www.wienertoonz.com/scn007.mov

D.K

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:53 am

Wow, nice work. I really like that kind of minimalist background too.

DK · Post by DK » Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:03 am

Thanks synthsin75. I used Anthony Rizzo as the inspiration. He did a lot of the original series backgrounds for Road Runner.

http://toolooney.goldenagecartoons.com/larriva.htm

D.K

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:52 am

Ha, it's fast! I like that a lot.

I noticed that I had difficulties to read the character in front of the BG. Maybe a stronger contrast would help.

DK · Post by DK » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:55 am

Thgis might sound stupid..but what sort of contrast? Colour contrast or light to dark? Can you be more specific?

EDIT: Actually....I think this is due to scale compensation. The linework is much better and bolder without scale compensation turned on.

D.K

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:29 pm

Hm, yes, thicker lines could help. But my best advice would be to always check a scene with half-closed eyes: if you can't make out anything, then it needs to be improved.

The things to look for are, in order of importance:
- contrast: light against dark, silhouettes
- detail: detailed areas against uniform areas, small objects against big ones
- colour contrast
- line thickness: do they define the characters good enough?

DK · Post by DK » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:33 pm

I just posted a question on how to turn off scale compensation globally on AS scenes. I have soooo many layers that have scale compensation checked it's a gigantic pain to go through them all manually and turn them off. Anyone know of a solution?

D.K