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Published: 2008-05-04 02:39:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 7265; Favourites: 162; Downloads: 328
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music by John Crockett , courtesy of flashkit.comsoftware: Flash MX and Audacity
reference: a class I attended, and my bumbling execution of the forms
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I say "rough", because there's still issues with it, mainly:
1. needs optimization and some general cleanup
2. looks jerky, as it runs at only 10 fps and needs twice as many frames (I'm lazy - hand-drawn inbetweening is tiring!)
Despite all that, this thing went into my portfolio for grad school as an example of a "lets see what you know about spatial movement and time-based media" submission...and I think it helped. Please let me know if you have any problems with the download/viewing speed...I think the issue has been fixed, but your computer may see things otherwise.
Yes, that is super-fast for tai chi (or tai ji, if you prefer) - the purpose of the animation was to keep me from forgetting the steps, and to have fun using them as the basis for some kind of funky fresh dance moves.
edit: changed the audio properties, by suggestion of ~Minamin and now the speed seems to work properly . Thanks!
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Comments: 103
Really cute! I am a tai chi enthusiast and really liked it.
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Oh, I'm in love with this! I've practiced this form, but I can't go to to the club, so I'm just forgetting...
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I like it! Different from the forms I learned in my class, but it's fun to watch.
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Looks cool. However Tai chi is about fluid movement and as such rough animation of this is inadequate. But combined with this music it doesn't bother. Good job
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Hmm,I do like this a lot,but maybe you could have made the final poses a bit more exaggerated to bring them out?
Other than that,I think the 10fps actually works for it
Oh,and...I just noticed this is posted two years ago....oops,sorry XP
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Oh, goodness...I have no idea 
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this is especially cool because I just learned the 24 form 
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that's beautiful! i love it and i haven't even heard it to music yet!
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Very nice. Looks very flowy, especially with the music.
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I love it!!! The animation and music
I practice different form but everything is recognizable
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awesome! I'm so glad to hear that it reads as the proper forms, even if they are a bit fudged in some parts
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Omg that is so freaking awsome! I think it's very beautiful, the way you've drawn your characther! Very simple asian style! ^^
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thank you! the style was a great way of letting me cheat past having to make a perfectly-drawn animation
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Lol yeah it's good you found a way to get around it:3
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This is great. Even though the animation isn't fluid, her movement sure is.
Love it.
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well, since one is based on the other...
...the answer is Yes!
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I'm taking a tai chi class so I recognize a lot of the forms in this video. You did an excellent job, it's very well done!
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I actually learned a Yang form in this order! That's very, very cool, and the music was excellent.
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awesome! this form is as far as I've learned, but hopefully I'll be able to get further at some point. heh...this animation is the only reason I haven't already forgotten all the steps 
thanks! the music was a very lucky find.
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Oh cool, you used the animations to help you remember the techniques! Well thank you for sharing your "training aid" with us!
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thanks! it's a good thing, too...I've since forgotten every form I learned except this one
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This is amazing! I love the inky effect you used - it looks wonderful.
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wow great!! Love it....
The cloud hands part are real cute XD
When the others coming
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thank you!
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Wow, this was amazing! I actually like the choppiness of the animation. It gives it the feel of a scroll coming to life. Umm... I can't really critique it since I've never done this before. I think it's great though!
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thanks! 
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Cool stuff, very cool. Flash is a pain to work with especially hand drawing.
Great work on the forms, I just recently learned the entire short form, this will defiantly help with remembering.
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Thank you! There's no way I could have done it if I hadn't given in and bought a tablet...and if it hadn't been for school, it would probably still be unfinished. I love playing with Flash, but it is still a huge pain though, as you said.
So glad it will be a help; this project is really the only reason I can still remember anything from the short form, myself. Does it look the same as what you've learned? I've heard there are sometimes slightly-different versions.
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actually it's spot on! quite a bit faster, but still it's just like what I've been trained in.
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awesome. XD yes, it's at least thrice as fast as what I learned, too...I tried to do it at this speed, and collapsed. I'm sure it's doable, though, for someone other than me!
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lol well, that's the beauty of flash, "Add Keyframe" if you feel like it that is :]
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