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RedRodent — Red Expressions Anim-Unfinish
Published: 2008-08-08 18:10:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 1607; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 47
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Some animation I started in easytoon, and later imported to ToonBoom. It's nothing terribly special. Just experimenting with moving a 3d object around. In this case, a head!
Yup, I'm going to need lots of practice. Just look at how inconsistent it is! Dx Urgh... I've GOT to make myself a 'model' drawing for my character and stick to it, or he's just going to keep changing!
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Awww! Snaggly toothed and adorable animation! Dude, you need to chew rat block or something. File those bad boys down before you hurt someone.
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But isn't it worth a bitten tongue really, to have such awesome teeth?
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(That aside, I'm thinking I'm going to leave them out of my design 
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Man, I hope you kill them. I didn't get the dumb look from them, but a sharp, ratty, character filled look.
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I personally love them both, but the multiple snaggle teeth seem more original and unique to me.
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I'll practice drawing with the snaggleteeth again, see if I can decide if *I* like it better like that or not!
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Definitely! What you like is what is important! 
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I find my character's a bit harder to animate and do expressions with when he has the snaggletooth(s). Hafta get the jaw aligned just right for that smile, or frown, or whatever. It's definitely more of a challenge. Maybe that's a good thing? I dunno.
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"At first I was like >:}. But then, I was like <:{."
By inconsistent...what do you mean? It seemed Red kept looking the same most of the time.
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Ah, not from where I'm standing.
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The way the shape of my head changes from the 'robotic' head turn in the first bit, to the more natural expression change later. It's kinda inconsistent and different. Granted, the transition is relatively smooth.
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That's probably why I didn't notice it. If you say it needs work, though, I don't think I can change your mind.
...but it still looks fine to me. :3
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Nice Tim!
Oh I have some great news! Not only have I finally figured out what college I'm going to, but I'm going into the anamation field too
Umm... How much is ToonBoom and where can you get it? I heard that it really is a great anamation software form my friend Joe
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Hahaha! Well, we've discussed this on AIM by now!
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BUT STILL IS VERY GOOD ANIMATION!
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COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hello Red.
What i noticed straight away is the fact that your character turns straight towards the camera. You should have the head dip forwards so the nose slightly lowers before raising up to look at the camera. You could also add a blink in between to make it more convincing when he turns his head. I hope this is making sense, if it doesn't, just let me know and i will try to explain it better.
A good start though!! Keep working on it. The more you animate, the better you will get.
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Oh yeah, I gotcha. I forgot to do blinks!
As to the headturn, well, it started out like I was doing a simple 360 of my character's head, on the same level, just to see if I could do it. I just decided to make it something more.
I will try and remember to plan ahead for my future animations, and also do blinks!
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swear to god the first expression scared the crap outa me o_O
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I think this is looking good, you should clean it up and color it!
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Aw, well, it's not really consistent. I think I'll try putting color on the next animation I do. It's an animation 'trade' anyhow 
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An animation trade? Sounds interesting
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Yeah. Hard to do though. It's hard to gauge how much to give, you know? x3 It's a lot more involved. First time I've ever heard of people doing it.
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The first movement looks robotic! But quite nice elaboration it has! And the movement is smooth! Good work
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Thanks, yeah. I started out with just an experiment on seeing how I could do a character's head in 3d, it was just gonna be the standard reference and practice headturn. When I got Toonboom, things changed.
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the model problem is kinda my problem with my characters to.
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Thanks
Yeah, that's a toughie.
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