racreel Posted June 29, 2005 Posted June 29, 2005 "Family portrait" of the characters for my mini movie entry. racreel Quote
NancyGormezano Posted June 29, 2005 Posted June 29, 2005 very cute - very fun - this should be interesting... Quote
williamgaylord Posted June 29, 2005 Posted June 29, 2005 I take it you prefer fuzzy characters. I like your pipe cleaner family! Look forward to seeing their story. Bill Gaylord Quote
heyvern Posted June 29, 2005 Posted June 29, 2005 So... now that you have pipe cleaner reference photos you will model these in Animation Master? I kid! Nice, very realistic. It figures, sitting around trying to come up with inspiration... you come up with this great, simple, minimalist idea... ...BUT, you need to use HAIR! So, are they as hard to straighten out as the real thing? That use to bug me in elementary school art class. My pipe cleaners always got knotted and never straightened out... then they lost their fuz.... just like me! Vernon "!" Zehr Quote
racreel Posted June 29, 2005 Author Posted June 29, 2005 Nice, very realistic. It figures, sitting around trying to come up with inspiration... you come up with this great, simple, minimalist idea... ...BUT, you need to use HAIR! So, are they as hard to straighten out as the real thing? That use to bug me in elementary school art class. My pipe cleaners always got knotted and never straightened out... then they lost their fuz.... just like me! Thanks all. I've spent the last week or so modelling and rigging these in my spare time. The "people" are rigged with the 2001 rig and I used Mark's quadruped rig for the dog. Check my new avatar to see some of them in motion. They all use hair, but, so far, they don't take too terribly long to render. I'm using A:M 11.1h, haven't upgraded to 12 yet. I haven't tried to straighten them out, but I'm sure it would be just about as tough as the real thing. Richard Creel Quote
Kamikaze Posted June 29, 2005 Posted June 29, 2005 Richard, Id been thinking of simple line drawings for a model and or a tooth pick one etc but your idea tops mall !!! flexable and textured...absolutly fabulous, hope you dont mind if I try out your idea on my own sometime? Michael Quote
racreel Posted June 29, 2005 Author Posted June 29, 2005 Id been thinking of simple line drawings for a model and or a tooth pick one etc but your idea tops mall !!! flexable and textured...absolutly fabulous, hope you dont mind if I try out your idea on my own sometime? Michael, Thanks. Go ahead and try it out. They are super simple to rig. Since it's a piece of wire with fuzz, you don't have to worry about creasing, etc. Richard Quote
pixelmech Posted June 29, 2005 Posted June 29, 2005 Excellent - and original! Looking forward to seeing it. Tom Quote
racreel Posted June 29, 2005 Author Posted June 29, 2005 Animation test of some dog actions. Richard dogtest.mov Quote
racreel Posted August 21, 2005 Author Posted August 21, 2005 Here is the Pipecleaner family's "home". The movie is no where near complete, so it won't make it for the current mini-movie contest. Maybe the next one. Richard Quote
Kamikaze Posted August 21, 2005 Posted August 21, 2005 Well Im sure looking forward to seeing your mini whenever you do finish it. looking very interesting and entertaining. Michael Quote
Zaryin Posted August 21, 2005 Posted August 21, 2005 This looks like a good idea for a movie. I say lengthen it and get a larger short out there. I love the characters. Quote
oakchas Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 Keep it up, I like the characters, the dog moves are good, not perfect, but far better than I can do.... this family has a lot of potential... Quote
racreel Posted August 23, 2005 Author Posted August 23, 2005 I like the characters, the dog moves are good, not perfect, but far better than I can do.... Thanks. The dog was a simple test of the rig, never done a quadraped before. On the animation front, I just got Jeff Lew's DVD. Hopefully my animation will get better. For anyone that hasn't gotten it yet, Lew's DVD is on sale now at Jeff Lew's website. And, if it's still available, you can get an extra 10% off by checking here. With the 10% off, I got it with shipping for less than the $39.95 sale price. Richard Quote
Darknut Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 Thats great ... I never would have thought of that. Quote
Nunsofamerica Posted October 26, 2006 Posted October 26, 2006 very cool, I will vote foor you in the christmas contest! Quote
Gerry Posted October 27, 2006 Posted October 27, 2006 Really nice simple idea and characters that I think everyone will "get" immediately. Good test with the dog, too! Quote
case Posted October 28, 2006 Posted October 28, 2006 -it would be cool if you could make when he is scatching the fur to move a little. -great job though. Quote
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