bird flying test

ulrik · Post by **ulrik** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:22 pm

Hi everybody!
I've been working a lot with this sky-sun-cloud background with a flying bird. Please feel free to comment

here it is:
https://www.sharemation.com/ulrik/filme ... flying.mov
sorry that link does'nt work, here's a new link:
http://www.musikboden.se/filmer/bird-flying.mov

pintman · Post by **pintman** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:00 pm

Got the following message

Available bandwidth quota for this filesystem has been exceeded.
(/ulrik/filmer/bird-flying.mov)

mr. blaaa · Post by **mr. blaaa** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:01 pm

sorry, but when i try to save it it refuses the connection to the server and when i try to stream it it says:

Forbidden

Available bandwidth quota for this filesystem has been exceeded.
(/ulrik/filmer/bird-flying.mov)

Please, try again later.

sorry, no way to take a look

ulrik · Post by **ulrik** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:08 pm

I'm sorry Pintman and Mr. blaaa, the link did'nt work. Here's a new try:
http://www.musikboden.se/filmer/bird-flying.mov

pintman · Post by **pintman** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:21 pm

I like the mood of the scene although the bird sometimes seems to be standing still in the air which is disturbing realism. On the other hand clouds an the sun are behaving really realistic. With the right music the scene will be working i think.

mr. blaaa · Post by **mr. blaaa** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:24 pm

Now this link works!

Nice cloud, sun and bird animation.

a tip: u could improve the vitality of the bird by using several faster combined with some "gliding" wing movements.

but all in all a nice step forward

ulrik · Post by **ulrik** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:42 pm

Thank for comments! Yes the bird is a bit less realistic I think, I'll try this fast movements combined with some gliding as you suggested.

rylleman · Post by **rylleman** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:16 pm

Nice feel to it although the animation needs more work. The slow pace to start with.
I'd recommend the book Animals in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge as a reference. You can find it at Hedengrens in Sturegallerian (in Stockholm), they also have a lot of great animation books.

jorgy · Post by **jorgy** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:19 pm

Very nice. The others have commented on the bird too, and I think besides the other suggestions, to have some more dramatic swoops. Even when birds are flying straight, they aren't flying "straight".

How did you do the sun and clouds? Very, very nice!

F.M. · Post by **F.M.** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:25 pm

Two thumbs up!

Karpi · Post by **Karpi** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:29 pm

Yepp, beautiful. In my opinion, the best way to do birds is with those cool Bone Dynamics: A normal bone, attached with two dynamic bones (Setting 3:3:1 and for the second 2:3:1) for each wing. Then you just keyframe the two normal bones and the dynamic ones will spring fluidly! A simple "line" with bones become a bird that way. It worked for me for a background in my film EUROPE! (http://www.karpi.ch/fun/files/europe-small.wmv - London Scene - Top Right - The Bird

)

Share and Enjoy,
Karpi

P.S. Ulrik: I loooove the music on your homepage. Very inspiring!

jorgy · Post by **jorgy** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:53 pm

Karpi wrote:P.S. Ulrik: I loooove the music on your homepage. Very inspiring!

I went back and checked it out too - it's wonderful! Do you have more? Have you set any to animation?

What are the english names for your music och spel-songs?

ulrik · Post by **ulrik** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:15 am

Thanks rylleman for the book Animals in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge tip, I'll check it out

The sun was made in Gimp, it's 2 copies of the same painting, the first is still and the second I put on top and made some very very small and slowly layer transpose on it. I made 4 different cloud layers, every one of them with slightly different coloring and I used transparency and also a bit of shadowing.
Karpi: It worked for me for a background in my film EUROPE!, it sure did!! Nice work! I also used dynamic bones but with a different setting, I'll try yours now, thanks for the tip!

F.M. thank you!!

No I have not made any animation with my music yet, I'm planning to do that but I'm not capable to do that at this stage....
Jorge, if you feel like it and you're getting inspired by the music, you're welcome to animate, it would be most exciting to see

yes I have more music...

about the english song titles, I have to sit down and translate them someday and I will put them up on my homeside

I'm vey happy you liked the songs!! I'll update the site every now and then

Max Power · Post by **Max Power** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:33 pm

WOW!!! I mean HOLY SH!T!!! Ulrik, your music is something special. Very trancendental and a whole lot of other words that escape me as I listen to more.

The animation is great too, I like your technique of layer blending to create a near photo realistic sky. I will be sure to expiriment on that method.

Again, the music was incredible. Keep it up sir, your work is inspiring.

Max Power

ulrik · Post by **ulrik** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:22 pm

Thanks Max Power!
I'm glad you like it!