martin Posted December 24, 2004 Posted December 24, 2004 OMG, you guys are gods! I felt cold watching that, and warm-n-fuzzy inside. Quote
ypoissant Posted December 24, 2004 Posted December 24, 2004 That is so simple and yet so effective. I watched it like a dozen times. It reminds me of the snowstorm we had here two weeks ago. Bravo and thanks and merry xmas to you too. Quote
cosmonaut Posted December 24, 2004 Posted December 24, 2004 Ha! Very cool. You guys do such amazing things with AM! That guy on the right kind of reminds me of a muppet. Awesome work as usual. Kevin Quote
Admin Rodney Posted December 24, 2004 Admin Posted December 24, 2004 Now that was fun! Beautiful animation. I was just bemoaning my fate sitting inside on a cold winter night... dreading the cold. Seeing your short was perfect thing to counter the cold weather blowing outside. Now I feel all toasty warm. Thanks! Quote
KenH Posted December 24, 2004 Posted December 24, 2004 I looked at it loads of times too! The bobble, the scarf, the hair, the expressions, the camera shake....heck...just everything! The kid is surprisingly cute. I just wonder what the relationship between the two is! Just some questions....were the camera shake and scarf movement hand animated? Oh and Happy Christmas everyone! Quote
Xtaz Posted December 24, 2004 Posted December 24, 2004 Soulcage ..... as usual, brilliant .... Happy X-Mas ... Peace Xtaz Quote
jo b. Posted December 24, 2004 Author Posted December 24, 2004 The kid is surprisingly cute. I just wonder what the relationship between the two is! Just some questions....were the camera shake and scarf movement hand animated? Oh and Happy Christmas everyone! thanks, we're glad you like it. about the relationship: dr. klob is a scientist... of course. the "kid" is called willian j. petterson. he's klob's full time proband. i'm not sure, but maybe they're having some kind of experiment going on. or maybe they try to enjoy the fireworks, but the lost orientation... i dunno... -what do you think? about the animation: everything is hand animated. the scarf is animated with one control bone. for each segment there is an intermediate bone with different enforcement (10 % - 100 %)and corresponding lag (0-2 frames). the hair movement consists of two groomed poses. one for the shaking and one for the direction. Quote
DarkLimit Posted December 24, 2004 Posted December 24, 2004 This is fantastic..... the atmosphere FX is breathtaking...... thanks for sharing..... merry christmas....... Quote
mediaho Posted December 24, 2004 Posted December 24, 2004 Excellent! The snow effect, the camera struggling against the wind, the contrast in the character designs and personalities, all perfect. You folks continue to amaze and inspire me. Great solution with the hair. Did you choose not to use hair dynamics bacause you wanted better control or were the results not very good? Quote
Dearmad Posted December 24, 2004 Posted December 24, 2004 Definition: "Soulcage." noun. A term to describe the torture chamber you find yourself in when in the presence of superior skills. Skills such that using the exact same tools you use to whittle a stick into... a smaller stick without bark, they've crafted the image of a million angels dancing on the head of a pin. Well I guess someone has to keep the bar held to ridiculous heights. Quote
.:shortdog:. Posted December 24, 2004 Posted December 24, 2004 Aaaaawwww. I'm all warm and fuzzy after watching it about 15 times Great job! Quote
nino banano Posted December 24, 2004 Posted December 24, 2004 wow...what a great work...wonderful all done...It look likes so cold..I like so much...and Merry Christmas too... Quote
Elm Posted December 25, 2004 Posted December 25, 2004 Hi Folks. Thanks for all your kind words. This community is great, what a lovely mass of responses. Great. Thank you so much. Greetings, the soulcagers. Quote
Zaryin Posted December 26, 2004 Posted December 26, 2004 That was excellent. Happy holidays to you, also. Quote
jo b. Posted December 27, 2004 Author Posted December 27, 2004 Great solution with the hair. Did you choose not to use hair dynamics bacause you wanted better control or were the results not very good? thanks, no we didn't try to use forces and dynamics. it's always a task to get forces and dynamics congruent in different passes and we didn't have lots of time, so we thought of a way we could trust in. Quote
modernhorse Posted December 30, 2004 Posted December 30, 2004 Fantastic piece of work. I love the little tongue licking the icepop ! Makes me smile even after the fifteenth viewing. Thanks for posting it guys. Doug Quote
Nosferatu Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 Beautifully done. How did you do the snow? Nosferatu Quote
Mendi Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 Hey!! That guys are standing in the middle of a railway!!!!??? I liked it a lot, it has the feel of an Open Sesame episode, but the characters breathe a lot more life, even without speaking. Are they maybe the main characters of your next animated short? Chapeau!! Quote
Elm Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 Are they maybe the main characters of your next animated short? Thanks! No - these two freaks (William J. Petterssen and Prof. Dr. Klob) have already starred in one of our commercials (in fact i guess it was our first ever.. ), called "Forschung Aktuell", that's "Science Today" in English. You can check out that one on our Homepage, too. You find it under "Our Work". Greetings, Elm. Quote
Mendi Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 Congratulations for the commercial too! It's an original and unusual commercial, so funny despite the difficult topic... Diego Quote
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