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Published: 2005-05-20 05:28:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 16395; Favourites: 479; Downloads: 2717
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RIGHT CLICK TO LOOPA little swordplay animation... Rotoscoping is fun... Yep.
Right now, it's only in its most crude form - I was going to make it longer, but I thought this was an appropriate place to end it. I hope to make this into a proper animation of Jayli some day. Y'know, properly drawn with colour and a background... *sighs wistfully* Oh well...
~6 hours. 65 frames rotoscoped. Drawn in Adobe PhotoShop 7.0, tested in Microsoft GIF Animator, presented in Flash. 20.
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lol you rotoscoped it lol.. I got kinda scared there for a second. I certainly can't comprehend moves like that just yet lol... rotoscope maybe great as a learning tool...
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Rotoscoping is an excellent learning tool. It really makes one aware of the level of awareness an animator has to have. A lot of people don't think about where their entire body is moving and what it is doing and why, and if you think about it and still aren't sure, rotoscoping helps. It's used all the time in cartoons, and its digital analogue, motion capture, is also commonly used. I only wish I could animate this well on my own - I can to an extent, but certainly not this.
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wow im very impressed u have some much talent !!!
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it looks like he/she is twirling a twirlier, ya know those streamers on a stick....until he/she stabbes you....
say.......can i just download those programs or do i hafe to go out and buy them?
awsome! even tho its not detailed its soem better animation ive seen around here...cant wait till you add backround and stuff!
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Hehe, yes, it does X3 You see, the viewer is guiled into a false sense of security, and then STAB!!! 
Sorry. Had to get that out of my system.
The Microsoft GIF Animator is a free downloadable program. Adobe PhotoShop and Macromedia Flash you technically have to go out and spend big bucks on, but it is quite possible to find ways of acquiring the program for free... but we're not supposed to talk about that here 
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Man..that is too cool. Amazing what you can do with Microsoft GIF Animator..Excellent, fluid motion.
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Hehe, anything can be done with the MS GIF Animator! It all depends on the animator (d'oh!)
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Sweetness! I love how fluid and smooth it moves. ^^
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Thank you very much 
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I was gonna say that it really reminded me of the Linkin Park video (but it's already been said!) so I'll just say that it's cool 'cause it looks really smooth everywhere (even when I ignore the sword & just look @ the body) which seems like a big feat to me!
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I've never seen the Linkin Park video 
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Rotoscoping sounds neat, I've heard about it in movies...I think Linkin Parks "Breaking the Habbit" video does that. Awesome job! ^^
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Rotoscoping is really neat
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Yeah, I watch a show about it ^^ Looks like fun, but hard work too.
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I've never watched a show - just heard about it, and decided to try it.
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Yeah it was interesting, awesome job though! If you finish it I'll be watching ^^
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Aww, cool, thanks
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Hee hee...
This is from the martial arts documentary on the Discovery Channel, wasn't it? Still though, it's very fluid and just like the original. Nice job!
- Natsume
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Yeah, it made for really nice rotoscoping material. It was impossible to capture all the frames, though, and I still need to finish it X3
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uuuu...nicely done...swifth, fast natural...great
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Thank you - I feel partly bad taking credit for it, though - it is just rotoscoping, but then again, rotoscoping is a legitimate technique. It's been used in many movies to make animation, just as you said, "Swift, fast, natural."
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whoa, you have such great talent and must have alot of patience. i dont have much 
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Thank you very much
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Even with the simplified figure you are using...this is just amazing!! Very smooth..great skill displayed in this animation!!
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Thank you very much
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Oh my gosh!!! 
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Thank you very much!!
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Oh, also, it looks like a series of practice moves, more then like she was fighting someone, as if she was, her sword would be encountering resistance, and bouncing off of things. It would be even nice to see just a refined line drawing sequence of this, without the color and shading that, I am sure, would take forever! And I agree, quite hypnotic.
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Mmhmm, it is supposed to be just her practicing. 
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Very cool! I like how the light trail follows the sword point. It is also interesting how the figure seems to not become female until close to the end. I wish I could draw anywhere near that well! I look forward to seeing the finished animation, when you get to that.
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Yeah, I didn't bother making the sex obvious until the closeup when it was necessary, although the gender could be guessed by the form of the figure, perhaps.
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oh I love it I love it I love it!!
I never could make an animated thing, but see your trying I must say again: u are a really A-W-E-S-O-M-E artist! Love all ideas u use, and all arts u did, and will do
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Awww ^_^... Thank you! Animated things are hard X3
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Wow, rotoscoping. Never heard that before. This is very amazing. o_O I played it like 40 times, and it still amazes me. It's soo cool with the sword and all, so precise... It's like hypnotic too! I love the white ribbon-thing! I wonder how'd that look with clothing on, or a full body. The close up too is very neat, goodness you're so good! I was just browsing through your gallery and had to see this.... *loves animations* :3
D'ya mind if I fav it?
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Rotoscoping? Yeah, it's basically motion capture, except frames are redrawn manually, one by one.
Yes, it is quite hypnotic 
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