Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 4:32 pm
Nice work. It's a bit like shadow puppet plays, but with animation.
I have a suggestion. The attacker seems to have made a stabbing action to his foe's neck, as opposed to a slashing motion. If you held a few frames [a moving hold may be better] of the spear embedded in him, before pulling out, it would register easier with the audience. It would also give the impression of a more powerful blow as the spear is removed from the flesh, and possibly bone.
As for tips for the tutorial, I thought it was done well. One irritating part you could have removed was AS going into preview mode every time you clicked on the canvas, therefore making the gradient blink on and off. You could turn off 'shape effects' in the 'Display Quality' drop-down to avoid that happening. Whilst you're in there, you could also enable anti-aliasing, if not already on.
I have a suggestion. The attacker seems to have made a stabbing action to his foe's neck, as opposed to a slashing motion. If you held a few frames [a moving hold may be better] of the spear embedded in him, before pulling out, it would register easier with the audience. It would also give the impression of a more powerful blow as the spear is removed from the flesh, and possibly bone.
As for tips for the tutorial, I thought it was done well. One irritating part you could have removed was AS going into preview mode every time you clicked on the canvas, therefore making the gradient blink on and off. You could turn off 'shape effects' in the 'Display Quality' drop-down to avoid that happening. Whilst you're in there, you could also enable anti-aliasing, if not already on.