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"French" fry- Heinz commercial contest entry
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:03 am
by jhbmw007
Some new characters for my next toon. The male fry will be the main character so he's the most complex. I'm going to give him a basic rigging but will mostly be animating by point motion. Let me know what ya think
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:41 am
by Mikdog
looks good
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:44 am
by funksmaname
mmmm, crinckle cut... my fave!
Looking good - would be cool if the front of he beret hung over hus forehead - it looks like it could slip off at any minute just sat on top like that
maybe make it wrap the top of his head more obviously...?
Nice job - good luck with the project
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:45 pm
by jahnocli
Maybe you could "lead" with an edge -- that way your faces could recede backwards from a centre line -- could give you more design options for characters, perhaps?
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:03 pm
by funksmaname
hey Jahnocli, could you explain what you mean? i didn't get it...
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:18 pm
by jhbmw007
jahnocli wrote:Maybe you could "lead" with an edge -- that way your faces could recede backwards from a centre line -- could give you more design options for characters, perhaps?
You mean have an edge of the fry in the center of the face? I tried that originally but decided I didn't want a line going down the middle of his face. Plus the way I have him now will help add demension- there's a hidden edge on his right side too that you'll see when he turns and twists.
I'll have to fix his beret- going to move that layer in front of him instead of behind.
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:30 pm
by jahnocli
jhbmw007 wrote:You mean have an edge of the fry in the center of the face?
Yeah, that's what I meant -- guess I didn't express myself too clearly...
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:03 pm
by JCook
I like him. I agree about the beret hanging over the front a bit. I also think he might be good with a pencil-thin mustache.
Jack
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:23 am
by jhbmw007
Well I've got about 13 out of 30 seconds of animation completed. Here's a few frames from the animation so far:
I'll post my progress on this project and will eventually tell you all what this is for (if you haven't guessed already).
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:36 am
by J. Baker
Looks great so far!
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:41 am
by p6r
As a french fry... oops... guy, I like your characters and the background !!!
I'm waiting for the movie...
6R
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:56 pm
by blacksunproject
Looks great so far.
Can't wait to see the finish.
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:51 am
by jhbmw007
I finally finished this- and I'm pretty happy with it. Definately the most ambitious thing I've done yet in AS. Here's the video- which I'm entering into the Heinz top this tv challenge:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZDZ86F36YKk
If I win I get $57,000! I'm sure I won't- but from the other entries I'm pretty sure I've got the best animated entry. Let me know what you guy think! (Suggestions are fine- but I'm not going to make any changes to it- I spent way too much time making this already lol).
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:54 am
by J. Baker
Looks great man! Wish you luck.
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:02 am
by patrick
Great stuff. And it doesn't have that typical AS 5 look either.