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MJL

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    Step One: Make A Ball

    in Pass The Ball!

    Posted

    Thanks for the responses everyone.

    I've made the sphere. I was going to post a screen shot of my Ball in the chor but I've forgotten how to get a screen shot using my Corel. As soon as I can figure out how to do that I'll post a shot and we can move on to the next step.

     

    The Wannabe tutes are fantastic, I remembered how to make a sphere from reading them a while back.

     

    Rodney, can you jog my memory on the Corel Screen Capture thing?

     

    thanks

     

    P.S.

    I downloaded the other models just for backup :D, but I think I wanna follow up on making one from scratch.

    Step One: Make A Ball

    in Pass The Ball!

    Posted

    Maybe this should be in the Newbies section but it is on topic so I thought I'd give it a shot here. If the Omnipotent Powers That Be should deem it appropriate to move this thread topic it's fine with me.

    I hinted in another thread for someone to donate a ball model that was rigged for Squash & Stretch, but evidently there weren't any volunteers. Sooooo . . I'll make one if I can and perhaps I can at least be a bad example for others to learn from.

    I can make a sphere, that's within my fumbling grasp. It's the squash & stretch rig that I don't quite understand. Does a ball need a squash & stretch rig? Would it just be one bone and a bunch of poses? Or is there more to it than that?

    small update to WIP

    in Ain't No Way

    Posted

    There's more to come with the song that makes me excited to see what Gene is going to do. From the beginning the tune has called for a Texan's touch. As you can tell his character has become my avatar :D

     

     

    Paul, if you're really interested drop me a line at myron{at}newbergmusiccenter{dot}com. Let's chat.

    SO Production Diary

    in SO:General Discussion

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    I haven’t posted that much on the forum of late, mainly because as an animator I aspire to become a newbie. I’m a musician. I’m an entertainer. I have had acting experience in community theater in a number of productions. In school, my biggest fear was getting up in front of class to give a book report. I would actually skip school rather than do so. In order to overcome my difficulties I have made a life long study of the audience dynamic. Some would say that I have massively over-compensated. I’ve said that to say this:

     

    Here is my take on T.W.O.: It is extremely successful in just about every aspect. The imagery is absolutely incredible (though in some aspects, perhaps under used). The characters are well defined, personable, and likable. The plot & story were fun.

    It was successful as an internet collaboration of amateur animators on a major project. From my understanding of the history of the project (for some reason the phrase “herding cats” comes to mind) just getting it completed was a monumental success.

    As a vehicle to display the capabilities and features of A:M it is a stunning showpiece.

    It is, in a way a victim of it’s own success. When viewing T.W.O the audience does not equate it to the plethora of crudely primitive animations that flood the web. The viewer does not automatically think: ”Wow, this is superbly far and beyond 99% of the animation that is out there.”

    It is instantly considered in the context of the Pixar level of animation. Joe Viewer looks at it and compares it to the top end of the rating scale rather than the bottom.

    Never before have I paid as much attention to the credits of animated features as I have since I’ve become involved with A:M & the Forum.

    There are hundreds of names of PAID PROFESSIONALS working on those films. I would have been nice to have an intern to assign on bending flowers around the actors walking through the field in TWO. Was it noticeable? Yes. Does it matter that much? It’s just one more little detail subconsciously chalked up as not quite as perfect as those other ones.

    We are now working on S.O. Every little thing that we notice about TWO that we can fix, we should. Self-critique (reading in this case the “Film Crew) is how we improve. The next film will be closer to Pixar perfection.

    Every one who worked on T.W.O. should be extremely and profoundly proud.

    We will have even more reason to be so when S.O. is released.

    I have more to say but this post is too long already.

    A:M Films has done a great thing. It will improve on that track record.

    Myron

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