Just a Wooden Sword
33 minutes into a movie and still working feverishly
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I've started helping Katt out with a few things on her project. Here's a set I've been working on for her. The muddy water is animated and there is particle bubbles, but I didn't render the with particles on. I added 2 models in the chor for a sense of scale. Lighting for a toon render was a bit different. I opted to render with "toon with falloff" with one kleig light, which I think came out pretty well. Hopefully this is a look we can carry over to some of her other scenes.
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Hello and happy new year. Boy it takes a long time to put a movie together. even with a story or, story broad, the transition between scenes, has played a important part, at least for me. i omitted a small section of the companions walking through the woods from the cavern where Jam the elf was taker by the goblins, to where they are now. your thought are always welcome goblin__night_drums.mp4
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Hi, In this small part of the clip, Bree and company sing out a warning about witch Lena. Thanks for watching fairy_warning.mp4
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Hi everyone just wanted to let you know why its been so quite from here, we've just sold our home In Maine and we'er packing up thirty years of east cost and relocating in chula Vista San Diego California. But I'll get back to the movie, it may take a few months to get settled but I'll be back. So all you creators keep creating kat
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Thought I show how witch Lena's creation went with her banshee Mark Skodacek created the material for the witch brew your thoughts and comment are well come A_WITCH.S_BREW.mp4
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Hello all. I've been editing all the movie into to one, In some places, adding more video and taking out where not needed. and learning Adobe Premiera 07. Dreadwoods is the next place the elves have to go through on their journey to find Thier missing companions. thanks for watching darkwoods.mp4
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Hi everyone, with the next part under way i thought i post a small clip, no voice or music, trying to get mud has been a trip. and I'm using the TECHNOCRANE_Beta_V15_01_25_2010 , this camera is amazing. thanks again to the creaters of this camera. Dreadwood_swamp_mud.mp4
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thanks Martin, i get so evolved in the animation, it's good to take a break and see all the great work, that all you other artist and animators have done. I am looking for a way to put low misty fog in the next scene, because the elves are going into the swampy part of Dreadwood's forest. I've been playing around with smoke, but I wonder if their is a better way. thanks for any help. Katt
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Still tired and thirsty, the elves are drinking from the brook. This is just my thought, I've read some of the discussions, on how it is better to create a short film. While i agree, it has many benefit. There is something to say about a longer movie. Working with familiar characters and watching the plot unfold, i enjoy the adventure with every new clip. if i were a pro, I guess I would know how each rendered clip was going to look, i am not, so to me, it's like opening up a kiln after the first firing, never knowlng for sure how the colors are going to fire. or how a scene with all its characters will render. Sometimes it's a good surprise, and lot …
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Hi all, Onton the dark elf and William are still captured by the witch. It's still a work in progress, :)No music or sound effects yet. thanks for watching meow_are_you_hungry.mov
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William swung his sword around, hitting a large stone three times. then shocked to find out it's a traveling stone he hit. He's stunned, to find he's now in ElderWoods forest, and his wooden sword has now morphed into a talking metal sword. This clip is small.
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Hi this piece is a remaking of what was once done, but I needed to put scales on the last dragon scene as well. THIS is shot no music,but with more to come later I went to see IceAge-----Just Wow. ! so good, make me want to through stones at my STUFF I could need some help any thoughts thanks for watchen
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Hi all, for the sake of render time, because of applied texture, i split this clip into three parts, rendering each segment separately, as a layer, then assembling them at the end. Here the Elves and two mice, William and Onton are running across the room to help Mac Flin. And again Thanks for watching tricksters.mov
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This is where, witch Lena is determined to take Elderwood Forest as her own. i used Acid music, for my back groud music. animation with sound
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Still working on the Mud Swamp scenes. i got a little bit further, finally got Mac rope going. your thoughts are welcome no music or sound effects
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Hello. Still working on Dreadwood swamp scenes,and now the Elderwood Fairies have joined in the muck. your thoughts are always needed
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Hi it's been a while, I've been working on other models for different scenes, and time slips away. in this clip i have tried to capture water, not the eases thing I've done. just a catch up, both William and Onton are in the hands of witch Lena, the companion's are trying to get there. Thanks for following along
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Hi all, This is the opening of the movie, finished. Audio and Sound included,. Thanks for waiting and watching. WHITCLAND_opening.mp4
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If I was to redo do this part, I would use different lighting. Even though it's a night scene, i see how it could have been better, ah well next time. Trell is gone, thrown from the realm. Witch Lena prepares to confront the wizard, but knowing she needed help, she bargained with a demon for a share . But alas wizard Galvin was more powerful. The demon seeing this backed out of the deal, yelling bargain off! as he vanishes. wizard Galvin creates a spell forbidding Lena from Elderwood forest.
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Hello Everyone. this is the second part of Elderwood meeting. it's taken longer in render time, so it's not very long. comments welcome
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My first elven models for Elderwood Forest, were my attempt at making dolls, not very good at doll standards, but I had fun. So I thought I'd share, because it was where my movie really started. the sculpy fairies have evolved from babies to grown ups fairies.
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Hello everyone I've added some music to this next part. Mac Flin tells the elves of Elderwood what he's found... suggestions are welcome
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Hi here, not much excitement around Camp Elderwood, this night, other then the companions are ready to go after the banshee. any suggestion please post them
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Hi All. i used a few layers in this clip, Rendering with a black background, then pulled them together in Adobe premier. these scenes do not necessarily fellow in order. Our daughter lost her last fight to Lung Cancer this week. Johnnie Eve Cash with smiles and lots of laughter gave voice to Witch Lena. Not_So_Fast_Witch.mov
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The last part of Of Dreadwoods swamp has taken a bit longer because of lots of good company in Maine. this summer. But were back at it. Here's some of what I've been working on.
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Hi In this next clip, i use smoke and steak material together trying to simulate the fairy dust. your thoughts, ideas are welcome
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Hi Everyone, in this very small clip, the companions meet a centipede. It's a new model. The movie is being created from the book Wizards Last Rule. Which i renamed, Just A Wooden Sword, Because of a scene, that just made sense, I've renamed it. Then again, it may be the sentiment's of a grandmother, who's grandson was 8 when he recorded the part of the Dark Elf, now he's all grown up at 18. looking for others opinions, "Maybe There's More Dragons" Thanks for watching That__s_the_plan.mov Maybe_There__s_More_Dragons.mov
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Hi In this clip the companions meet their steed as the centipede indicated in the previous clip. I used New blue Motion Effects Elements, earthquake, in Adobe Elements, for the ground shaking. Thanks for watching The_ground_shook.mov
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Happy Holiday's everyone. Well the companions are closing in on finding the witch, granted they're a fraction of their original size. Thanks for hanging in with me. Off_to_find_a_witch.mov
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Hi, Rodney had suggested, that i might have the dragon with her crew aboard flying through the mist. so i added a clip of just mist, as a layer over my original video. no sound. thanks guys flying_through_mist.mov
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Hi there all, Still in cat chasing mice mode,... this past winter i watched MoonShadow "our adopted kitty" play with his toy mice, so i stoled his moves, not even near as good as him, he's very slick, but it gave me some direction. thanks all Hey_there_run1.mov
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Hi all, The original Goblin Caves was one i that i had taken down, in 09, So i thought id share the edited version of Goblin caves, with a new close uo of Mac Flin The leprechaun. character's names Mac Flin, leprechaun, Elf Jam, Eppen, Elfin, Trell, Goblins , Fairy Bree. This piece takes place just before Goblin Drums. GOBLIN__CAVE_1_T.mp4
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The story I'm using is from a book I wrote and illustrated. Even though I had the beginning, middle, and end, the in-betweens were the hardest. I must say, for everything I've rendered, that much again was thrown out. I began with Anzovin's The Setup machine, the 2001 Skeleton rig, then finially the Fitzgerald Cog rig. My first model was Witch Lena. The movie starts with greedy Witch Lena wanting to take Elderwood forest for herself. Opposing her is Wizard Galvin. Elf Trell happened to be there, pulled his sword, angering Witch Lena. She turned the elf into a wooden sword. Lena then threw him beyond the realm of Elderwood Forest.
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I've add a sky as was suggested, It brighten it up.thanks again for pointing that out. I am going to be adding a narrator, as Martin suggested... just have to write it . any comment welcome
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Hi, had to figure a way for the companions to get on the dragons back, being they are now shrunk. A stretched out hind leg, seemed to be a good path way. After i use Adope premiere to speed up the track. Thanks for watching dracolleen_climbing_up.mov
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Hello my fellow Hashers, This is not much more then a jpeg, but it's what i'm working on. i have a question on posting on YouTube, do i need to add their YouTube's code, on this site. iin order to have it play here . Thanks, hope to hear from someone Web___s___mov.mov
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In the pictures on the wall, is a cool cat named Winter, and one of my models, he has since passed on, but his sprit lives on in character named Grim, but that comes later. The rest are grandsons and my son who is a Navy Seal. They all lent their voices for this latest project. The Sword has landed by providence,or magic, as the witch's evil fades, so does the green color, leaving a ordinary wooden sword. Williams came to the attic looking for his ball, and discovers the sword.
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In this clip, MacFlin has lost, half of his odd little book. comments welcome
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In this next continuation segment. Shooting arrow and the Troll drops dead. little Onton is rescued by two elves. comment well come
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This segment belongs near the beginning, right after the wizard banishes witch Lena. . In the scene, where the wizard is writing on the book, it did not turn out as I hoped. I remember a tutorial a few years back where they were writing with sprites, but don't remember it being in color. if anyone knows how to do the writing on the book , I hope they'll will share.
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Hello everyone. This is part one. Onton introduces William to the elves of Elderwood comments welcome.
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Hi everyone. I picked up this last part of Elderwood Oton and William. Showing some of what was already shown in last clips, just for clarity of what's going on Thanks for watching appreciate comments
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Hello I added this is last scene to Elderwood Will Onton caught movie as was suggested and I added some eye darting for the Elfin charioteer. Lastly , as suggested," they need something to do besides just the conversation" here the elves are toasting they're intention of saving Onton and William thanks always for your advice and thoughts fixes I was wondering if anyone could point me to any tutorials for projecting fire from a object. thanks again
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In this clip, Dragon Dracolleen leaves Elderwood I had quite a few trials with the fire, I attached a fire emitter to the dragon tongue, then dragged it down into the leaves. after trail and error, I finally settled on this. Happy Halloween
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Orange pumpkins cold nights gives more time to animate. Here are a few scenes back at witch Lena's place. I used the Technocrane again. i realy like that camera set up
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Had to find some handcuffs for this scene with Onton. So i chose to model a kind of med-evil type cuff. Thanks for watching
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I wasn't going to show the whole clip,... but i couldn't figure where to split it. so here it is. In the original story, it was a bug, with a puffed out mouth that sprayed something at Jam, which started him sneezing. But for the life of me, i could not imagine one, so a flower got to job. Thanks for watching ouch__Goblin__togerthe.mov
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Hi everyone, At the start of this project, Martin had mentioned i should considers a narrator. So here's a bit of the beginning I've been playing around with. Thanks for watching maybe.mov
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HI All I have been developing my web site, had one before, but It was managed by someone else, so this is a first for me, you can check it out with http://www.kathrynwhitaker.com it's a work in progress any advice cool thanks kat
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Hello All, Been one of those winters. As you can see by the two pieces, still working in the witch's house. getting close to end. Hope everyone is well IN_THE_MEAN__TIME_welcome.mov
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