Billy bought a pony

jhbmw007 · Post by **jhbmw007** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:54 pm

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MSAkGMLG8T0

This was just a quick throw-together for a contest. This little guy will be the star of a music video I'm currently working on. I'm the master of recycling characters!

magicwand · Post by **magicwand** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 3:31 pm

I enjoyed this animation.

J. Baker · Post by **J. Baker** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:01 pm

LOL, that was funny, nice job!

Dr. Nick · Post by **Dr. Nick** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:02 pm

What a great voice over. Luv the buck teeth on the lip articulation ~~ how'd you do it?

jhbmw007 · Post by **jhbmw007** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:00 pm

Thanks everyone- glad you liked it!

Dr. Nick wrote:What a great voice over. Luv the buck teeth on the lip articulation ~~ how'd you do it?

The mouth setup was a bit tricky. His head is actually made up of two fills- one above the mouth and one below (the edges of his mouth have invisible lines that extend to the side of his head on each side). The buck teeth are below the upper head fill, and in front of the lower head fill. All lipsync is done with Heyvern's DAT to actions script, and all shapes for the head are on the same layer. This is actually a good example as to why I like action based lipsync opposed to using switch layers.

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:14 am

Man, you sure enter a bunch of contests!

I enjoyed the animation, though I didn't understand where it was going, other than the punchline. It was enjoyable to watch though.

toonertime · Post by **toonertime** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:11 am

just a little observation from an amateur --

The body of your character was totally frozen during
the cartoon, and I am just wondering if a few little
gestures wouldn't have made his body a little
more expressive

Billy bought a pony

Billy bought a pony

a minor critique