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tyokio — Fox and Dragon Animated Test
Published: 2010-07-08 23:15:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 2479; Favourites: 34; Downloads: 18
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Not finished! will keep working at it till its cleeeeen (i hope lol)Fox walks onto screen
Shows of his fighting skills
Falls over because lumpy ol dragon wants to play too!
Its not far from completion, movement wise but I'm really proud of it so far though!
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The fox looks like a raccoon, but that doesn't bother me one bit. The whole thing is so lively and exuberant even though it's more of a rough preliminary animation at this point.
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Awesome stuff so far man, lots of energy and character, the movement is good, you got it all pretty much nailed down now.
There is slight confusion, which may be cleared up in clean-up, but the fox jumping, backflipping and doing something else is a little confusing, maybe maybe not a long enough hold before the dino comes in stomping around as the fox being thrown in the air in shock loses its impact.
Maybe its a case of the fox being too animated, maybe its a personal taste, maybe it just needs clean up to clear it up. lol
Anyway, great animation so far.
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thanks c: yeah, a lot of that part is confusing, I may just re animate that bit and simplify it. in fact, that's what I'm going to do c:
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oh man, that is awesome. I love the expressions, this will look amazing when it is cleaned up. very fluid and fun movement too
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Haha! It's adorable and amazing!!!
MORE OF THIS.
Love the shakyness of the ground. Really gives it more "UMPH!"
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indeed I have : D also been making the program work better for animating on a cintiq 12wx too.
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Hehe. I like it, I can see some good stuff in the key frames. The one thing that stuck out was when the fox stops, he ends up standing on his tail.
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yeah I spot that too, its on my list of things to improve before cleaning up the frames.
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Your one of the very few animators (online) i've seen whos work has so much life and energy
keep f**kin doin it man!
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Thanks man! will always keep aiming for the next level with my work : D
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yeah, they came out really great in this test. Cant wait to see it all cleaned up n stuff.
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thanks, I feel both the tails turned out quite fluid in this.
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Thats some good Key Poses there, very animated, I can see what the final will look like already.
I should get into some decent [unrushed] animation too as I'm still a bit rusty
[link] for my latest, rushed as I had about 2 days to make it, that's what I get for trying to join something too close to the submission deadline I guess
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looked great! I was kinda tempted myself by that competition but I had a load of work I needed to get done.
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same here, starting game design here in a few weeks, might not have time, we'll see what happens though
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I'm really envious of your sense of animation. I'm very analytical when I animate but your lines seem so free and lively!
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I was at one point too really, then I saw some pieces of work that had been drawn really roughly yet managed to feel like a very strong animation. so I kinda spent ages trying to free up my hand while drawing and I feel I can now think more about the movement rather then the details of the characters design.
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putting in a background to emphasis a screenshake for dragon's steps?
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yeah, it would need one to really show whats going on. other wise the audience just sees the fox fall over for no reason.
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that's what i saw the first time...
the alternative is to have the dragon step or jump into frame for the fox's first stumble.
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stuck a background in there now, looks much better.
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i'm reading the stomp well, but i only recognise the fox's martial arts moves as martial arts on the kick just before he falls down. maybe chuck in a quick bow at the start or something?
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I do, the quicker I can get a drawing down the better I can see the movement of the character c:
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lol, u shouldn't think THAT EXTREME way, what about volume control XD
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It's not that rough for rough animation
I mean look at Ken Duncan's Progression of Jane from Tarzan - the rough is practically stick figures at points - though the parts with volume certainly do maintain themselves!
James Baxter's Sinbad roughs are another great example, particularly when you see what something that rough turns into .
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those are some great animations! definitely will save that site
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I've not really had trouble with volumes in the past using this method, even though it is straight ahead animation. Scales on the other hand can go a bit off though (like the fox)
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cool
i prefer a bit of pose to pose and straight ahead
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I love the fox's facial animation when he loses his balance and falls~! 
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