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Published: 2010-06-27 22:02:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 3570; Favourites: 45; Downloads: 481
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This was rendered and animated in full 3D. All the main poses per se should be accurate, but I don't have any way of testing to see if the in-betweening is the same as Andrew's. I usually would but for some reason my Softimage at home won't display animations for rotoscoping which is weird but whatever.This is just a piece of what I'm working on right now, LoHaC, and I have some cool new ideas for that project. If they're cool enough maybe Andrew will implement them. Guess we'll see how it goes.
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I'm curious as to how you did this. Was much math involved?
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Math? Hmm. Not a lot. It's actually just one line multiplied and inverted many times.
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OH MY GOD YOU MADE IT.
You are... holy crap. This is amazing. I want to use this so bad. I don't know how without re-calibrating it in alias (pixellized). I swear I will use this if my comic is able to spread its wings and fly. I mean, and you are okay with it and I mention you are the god who made it and it looks even better than Andrews' oh my good god.
Just... holy crap.
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Settle down buddy. You're gonna have a joygasm aneurysm.
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So, in theory, this could actually be flattened and tilted according to point of view on whim?
and... just wow. So, wait, this is, in actuality, a globe?
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This 3D model is identical to Andrew's 2D flash animation, save for the fact that it is made of tubes that exist in three dimensions(4 technically but whatever). I could rotate it around and it would always retain depth instead of becoming skewed.
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All you need now is a progress bar on the bottom of the page, perpetualy stuck at 1%
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Hahahaha, yeah that'd probably help.
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It's kind of peaceful to watch.
I can't wait to see what the whole project looks like finished!
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Full 3D? I thought the gates were actually "flat". Didn't we see a gate from the side somewhere?
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Everything in Flash is flat. It's all 2D unless you use a special plug-in to import 3D models.
What I mean is that this isn't done in Flash. This is a fully operational 3D model that I can place anywhere in 3D space.
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I know that, but if Andrew he would intended the gates to be 3D, he would've always let them be viewed from "above" so you couldn't see the flatness, but I think he did somewhere.
Anyway, this is very nice. What program did you make this in? Blender?
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I think I understand what you mean, but I don't think that was an active choice Andrew made so much as the path of least resistance. Andrew tries to get the most out of anything he's already done and tries to get things done as fast as reasonably possible. Seeing the gates from the side with them still being flat was simply easier since all that had to be done was scale it. To actually add depth and dimension to the gates while doing it in Flash would require a very large amount of work that wouldn't be reasonable.
And no, I use Autodesk Softimage. Blender is very solid program considering it's freeware, but it's not by any means industry standard. Blender is a good starting point but to be commercially viable it's much better to be trained in Maya or Softimage.
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I suppose you're right.
Anyway, very nice work. I hope you do more like this.
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Straight up monstrous, broski.
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Wow, awesome! This is really trippy and accurate.
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Thanks. I'm glad you think so.
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Wow, the way the animation flows is practically hypnotic. I could stare at it all day and not know how much time has passed. @_@
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I guess that's what makes for a good loading screen, huh?
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I think I've been staring at it for five minutes. 
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Hahaha maybe I'll get someone to make it a screensaver or something!
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Sneak a subliminal message in there, you could take the planet. Just a thought.
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Pfffff..... worth a shot?
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That's really sweet - you did an excellent job matching its appearance and movements to the gates in the comic! Would it be possible to increase the line thickness, though? That's the only real difference that stands out for me; otherwise, it looks perfect!
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Yeah, that's definitely possible. It would actually be fairly easy. I found that with thicker lines that the-
Actually I just had a really good idea. The next time I update this badboy it'll look twice as cool.
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