Hash for cut-out animation

[thekamps]

I always liked the cut-out style animation like used on Nickelodeon's "Blue's Clues". I really liked how it was used in "Olive the Other Reindeer" which mixed 2D and 3D. I don't really know a lot of the 2D apps and the ones I tried, I always had problems with something. So I thought I'd try it in A:M. because that's what I know. The ease of modeling, texturing, rigging, and muscle mode, all made it go so fast and easy. Here is a little test I did in just a few hours last night. (The character design is from a children's book)

7 layers (pupils, eyes, head, teeth, arms, body, leg1, leg2) - all flat objects

2Dtest.mov

[Fishman]

That's cute and looks really good.

 

Reminds me of a program called Moho (http://www.lostmarble.com/). Actually similar to A:M in that it uses splines to create animatable flat characters. Rigging is similar, too. Check it out.

 

Scott

[rossk]

Good idea and execution. I'd really love to see some shorts in a similar style.

[Kamikaze]

Looking good and looking forward to more of this style..

 

Michael

[isi]

Here you can find an example made with images instead:

http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=14906

And here a tutorial:

http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=14907