Game Animation

jwlane · Post by **jwlane** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:24 pm

I used ASP for the shark (don't blink), and some more props that aren't in this demo reel. There may have been some wave elements built in ASP also. I can't really remember. Once I get going it's all tunnel vision.

http://vimeo.com/31754912

funksmaname · Post by **funksmaname** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:01 pm

AS or not, awesome animation!

neeters_guy · Post by **neeters_guy** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:11 pm

Any game with zombies, ninjas, aliens, robots, and sumo wrestlers has got to be winner.

AmigaMan · Post by **AmigaMan** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:16 pm

That looks excellent. I'd love to know exactly how you went about creating the waves.

jwlane · Post by **jwlane** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:32 pm

AmigaMan wrote:That looks excellent. I'd love to know exactly how you went about creating the waves.

I tried several different things, including Anime Studio Pro in various ways. In the end (if I remember correctly), I drew the wave as basic line and fill frames on paper and in ToonBoom's Pencil Check Pro. I rendered these frames out as different matte passes - foam separate from wave face, etc. Then, I used particle and texture type layers in conjunction with the mattes in After Effects. I made sure there were frames in the sequence that worked as a lengthy cycle (not having a repetitive look).

You can have all kinds of fun using different layers as mattes (key channels) in AE.

Game Animation

Game Animation

Waves