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Good stuff! Nah... Great Stuff! quick, innovative, nice segue into the logo. Charlie

I like this last one... with a variable light projected through fog (I can't remember what you call that) so the beam is visible... It would look even cooler! Chas light beam is slightly visible in first few frames... do I see motion blur in the same frames? maybe some (more?) motion blur in the initial launch, slowing (diminishing) as he reaches the peak of the arc.. blur re-appearing as he "springs" forwad as/after landing. I'm getting too picky... I still like him.

Aghhhh! my eyes! a nekkid wireframe! No, an invisible woman! In hot pink vinyl....Oh wait, there she is. ohhh... Poor gal has no toes! Her ears.. whatsup with her ears? I know... maybe it's just shaded mode... but they look a bit like wrestlers ears (a little too much collagen in them?) they look puffy/thick. Even in the first render. Something not quite right about the "paunch" (I dunno what its called but its the "fatty part" above the pubic mound area). Looks like she has a very large zuchinni in there (oval oblong shape). Should look a bit more like a wider, flatter breast (for lack of a better verbal explanation)... I did not know you had to spline eyelashes! But don't listen to me! I really do like her... But I was trying to find what was "wrong" with her since you asked. It's okay for a 'droid to have no toes. Since I don't know the whole story... I may be off base here... but seems to me that a 'droid trying to "pass", and use talents as a spy and a thief... should be believable as a human... needs toes, and slightly more feminine ears. But toes or no, she can bring crackers to bed. Trying to think/speak like one who might read heavy metal sex droid stories, eh? So all these crits might be of no importance. patrick, in all honesty, I hope I can someday show a comparable level of skill in my splining and charcter building... And I agree with brett on the splinage... very efficient, and the hands are beautiful too... I just had to correct my spelling so i edited Charlie

agileness? Bwahahaha! I liked it! Okay, tighten it up a bit if you must...Otherwise, great fun! Oh, and I agree with Paul, more action in the cockpit! perhaps the shadow of the crosshairs visible? ... and maybe put Thom in the cocpit of the plane(in the o'head shot)... and spin the prop... All in all it was fun, and that counts... alot! Charlie

dang it Zev... now I want to know how it is rendered in the 4th dimension... And, I spose I'll never get to see that... I don't understand this thing... this klein bottle.. Isn't the 4th Dimension time? What has time got to do with the bottle? If you fill the bottle, from the "bottom" does it not fill? I understand how the Klein mugs work... standard cheapo magic trick... but I don't "Get" this bottle. Your render seems accurate though... and I look forward to the mirror render too! Charlie

I liked it... It came off very nicely... And shows that with the proper editing, even a diverse group of animators can pull it off and have it look good! Great job everyone! Charlie

Tom, I like the TV in the strio best of all.. believe it or not, it's the right color (or at least tone). A shade of tan with that tone and he'd be perfect. Though I don't know of any tvs with 3 antennae.. I like this guy, just as he is... Even the cog like rubber tire... And the opposing polygons for the screen and the set box is spot on... Charlie I like the strip, too Monkienaut indeed!

The rose looks like a stage rose... nothing wrong with that. The word Opera seems to float... or not be on the cover of the (score?) (playbill?) booklet... I like the mask (but I imagine it more smooth. I like the lighting and the composition as a whole... Hope I can do as well. Charlie

Zach, I thought it was great! really... If you want me to say something bad.... I would have to rewind, and frame by frame it... Looking for where her panties show as she spins around the lamppost.. oh wait...that was another movie. Seriously... looking at it from a "consumer" standpoint.. I liked it... It would make a great little PSA... Or something "Officer Friendly" could take to schools to show the kids... so they could rag at their folks for using the cel phone in the car... (the best kind of pressure!) Since it's been so long since I used A:M, I'm not qualified to tell you about any technical glitches... I'm just looking at it like a consumer.. One who likes to watch ads on TV if they grab me.. and so on. It was in a format I could view easily... some were not... But I'll figure that out and watch them, too... I particulary like, as a "making of" thing: The fact that you used "off the shelf" characters. That is THE "selling point" of A:M! it really does give the amateur animator hope that he/she can do quality, informative, and fun stuff without huge amounts of effort and with characters already built into the system. Other than that, I could see the shotgun in the room, with the boy, by the window... Was it really necessary to put THAT in there? BTW I did not vote... As I have no expertise

lookin' a bit more "older"! I don't know how or if if it can be done in toon... but there were no flat screens back then... But alot of older TVs had flat glass over the CRT. I'm liking it... keep on!

I like the idea of the older set... after all, we curmudgeons have a notion of what old sets oughta look like... I kinda like the non symmetrical modernistic (read Jetson's) of the latest screen... but to give him that older curmudgeonly look... A rectangular screen with rounded ends... Like a (_) (with a line on top of course). And two knobs usually on the right (facing it, or its left) One for VHF and one for UHF... and maybe a small volume/on-off knob at the bottom under the single speaker... And Rabbit ears antennae on top.... even better with a bit of tinfoil! I really like the characters as driven by the story/strip... Charlie Of course, when spaceman doesn't like the comments made by the TV, he needs to whap it on the side... to get better reception!

I'm impressed with this guy... In the "sad" pose he looks fantastic... I like the Jack Palance move too! I agree with others about the feet... i like his look overall and I think the Eyeballs are verry VERRY realistic looking... made me overlook his feet. Chewie would tear him up... But I really like your story idea better... I'm gonna try to talk wifey into letting me upgrade for father's day.. Not being able to try my hand at this stuff again is killing me... But it ain't stoppin me from offering opinions! Great stuff... and I like your background too... lotsa positives.. and I like Martin's idea for the green monkey too! Charlie

Peter, i don't know about the original poster, but I would not take offense to what you are saying... and thank you so much for the link... I've copied the link and am sending it to myself at home so i won't forget it. I've learned something here.. and I appreciate it. Charlie

Stian, Very nice craft... Both yours and the vessel. I think your "shadows" are as a result of the light to the aft that is creating the shadows from the throttle controls on the outer bridge. The "dirty" shadows are the shadows of the rear rails on the door. I think, if the boat were actually lighted in this way, you might see the same shadows... but not if they were completelyoverpowered by the overhead, lights... Does that make any sense? Charlie

I'm him! Well, I was until I got the Handicapped mirror thingy... (Boy they give those out like candy though. Seems like everybody's got one)... I like him... Look forward to seeing him animated... Maybe even keep the cartoon strip look... not just toon but 2D patch animated? just a thought... Charlie

Thank you for your efforts, Seven... I wonder if it might not be advantageous to zip all together including the movie, proj file, and tutes... making a single download to a separate folder quick and easy. And when you are moving the files about (from one post to another) it is frustrating as well. Just some suggestions for ease of use, and that's something I'm certain teachers would appreciate. Charlie

Rodney, I surely appreciate your efforts... undying/unending as they are... As an oldster, who hasn't upgraded yet (to a version that will work on my current PC)... I have been downloading tutes like mad... your compiling them into an easily accessible space is above and beyond... As is the entire Hash community... Now, soon I will be getting my hands "dirty" again... and all of these tutorials are poised for my dissection... Ooooh, I can't wait.... Sincere Thanks! Charlie

Very nice! Very nice! My only concern is that I would prefer he have a woodsman's axe rather than a battle axe. But I REALLY like the character. Charlie

perhaps, as his hair grows... he has a bit of a "gas" problem... hence causing the breeze in the coattails? At least he doesn't dis-assemble like donkey in shrek.... Charlie

very good! His knee apears to "lock" as it hits the top of the "shin" (as it should, I think). Looking great! I like the way his hands seem to arc around his body as he walks... Can't tell if you made the hip a double ball... but it surely is looking believable... I really didn't think i'd like the thin arms... wanted them to be more stovepipe-like.. but these are certainly great adaptations of the drawings we saw... Charlie

Wasn't the heart given to tinman in OZ one of those plastic heartshaped windup clocks? Just looking for some continuity here... there is reference to the original story in this one... But I'm so enamored with this tinman it realy doesn't matter... Keep it up Ken! I was just looking at the bottom of his torso... hip joint area.. doesn't feel quite right... but I've no notion how to make it better... Charlie

Ken, This is REALLY coming along... I love how the ears are part of the jaw, yet separate... Blinking should be no big deal... (especially as well as you are doing, as quickly as you are creating this guy)... Very cool stuff Ken! Keep it up, I'll just sit here and lament that I ain't there yet! Charlie

Jamgica, I don't understand what you are saying here... I am trying to tell you about what the graphic makes me feel. With CD's (and books) sometimes we judge by the cover... I'm trying to convey my feeling of incongruity between the symbols. Knowing what you are trying to convey with the art helps me to understand it better. Art (of any kind... graphic.. oral... musical...etc.) is supposed to evoke feeling. I have been trying to tell you how the proposed cover art makes me feel. Now, you indicated that you want it to convey (paraphrasing) the power of the cross can come through in music that is radically different than you might expect. I can understand that in your graphic only after you explain it to me. Because I cannot get past the incongruity of the symbols you are using... "the old rugged cross" and the mic... So not being able to recognize the message because the "static" of the incongruity interferes with the message... does that make more sense? Understand also that I am not your target audience... I'm a geezer... I really like Mike's suggestion of the barbed wire... but what if it were the crown of thorns... unravelling into the mike cord... (easily done in sweeper I think) and it could convey the "spirit" coming thru the music... and the pain and the shed blood... all coming through the mic... And a quickie concept... of modernization of the whole theme... But not as good as yours in comparison... But I said I'd do it and here it is.

yep... and I like the stone mic... better than the original.... but maybe I can draw what I think I mean better... but you gotta wait... til tomorrow... Charlie Not to imply that you aren't doing a good job... you really are... I'm just seing it different... (mainly cause I'm old and set in my ways... )

okay, and I agree with the point you are trying to make... but I am having a hard time reconciling the age of both the "artifacts" if you modernize the cross leaving the blood and the nails... you are "Iconizing" the cross and can have an Iconized mic... or flashy chrome mic or whatever (as modernistic)... You are bringing "Christianity" into the "now" of Hip hop... it's hard... incongrous... to bring the now into the past... Christianity is relelvant today... Hip hop was not relevant at the time of Christ.... see my feeling? make both items modern... reflecting the "shed blood" in a modern way... just trying to explain the feeling I have...