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by Paul Mesken
Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:02 pm
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Question on Frame by Frame animation
Replies: 7
Views: 1116

Re: Question on Frame by Frame animation

Well, the "real thing" is drawn by hand (whether it be with a pencil or some piece of software as a tool). Assuming you can draw, there's of course Richard Williams' book "The Animator Survival Kit". John Kricfalusi's site (that's the guy from Ren and Stimpy) has quite some stuff...
by Paul Mesken
Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:12 pm
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: princess animation
Replies: 83
Views: 16315

Looks very nice. I like how the room gets lighter (faded in, as it were) when we get closer to the window. Just a couple of quick observations : - The contrasts in the castle walls are so great that it breaks up the major form (the bricks vs the plaster). - If I'm narrowing my eyes, it's not the cas...
by Paul Mesken
Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:43 am
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: frame by frame animation testing
Replies: 3
Views: 646

Re: frame by frame animation testing

Looks nice. The timing is a bit off. The pitcher's arm is at maximum speed after he has thrown the ball. I think Digicel Flipbook is the best tool to do frame by frame animation to get the timing right (program is centered around an easy to use exposure sheet). It can act as a "pencil sketch&qu...
by Paul Mesken
Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:26 pm
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: Dead or Alive we'll be together forever
Replies: 9
Views: 1306

Re: Dead or Alive we'll be together forever

Hehe, that was a funny movie. I would speed it up a bit though (lingers too long on some scenes), perhaps use the "Mad Doctor of Blood Island" shock zoom on the blown up face of the boyfriend (to make is more cheesy). I do miss a punch line to the story though. (looks at name) Ah yes, the ...
by Paul Mesken
Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:16 pm
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: 3D Clip inside 2D Animation. Camel Run
Replies: 4
Views: 1312

Re: 3D Clip inside 2D Animation. Camel Run

I would try to get each of the camels be at a different point in their walk cycle. It looks a bit mechanical right now because they each bounce their head at exactly the same time.
by Paul Mesken
Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:10 pm
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: been a while
Replies: 13
Views: 2023

Re: been a while

It's a very nice animation. Just a couple of quick observations : 1 - The left and right part of the faces do exactly the same thing. They mirror each other actions. Having one eye brow raised, the other lowered, one eye more open, the other squinting, the mouth pulling to one side, etc. adds a bit ...
by Paul Mesken
Mon Aug 09, 2010 1:29 pm
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: New Scene from "Eve of October"
Replies: 11
Views: 1761

Re: New Scene from "Eve of October"

Looks great NeoMarz. It has atmosphere and very nicely drawn backgrounds and characters. There's one thing I'd like to point out though. You work a lot with close ups and the left and right half of the faces act in exactly the same way. If one eye brow is raised then the other is raised at exactly t...
by Paul Mesken
Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:15 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Chit-Chat
Topic: The cheapskate employer contest.
Replies: 3
Views: 1439

Re: The cheapskate employer contest.

Does it have to be on 1s or can it be on 2s? :wink:

They must have asked for a Flash animator because for traditional animation those 20 bucks wouldn't even cover the cost of the paper :lol:
by Paul Mesken
Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:09 pm
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: Particle Effects Man
Replies: 7
Views: 1176

Re: Particle Effects Man

Oh my God! It's the AntiChrist, beckoning to us, trying to break into our plane of existence! :wink:

Great effect used greatly. This is where the software can really add value because I wouldn't want to draw such a thing by hand.
by Paul Mesken
Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:55 pm
Forum: General Moho Discussion
Topic: yes, another leaving the forum
Replies: 20
Views: 3608

Well, it's a hard thing, moderation. I've been a moderator on an artist forum made of WetCanvas renegades (there are lots of forums of wetcanvas renegades). The artist who made the forum was all about free speech and all that. And I was too. I never banned a member, nor locked threads. The people we...
by Paul Mesken
Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:40 pm
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: Velaris Saga prologue
Replies: 4
Views: 919

Re: Velaris Saga prologue

Looks pretty good. Great voices. Would add some more cuts and angles to keep interest going. I would go easy on the black outlines. They take away from the color shading. Making them thinner might be good or just give them a different color than black (long ago they used to ink with different colors...
by Paul Mesken
Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:33 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Chit-Chat
Topic: Cost of Anime Studio in Production
Replies: 30
Views: 14317

It's important for everything to be the same. We should all be eating McFood, watching McShows, and living our same, safe McLives. Don't you want to be "one of US"? Sure, it's OK to be different, but only if you're the same different as everyone else. As long as people are happy consuming...
by Paul Mesken
Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:50 pm
Forum: General Moho Discussion
Topic: yes, another leaving the forum
Replies: 20
Views: 3608

I consider myself a professional, and yes, I get highly annoyed by those "kids". They don't know basic communication, they lack basic social skills, and it's absolutely no fun to deal with them - even to ignore them takes time and energy which is lost for other purposes. My own recipe to ...
by Paul Mesken
Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:12 pm
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: Some of my animations
Replies: 2
Views: 771

Re: Some of my animations

This looks absolutely great Aviles. One minor point though : the professor character zooms off into the sky without anticipation or squash and stretch. It's just the same drawing but then moving faster. Your animation could have a bit more "snap" to it if you added a couple of extra drawin...
by Paul Mesken
Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:55 pm
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: My Humble Offering
Replies: 5
Views: 1028

Re: My Humble Offering

It's an excellent idea. A lone alien sending out his Slim Whitman mating wails. But you could make the alien more expressive to sell the idea better and make it funnier. Something like this

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