neeters_guy / pikaparody wip [complete]

[neeters_guy]

@neomarz
Thanks for your support. Looking forward to the second release of Eve.

@xothermik
Thanks, so far things seem to be working out with PikaParody, although I haven't even finished one episode. The other folks have released several already, so I have my work cut out for me. Good luck.

[xothermik]

its understandable the time you are taking giving the advanced complexity of your work. wish u good luck too. About the last update on your animation. i think the others are right about the head squash animation. its kind of making the head feel a bit like jelly. perhaps you could shorten the frames the squash and stretch happens.

[neeters_guy]

Here's fun scene: [link removed]

[ziggypaw]

Nice stuff all around, dude. The designs and animations!

[lwaxana]

really impressive, neeters_guy!

[Acesonnall]

What program did you use for this?
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll17 ... b_vers.jpg

I left my comments in your videos.

[3deeguy]

The camera angle looking down in the lab clip was impressive. I also liked the leaf texture that you used for the trees in the house picture. Very good stuff.

[neeters_guy]

@ziggypaw -- Thanks!

@lwaxana -- Good to hear from you, my friend. Hope all is well.

@Acesonnall -- The upper image was done in ArtRage. The lower image was hand traced in AS. Thanks for your comments on youtube. I'll try to incorporate as much as I can in the final version.

@3deeguy -- The leaf texture done as a stroke with image texture, but I found that it "crawls" when I zoomed in, so I ended up rendering in out and import it back as an image layer (same with the brick texture on the wall).

Thank you all for your comments.

[neeters_guy]

This wraps up the Prof. Oak's Lab scene. One more scene and this episode will be done!

Prof. Oak has a mental fugue: [link removed]
Ash gets his Pokedex: [link removed]

[neeters_guy]

Hi, haven't updated in a while, but finally here's the beginning of the last scene in this episode: [link removed]

[neeters_guy]

Well, at long last, here is the last update for this project, with Ash capturing a Kakuna for his first adventure.

[link removed]



As wrap up, here are some stats some of you might find interesting.
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Characters rigs: 5
Ash-2, Mom, Oak, Kakuna

Backgrounds: 6
Bedroom-2, Lab-3, Forest-1

Props: 2
Pokedex, rope
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All together I estimate I spent around 300 hours over 6 months to create a 3-minute animation. This seems consistent with what I've seen what others have posted.

There's nothing like completing a project like this to get a feel for the work it takes to do even a modest animation. A great learning experience to be sure.

Thanks for all the feedback. Be sure to check out the final animation, with all the super voice talent, when PikaParody posts it.

[Joofville]

Dude, just saw your work. It's absolutely great man.

[AmigaMan]

Excellent work. I like the attention to detail like the animation on the jacket. The whole thing looks great!

[neeters_guy]

Thanks, guys.
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Edit: I updated the first post to include a link to a preview video of the entire animation:
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20651

[middledistancereal]

well that looks pretty damn awesome to me mate!