HOME | DD

Kecky — The Bucket: animation

Published: 2006-10-11 00:35:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 10738; Favourites: 193; Downloads: 528
Redirect to original
Description This is my first real project for my animation class and my first real character animation ever! Pretty exciting for somebody who's wanted to be an animator for years.

I had to submit a silent version so as not to violate dA's copyright policy, but I HIGHLY recommend viewing the musical version found here.

I know there are plenty of things that need work but there are a lot of things I'm quite proud of too.

much love!!!
Related content
Comments: 76

DyceIBG [2006-10-11 14:37:02 +0000 UTC]

lol, that was quite funny at the end. nice work

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

mrcup [2006-10-11 13:31:29 +0000 UTC]

Woot, FAVE!
Hey I asked some Sweeds about the saying and they hadn't heard of it.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Kecky In reply to mrcup [2006-10-21 05:38:50 +0000 UTC]

I'm not surprised. I have no idea where my teacher found all these.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

herdygerdy69 [2006-10-11 11:35:15 +0000 UTC]

wow! that was amazin!!! Good work

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

felinaedeath [2006-10-11 11:24:09 +0000 UTC]

oh the story is simple and cute. the character designs are pretty.

maybe you could try doing this in 2D trad? like hand-draw in-betweens. but FLash does make life a lot easier for animators. and i love the paper texture effects! adds richness to it.

i'm an aspiring animator, too. although we unfortunately don't have animation schools (or even decent classes for it) in the philippines. ah, well. self-study is the way to go...

good job on this.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Kecky In reply to felinaedeath [2006-10-12 17:35:38 +0000 UTC]

I'm REALLY hoping I can do some more frame-by-frame hand-drawn animations in the future. There are some very small parts where I drew every frame (like where she's walking and then looks over to the window) and I loooved the result.

The thing is, this is an "Intro to computer animation" class, and the focus is on learning the software, not on developing your animation talents. Self-study is exactly right.

Thank you very much!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

MariahGem [2006-10-11 06:23:57 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME! I am in school as an animation major too! And I have my very first animations starting here soon also! Yours is great!

Are those all bitmaps you put into flash?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Kecky In reply to MariahGem [2006-10-21 05:36:32 +0000 UTC]

I animated it in AfterEffects, then just exported it as a .swf file.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Burninginice [2006-10-11 03:21:03 +0000 UTC]

Very cute, I really like concept! Great morel to!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

lista04 [2006-10-11 03:19:08 +0000 UTC]

what was the music from? its so cute

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Kecky In reply to lista04 [2006-10-12 17:38:08 +0000 UTC]

It's by a group called the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, from one of the first CDs I was ever really obsess with.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Yuki7k [2006-10-11 02:52:43 +0000 UTC]

oh wow! This is so cool : D congratulations on your first animated piece I'm really happy for you :,D

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

orple [2006-10-11 02:31:04 +0000 UTC]

Aww, that's so awsome! XD
So amusing. : D <3

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

MagicEyes [2006-10-11 02:09:30 +0000 UTC]

wow. that is so awsome.....and long too. it must have took you forever! i LOVE it!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

SozokuReed [2006-10-11 02:04:38 +0000 UTC]

rofl thats awsome, you know I never heard that proverb before but I love the animation! Nicely done

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Refleximage In reply to ??? [2006-10-11 02:02:06 +0000 UTC]

Love the expressions. Hilarious.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Abisian [2006-10-11 01:00:43 +0000 UTC]

this is too adorable XD

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Kecky In reply to Abisian [2006-10-11 01:10:09 +0000 UTC]

thank you!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

alfredthegnome [2006-10-11 00:58:20 +0000 UTC]

hahahaha so random but so good

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

dbx-1138 [2006-10-11 00:48:16 +0000 UTC]

That was great! And cute. I remember reading that proverb somewhere once.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Kecky In reply to dbx-1138 [2006-10-11 00:56:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

I read it on a list from my teacher of possible proverbs we could use.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Shpout In reply to ??? [2006-10-11 00:46:23 +0000 UTC]

woow that is awesome!! the expressions, the texture, the movements are all so great!!! WOOHOO! GO UUU

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Kecky In reply to Shpout [2006-10-11 00:54:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

SilverWolf117 [2006-10-11 00:39:14 +0000 UTC]

Ooo, very pretty, and funny.

It's very smooth. 8D Good job.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Kecky In reply to SilverWolf117 [2006-10-11 00:53:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Well, at least it was smooth before I compressed it.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0