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Guy with a ball (video and anme)

Post by Víctor Paredes »

Hi, Some weeks ago I bought the book Animated Performance by Nancy Beiman (I recommend it here).
The book, rather than a description of technical aspects of animation, is about giving life and feelings to the animated characters.

This video is based in an exercise of that book, animate a character in a mood with respect to a ball.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSiL5pnACKk

The anme file is pretty simple, only tricks with layer order and a mask the head. you can download here
http://www.mediafire.com/?dzmw2d6h62y0x5c (7.1)
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Five stars mate!
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Post by ulrik »

That is fantastic, I love the animation, the movements and the anticipation, I agree with Genete, 5 stars!!
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Thank you Selgin for the link to the book and your example. Your work always inspires me.

Currently I do more reading than posting here, but I intend to start putting up snip-its of what I'm working on.

The animation will be about 5 minutes in length, no voices just music. The only part of the characters you will see are their feet and the lower part of their legs. The setting is a turn-of-the-20th-century American dance hall. Say around 1910 or so. It's a gal meets guy story all told with the feet. The music is from the period of course.
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Post by lwaxana »

Really nice! The performance shows the character feelings clearly. Not to mention the body turns and action look great!
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I saw it on fb...It simply looks great, one of your best pieces!
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Post by Kalamonkey »

Wow, I gotta get that book. I hope I can grasp it and apply it as well as you did!
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Really nice animation, perfect work.
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Post by Víctor Paredes »

Thank you all, guys :D
I made some other tests

handball
http://www.swfcabin.com/swf-files/1292546754.swf

and sailor moon style
http://www.swfcabin.com/swf-files/1292546598.swf

PD: swf format doesn't support AS masks, so eyes doesn't look good on turns.
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