frosteternal Posted June 22, 2007 Posted June 22, 2007 After several weeks of work, I (with some helpful input from Dushan, my roomie) have finally completed and entered my commercial entry for the Heinz "Top This" challenge. It is done, and I am very satisfied. The music/sound-effects are a combo of stuff supplied by Heinz for the contest, as well as public domain bits, and my own home-grown effects. *whew* You all can view the entry on youtube at... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pj2OMLr0xQ It took remarkably less time than I had intended, as I had blocked out ~2 months for pre-production etc. Wish me luck! I have seen the other entries and I think this really has a shot at the grand prize. (Hopefully you all will vote for me when it inevitably reaches the finals.) (Now we can get back to the Mountain project. Although, a break was welcome and refreshing!) Quote
Luuk Steitner Posted June 22, 2007 Posted June 22, 2007 Wow, that is a very good entry! I hope you win the contest. Where can we vote? Quote
NancyGormezano Posted June 22, 2007 Posted June 22, 2007 Very Good! Definitely would vote for it, even without knowing who did it. Quote
frosteternal Posted June 22, 2007 Author Posted June 22, 2007 Nancy, Luuk, Martin - Thank you all for the positive response, it is good to know that the giddy tingly "wow I think this is good" feeling isn't just all in my head. (I believe the final voting will be done on the Heinz website in late august, after their judges narrow it down to 15 entries.) I'll keep everyone updated. Quote
Paul Forwood Posted June 22, 2007 Posted June 22, 2007 Very good, Jesse! Good luck with the vote. Quote
MMZ_TimeLord Posted June 22, 2007 Posted June 22, 2007 Congrats on an excellent animation. Nice work! Wishing you luck during the voting. Quote
MattWBradbury Posted June 23, 2007 Posted June 23, 2007 How did you get that blade to rotate so many times? Expressions? Hand animating? Decal? Quote
AniMattor Posted June 23, 2007 Posted June 23, 2007 Wow! I loved it. Make another post to this thread when voting comes around so we remember to vote for it. Your timing was very good throughout. Quote
Logrus Posted June 23, 2007 Posted June 23, 2007 I thought i was gonna watch a condiment war? LoL Great video by the way, Let us know when voting starts Quote
MattWBradbury Posted June 23, 2007 Posted June 23, 2007 It wasn't quite as deadly as the Cat Bun Wars. Quote
frosteternal Posted June 23, 2007 Author Posted June 23, 2007 How did you get that blade to rotate so many times? Expressions? Hand animating? Decal? It is an action, just set to repeat. I think the whole blade rotates once in 4 frames, I don't quite recall but I might have set up sub-frames as well. I also put the axis slightly off center to give it a rougher spin, make it look more jagged. Your timing was very good throughout. Thanks, I have been really, REALLY focusing on pose timing in my work as of late. Thank you everyone, the feedback is stunningly encouraging! Quote
frosteternal Posted June 24, 2007 Author Posted June 24, 2007 Here, just for fun, this was a quick test I did when I first designed the bottle, its rig, and practiced how it should move. (This was before it turned evil.) BottleTest.mov Quote
Mohammad Posted June 24, 2007 Posted June 24, 2007 LOL I love the test vid, that is really good. I'm working on a live CG now too. I loved how you also make it shake Quote
frosteternal Posted August 28, 2007 Author Posted August 28, 2007 Bad news. "Killer Ketchup" did not make it to the final 15. (I'm making my consolation prize a yummy dry martini.) After viewing their choices, I can see why they chose the other videos over mine. Apparently a homicidal bottle of their product just doesn't fit into their brand identity. Go figure! It seems they preferred more folksy/cutesy/warm-fuzzy stuff. Check out the other videos if your get a chance; I voted for "Memories." The old woman who re-lives her happiest memories with one Heinz-full bite (although who the hell makes fries for dinner?) made me happy in a non-specific sort of way. Good news; they are running the contest again in like a half-year or so. Wish me luck the next round. On to better things for me - I (re)start college (finally) this fall anyhow. Quote
Kamikaze Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 Your a Winner in my book, cool animation(s) Quote
Dhar Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 Your work stands on its own and I think it was great. You do good work Jesse. Keep digging, you'll hit water soon enough Quote
frosteternal Posted August 28, 2007 Author Posted August 28, 2007 Your a Winner in my book, cool animation(s) Thanks, much appreciated. Quote
frosteternal Posted August 28, 2007 Author Posted August 28, 2007 Your work stands on its own and I think it was great. You do good work Jesse. Keep digging, you'll hit water soon enough Dhar, you have always been so encouraging - I think I need to get a better grasp of my audience, though. Thank you so much, I won't give up! Quote
frosteternal Posted December 21, 2007 Author Posted December 21, 2007 So today, by post, I received the oddest memento of this ketchup project. It is about two inches high, and actually contains ketchup. This certainly counts as my most unusual animation "winning", even if I didn't really place. Quote
Admin Rodney Posted December 21, 2007 Admin Posted December 21, 2007 Save that thing for when you are famous. Hopefully it'll still be edible. Quote
tbenefi33 Posted December 21, 2007 Posted December 21, 2007 Very good video keep up the good work. Quote
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