The results are in... I'm Insane!

If you didn't think I was insane before well.... I am now!

Oh My God... Theres this little voice in my head yelling at me saying 'For fuck sake!, what the hell do you think your doing! Don't change Scene 1... For the love of god!!!

(proceeds to punch self in face) Shut the fuck up conscience...

I am going to change the opening scene of my animation... Why? you may ask... well, I've come to realize that I can make it a lot funnier and better animated... plus a change of music has been on my mind for the last couple of days and I've finally given in.
On the bright side it wont take me very long to change... I have a plan.

Update soon (and YES, I know the video from my previous post doesn't work... Blogspot has been temperamental lately so if you'd like to see it just ask me)

Flipping

Hi all...

OK here's the deal... Since I decided to scrap my initial idea on my storyboards for scene 2 (namely the laser grid section) I've been making it up on the fly as I go along which sounded like a good idea at the time, but now I'm bordering on insanity... THESE FUCKING FLIPS he's got to do are taking my too god dam long!

I've finally been able to get down and do some animating for this section... it's been really frustrating as I'm having trouble coming up with an idea that I'm going to be happy with for more than a coupe of hours. I keep getting this urge to change everything... NOT HELPING RIGHT NOW!

Here's an example... (its nowhere near complete, it runs a little fast, but I'll make hose changes in Premiere) I was going to use this for the beginning of my first flip for scene 2. I was happy with it until a moment ago when something in my head snapped and I realized he's got to land with his back turned to the laser grid in order for my other actions to flow smoothly.The jump at the start needs to bee a little higher, I'm going to have to redo the twist in mid air , also the forward somersault might look fine from this angel, but from anywhere else it looks like absolute shit (no idea what I was thinking) so I'll redo that as well.

Needless to say my reaction to all this is "FUCK!" (kicks hole on wall)
Will update when all these have been resolved

Animating Scene 1

Hi Everyone,
Truly excellent news... as of a few minutes ago the animation for scene one is complete!
Wasn't able to get all sound effects in at this point, but that really doesn't concern me... as I'll put them in later on in post production... needless to say, I'm very happy with the way this is turning out

On to Scene 2 and beyond!

Rigging Demo

Hi Guys!

I completed the rigging a while ago and I've been using the 'Ballet' File that Joe gave us to test how its working. I'm pretty happy with the result, my only concern right now would have to be the feet and the fact that their not bending at the toe... but oh well, I'll fix that eventually..... also I need to be able to manipulate the cloth so that it starts at the right position in this file.

Well enough from me, lets see some Ballet!... (I know that sounded weird... so STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT!)
I also noticed that his hands are passing through his head, but that's just because its over-sized.

Finalizing Character Colour Scheme - NEED YOUR OPINIONS!

Ok guys, going strong at the moment, progressing very nicely with the collection of sounds effects and music for the animation, however I have hit a snag in one area, the god dam colour scheme for the character! Seriously guys and girls, I NEED YOUR OPINIONS! on this one.
I've put up three examples of what I'm going to choose from... basically the run down of what I want is for the animation to be as cartoony as possible and I need the character to reflect that.

I'll also put up some images of my scenes so you can see what I'm on about... (should have done that ages ago)

The first image is just using the ink and paint material. Since I want this to be cartoony I guess the best thing to use would be ink and paint.

The second is a variation on the cell shading , using a falloff map I'm able to retain the 3D appearance of the model, but it looks a bit dark. My greatest concern with this is that it fit in with my scenes .

Last is a combination of the two. I was able to get a good cell shaded effect and also keep strong highlighted edges around the model.

Please let me know what you think is best...

Thanks

Finished Rigging! + BIOSHOCK

I've had to restart a few times while completing my rigging, but its the best thing I could have possibly done. Everything looks alright so I'm pretty pleased at the moment! This Holiday break for me right now is all about gathering sound effects and editing music for the animation. I have a few things in mind, so I'll keep you all posted.
OK... on a completely unrelated matter... Bioshock is finally working! Thank-Fucking-God! this game might be totally awesome (which it is!) but FUCK its been driving me insane! crash after crash after crash... I'd almost given up hope, until the latest drivers where released that is.

Enjoy the break everyone!