luckbat

Wow. I can't tell exactly what you did to the 'chop' gesture, but it looks awesome. Explosive! And I really love the asymmetrical fist-pumps on "...try your patience..." Excellent work; I hope you're proud.

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Actually, Photoshop 8 has a "Lens Blur" filter that can selectively blur an image based on a mask layer. Using a simple left-to-right gradient in this case would probably do the trick.

Well, the first thing you wanna do is watch cartoons with huge muscle guys and see what happens when they put their arms down. It can be done. To get off on the right foot, you should lower CrimeBomb's arm bones until they almost sit on the skin at the bottom of his arms. Then he'll be able to pivot his arms down with a minimum of overlap. Of course, then he'll have trouble raising his arms above his head, but you can use shoulder bones to help with that. As others have said, he won't have the same range of motion as a skinny character, but that's appropriate. Good luck!

Since we've all turned into acting coaches on this thread, I'll throw in my bit as well. When we use the karate-chop gesture for emphasis, we always break eye contact just before we make it and resume it as we complete the gesture. (Specifically, we look left, or close our eyes.) Go ahead, try it. If you maintain eye contact as you make this gesture, the listener will flinch. In the Quicktime, he does look left just before the gesture, but he resumes eye contact as he begins the chop. It's a fraction of a second too soon. I realize he's speaking to an audience here, but the principle is the same. Other than that, it's it's gold. I'd vote for him.

Aww yeah... Now that ain't workin' That's the way you do it You play the guitar on the MTV That ain't workin' That's the way you do it Money for nothin' and your chicks for free Ah, the memories...