Admin Rodney Posted May 30, 2004 Admin Share Posted May 30, 2004 The Art of Animation:Master (Online) Please add your exerices to this topic and others will join in. The Art of Animation:Master is being completed on a continual basis in the New Users Forum. Meeting deadlines can be an important skill to master early on but this course is self paced to allow each person the flexibility they need to learn the basics of Animation:Master. The course can be completed in as little time as necessary or as much as is needed by each participant. Note: You may want to download the videos first. All available Video Tutorials related to TAOA:M can be found on one page: The Art of Animation Master Video Tutorials The Art of Animation Master Part II: Modeling MODELING TAKES TALENT 8 - Customized Car 9 - Flower Power 10 - FW-190 Fighter 11 - Giraffe (No available video tutorial) 12 - Lip Poses 13 - Show Some Backbone (Adding a Skeleton) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Exercise 8 - Customized Car ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ View Online: Customized Car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animateden Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Name: Den Dotson Exercises Completed: Eight Date Completed: Tuesday March 22, 2005 Instructor: Rodney (Head Mechanic) and that guy on the web tutorials Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: Easy as a Sunday drive Here is a link to the seventh completed exercise: Included in post as image Thanks Rodney, -Den Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted March 22, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted March 22, 2005 Everytime I see the results of Exercise 8 it makes me want to race cars. Vrrroooooooooom! Go Den Go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisThom Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 Name: Chris Thom Exercises Completed: 8 of 19 (though I've skipped 7, but I'm coming back to it!) Date Completed: April 15, 2005 Instructor: AoA:M & Lee Iacocca Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: I have been doing most of the exercises so far based solely on the book but this time I watched the video also and I noticed that they didn't do everything the same. So I did a hybrid of the two. BTW, I did a refit and mine is a hybrid car. Better mileage you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted April 17, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted April 17, 2005 Hey Chris, Your background reminds me of Rodger Reynolds superb modeling. You said: I watched the video also and I noticed that they didn't do everything the same. So I did a hybrid of the two. It has long been on my list of 'Things to do' to go back in and do a serious comparison of the manual versus video tutorials if for no other reason than to see what there is to see. Some vary more than others but each seems to hit on key areas that make the exercises succeed. I do want to add to Exercise 8 a secondary (extra credit even!) exercise on 'Animated Distortion Cages'. That would really make this exercise Zoom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhar Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 Hey Chris, how'd you do the background? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisThom Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 Hey Chris, how'd you do the background? Those are just stock models off the v12 CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyj1112 Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Name: Tom Jansen Exercise: #8 Custom Car Date: April 25, 2005 Comments: Um... what in the world is going on around my car doors? All of those black little lines appeared when I rendered this, and I haven't even started messing with lighting let. Anyone have any ideas? Might it have something to do with the surface settings of the car body?? Thanks! -Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted April 25, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted April 25, 2005 Tom, Those lines are a part of the pixelization and distortion of the decal image applied to the car. As this exercise is fairly basic there are a few Exercise Extenders (TM!) that are designed to explore this area a little more. The additional background and props that Chris and you have added in your scenes really demonstrates your eye for detail. An excellent way to get the most out of these exercises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted April 26, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted April 26, 2005 Hey Chris, how'd you do the background? Those are just stock models off the v12 CD. A little background about the background... The backgrounds and props currently being used by Chris and Tom are the supreme work of mechanical modeler extraodinaire Rodger Reynolds. Rodger has been building a virtual railroad set since the early days of 3D Modeling. The buildings and props used here are a part of his project which he generously donated to the A:M Community. It's always amazing to me that the artists style shows through so well in Animation:Master. Rodger's precision splining and texturing is often easy to spot. Look for more of Rodger's models on the v12 CD. Thanks Rodger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted April 26, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted April 26, 2005 ...and speaking of v12 CDs... As an extension to Exercise 8 don't forget there are other cars (and models) to which we can apply distortion. The attached image shows a few of the vehicles from the Cars folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyj1112 Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Rodney, Ok, whew... Just making sure I'm understanding what you are saying. Basically, the stretching and pulling of the model (with the attached decal) is causing that distortion? So really, for this particular exercise, using this particular model, that phenomenon is normal and to be expected to an extent (depending on the way you alter this car), right? Hehe.. I was getting worried that KeeKat's, um.... "pimped up" ride was starting to rust out on him! :-) Thanks a million! -Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Reynolds Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Thanks Rodger! My pleasure. ...artists style shows through...Rodger's precision splining and texturing... I question whether you can call a near obsession for dimensionally accurate details, an artistic style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted April 26, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted April 26, 2005 I question whether you can call a near obsession for dimensionally accurate details, an artistic style. Well... you might not... but I most certainly do. ...and a fine style it is too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forevernameless Posted May 20, 2005 Share Posted May 20, 2005 Name: Tenez Waggoner Excercise Completed: 8 Customized Car Date Completed: May 19, 2005 Remarks/Suggestions: This one was a breeze. So I had to add something to it. I noticed others adding characters, so I decided to add one as well. I noticed this very sexy looking woman character, and HAD to add her. Then I added keekat for the pimp factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted May 20, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted May 20, 2005 Keekat has gotten entirely out of control. Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo73 Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Name: Leo Mitchell Excerise # 8 Completed: 25 May 2005 Instructor: Web tuts and manual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted May 26, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted May 26, 2005 Acknowledging some of your exercises out of order as I can't view MOV files just now. As they say... "This one is history!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwaslen Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Name: Paula Waslen Exercise Completed: #7 Customized Car Date Completed: Jun 11, 2005 Mine is very boring compared to the others...but I am anxious to move on to the more interesting modeling exercises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snich Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Name: Steve Nicholas Exercise 8: custom car Remarks: a very quick and easy lesson, so here is my my boring picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmo Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Name: Doug Fall Exercises Completed: Eight (yea! I made it to part 2!) Date Completed: June 22, 2005 Instructor: Rodney and the ol' book Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: This one took a lot less than the others. Not much to add here... sedan.tga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted June 23, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted June 23, 2005 Paula, Steve and Doug, This exercise is pretty straightforward but there is a lot of power in that distortion cage. This also makes for a good introduction to modeling as you can often adapt one model to the purposes of another. Stretch here a little... distort there a little... on and on 'til perfection. Now concerning this exercise... I hope to add an Exercise 8.5 someday that applies the animated distortion cage to create great exagerated motion with this car. There aren't a lot of tutorials out there on animated distortion cages so that needs to be a higher priority I'd say. At any rate... on to the next exercise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iGeek Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Name: Zev Eisenberg Exercise Completed: Exercise 8 "Customized Car" Date Competed: 9 July 2005 Remarks/Suggestions: Into the Broccoli Mobile, Batman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted July 10, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted July 10, 2005 Nice. I love A:M's distortion cage. You can really make models exactly to fit. Its like working with clay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougwills Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Name: Doug Wills Exercise completed: Customized car Date completed: 8/6 Instructor: Book and web tutorial Basic, but informative. Anyone wanna race? Didn't spend a lot of time on this but the concepts are good to understand. Used a little of the ",", "." and "/" keys which some hiding and unhiding. It really helps. Saw the use of distortion cages on one of the SIGGRAPH videos. Can't wait for your 8.5. -Doug Wills Where there's a Wills, there's a way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted August 10, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted August 10, 2005 Can't wait for your 8.5. You aren't the only one. I'm looking forward to it myself! I almost got a chance to put together a Exercise 8.5 at SIGGRAPH this year but I happened to be working with a motorcycle instead of a car and feel distorting a car would fit in better with Exercise 8 than a motorcycle. I can be convinced otherwise of course... I'm thinking of running through the exercise right here in this thread just to see what kind of interest it might generate. Once you animate with distortion it can be VERY addicting... Rodney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblv Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 name: Linda s. Hill ex completed: ex 8 Customized Car date completed: 8/23/2005 Instructor: Den Dotson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted August 23, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted August 23, 2005 Distortion is fun. Good job Linda! Come back later when we explore animated distortion... k? Rodney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zowat Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Name : Erik Kirschberg Excercise: #8 Customized car Date Complete 9/11/05 Instructor: A:M Community Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elissa Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Name: Melissa "Elissa" Heldenbergh Exercises Completed: 8 Date Completed: Sept 12th, 2005 Instructor: A few years of A:M use, the book, and web tutorials, plus also doing the mentor program with Paul Daley. Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: This quick and fun exercise has always been one of my favorites... cute, fun, silly and let's you start poking around with models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-wheeler Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Name : Chris Wheeler Excercise: #8 Customized car Date Complete 9/14/05 Instructor: A:M Community Yay Pimped my ride! car.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkaos Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 "Hulk Smash" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted October 7, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted October 7, 2005 "Hulk Smash" Sigh. When will we learn... Violence is not the answer. Very innovative use of distortion Mark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odog2020 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Names: James Owens Exercises Complete: 1-8 Date Compelted: 14 October 2005 [attachmentid=10152] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhar Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Names: Dhar Jabouri Exercises Complete: 1-8 Date Compelted: 22 October 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted October 23, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted October 23, 2005 Now we are starting to see some real variation in the theme. Nice personal touches James and Dhar. You get extra credit if you share your finished model with decals in a zipfile. We'll collect 'em if you share 'em. Rodney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric2575 Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Name: Eric Goesch Excercise: #8 Customized car Date completed: 10/24/05 Completed with help of: AM , AM forum, "The Art of Animation Master", and David Rogers 2002 AM Guide. Comments: Started Tweakin and look what happend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuep Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 ame: John Kuepper Exercises Completed:lesson 7 Date Completed: oct 24, 2005 Instructor: all kinds Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: just did the tut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motility Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Greetings Rodney, Jumped out of order a little to get some modeling exercise in while I could..... Name: Rich Gelles Course completed 8 date completed : novemember 5 05 [attachmentid=10792] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinesmith Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 Name: Splinesmith(Kurt Lange) Exercises Completed:8 Instructor:the manual. Remarks/Suggestions for improvement: The background is something I created. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noewjook Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 Name:Marc Vancouillie Exercise completed #8 customised car Date completed 11/16/05 Remarks:This exercise was a very easy one.So I added some more things. I have noticed that A.M. v.12 refuses for some reason to render to a tga or quicktime file.When I make a choice in the menu it always jumps back to "Image file" the default setting.It makes then a avi file of one image. I overcome this for the moment by rendering in version 11.1 Instructor:t.a.o.AM book,learning video on the hash side and reading in this topic what people have done before me.[attachmentid=11253] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted November 16, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted November 16, 2005 Marc, OUTSTANDING! Now that is what I'm talking about. This is the direction we are hoping to take all of the exercises... the emphasis on storytelling. You've nailed this one! There is a work in progress (additional exercises/mini-tutorials) that hopefully will go with this one some day. For now I'm calling them collectively; "The Race is On!". It is a collection of concepts... a kind of 'What we've covered thus far' that incorporates model/choreography setup, path animation; model and animation distortion, decaling and more with storytelling of course taking place in a great car race. At the end of the exercises everyone has a mini-movie of sorts created. In theory each time someone finishes "The Race is On" they've created a new episode in the ongoing series. Who knows if it ever becomes popular it might someday grow up to be an official exercise. In other news you said: Remarks:This exercise was a very easy one.So I added some more things. I have noticed that A.M. v.12 refuses for some reason to render to a tga or quicktime file.When I make a choice in the menu it always jumps back to "Image file" the default setting.It makes then a avi file of one image. I overcome this for the moment by rendering in version 11.1 I'm sure you aren't the only one that has noticed this particular issue with rendering. You can render in v12 of course but you have to (generally) change the image type in both the File Type and the File Name areas. I started to do a test with the standard render panel and it looked like the settings were staying there. Maybe it is just the Advanced Render Panel that has this problem? At any rate... that is probably one for A:M Reports. Thanks for making me smile with this one. Eric, John, Rich and Kurt, Congrats on completing this one too. Some nice personalization there. If you haven't already done it I encourage you to investigate animated distortion cages too! Tres cool! Rodney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhar Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 Wait a second! Where's Rudolph? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noewjook Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Wait a second! Where's Rudolph? Hello Dhar, Rudolph has'nt a red nose any more.He has joined AA and is sober since a couple of months Did'nt you know that ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkarpp Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Name: Douglas Karpp Exercise Completed: Exercise 8, Custom Car Date Completed: December 13, 2005 Here is my custom car. The decal seems to have become distorted, unfortunately. doug [attachmentid=12267] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMZ_TimeLord Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Name: Jody Krivohlavek Exercise Completed: Exercise 8 Date Completed: December 31, 2005 Instructor: AM Handbook, Video Tutorial and everyone that's ever posted to these forums. (Been around since the Playmation days ) Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: I grabbed the car I felt was already cool and did some extra customization to it. Happy New Year everyone! Blessings to your families from mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuboos Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 i'm such a big fan of war of the worlds that when i did the custom car i just had to put red weed on it [attachmentid=12796] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossk Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Name:Ross Klettke Exercise completed: #8 Date completed: 1-19-06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert-Jank Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Name: Micah Jank Exercise completed: #8 Custom Car Date completed: January 21, 2006 Commets: I call it a limmo convertable...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomike Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Mike Dalton Project 8 Completed: Feb 16th 2006 "Flying Car" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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