A few guys in my area all use another program called Animation Master and we formed a user group called the Mid Atlantic Animation Master users group MAAM for short.
We meet up a few times a year. We have a meeting in December and at the last meeting they wanted me to design some characters or caricatures based on all of us.
Ironically enough... I don't use Animation Master that much these days. I am a big fan of 2D since purchasing Moho. A few years back I would have tried to animate these characters in 3D but these days I don't have that much enthusiasm for it.
As a result of discovering ASP (Moho) I have kind of turned the user group into a pseudo ASP group. A few of us now own ASP and other efrontier programs as a result (Someone's tablet PC with Manga Studio was being passed around for people to sketch with at a couple of the meetings).
What will most likely happen is that some of us will do 3d versions. I may even take a stab at reproducing my character in 3D as long as someone else rigs it I hate rigging in 3D. I will do 2d versions and animations with ASP using my new body rig with scripted aim at bone constraints. I have a system now where I can easily turn legs and arms from front to side views. Using the aim at constraint allows for multiple "3D" type perspective motion of the limbs. At the moment I am trying to solve the "linear" translation issue. Translating a bone does not "rotate" or scale a limb properly. It is difficult to get a proper rotation without a ton of keys.
Since I can't post the AS stuff on the Animation Master forum (they would take off my head... or at least remove the posts) I will be posting it here.
This is a low priority project for me at the moment (I am spread very thin.) but it's fun since I haven't used a pencil in AGES and I have never done... this type of "caricature" before. I tend to do realistic portraits.
These are scanned sketches and drawings "tweaked" in photoshop:
I am the guy on the far right.
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This one traced and modified in ASP:
-vern
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Super sketches. They all have character! I really like the one you have done in ASP. Great idea.
You probably need something like this as a sideline to let your brain relax after all that scrpting etc.. Time spent thinking (background processing) is seldom wasted. You are a man of many talents Vern. Glad to know you.
You probably need something like this as a sideline to let your brain relax after all that scrpting etc.. Time spent thinking (background processing) is seldom wasted. You are a man of many talents Vern. Glad to know you.
Thanks Jimmy! I agree... need a break now and then... from both the left and right sides of the brain!
I am going for a cheesy "Hanna Barbara" Scooby Doo style. Each character has his own "powers" based on our "real" personalities and "body types".
I will be the comic relief "Shaggy" character. The others will have to throw me "Verny" snacks to get me to do anything helpful.
-vern
I am going for a cheesy "Hanna Barbara" Scooby Doo style. Each character has his own "powers" based on our "real" personalities and "body types".
I will be the comic relief "Shaggy" character. The others will have to throw me "Verny" snacks to get me to do anything helpful.
-vern
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Ha ha! No no no! Animation Master has been around much longer (1985?)... Anime Studio is the 2D equivalent of Animation Master.Animation Master is a great program ... I think of it as the 3D equivalent of AS.
Yes... I've grown tired of that pesky 3rd dimension. I have to put up with it constantly in my everyday life. It is nice to get away from it.
Now don't get me wrong, I appreciate the benefits of the 3rd dimension. It keeps me from bumping into walls and poking myself in the face with forks and spoons.
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