largento Posted December 25, 2007 Posted December 25, 2007 Merry Christmas, everyone! I took a shot at creating an animated Christmas card. Wish it'd occurred to me to do it sooner, but somehow I was able to finish it in time. I did have to cheat a bunch (which included using no multi-pass or shadows in rendering and a lot of tomfoolering in Flash and Photoshop.) Anyways, I thought I'd share it with you guys, too! The Wannabe Pirates Spectacular Christmas Special Quote
mtpeak2 Posted December 25, 2007 Posted December 25, 2007 Nice job on the card Mark. Merry Christmas!!! Quote
Jentham2000 Posted December 25, 2007 Posted December 25, 2007 Excellent, very nice Mark! Thanks for sharing..... Bob Quote
dougwills Posted December 25, 2007 Posted December 25, 2007 Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you and please have a Very Merry Christmas. -Doug Quote
Paul Forwood Posted December 25, 2007 Posted December 25, 2007 Ha, ha! Well done, Mark, and Merry Christmas. Quote
Dhar Posted December 25, 2007 Posted December 25, 2007 Well if that didn't bring the holiday cheer I don't know what will. Very well done. Cheers. Quote
Admin Rodney Posted December 25, 2007 Admin Posted December 25, 2007 Very nice! Your character in his first Christmas special. A Jolly good show. If I may ask... how long from concept to creation did this take? Quote
largento Posted December 25, 2007 Author Posted December 25, 2007 Thanks! Rodney, I came up with the idea of doing it Thursday morning on my way in to work and searched my iPod for an appropriately cheezy Christmas song. :-) I ran into some technical problems at the beginning (I do NOT like the new iMovie), so the bulk of it was done Saturday through Monday. I was really afraid I wouldn't be able to get it done in time... It was a great learning process. Nothing like trial by fire! :-) Quote
nino banano Posted December 25, 2007 Posted December 25, 2007 thanks, Nice card iargento...so merry chistmas to you Quote
ptiversen Posted December 25, 2007 Posted December 25, 2007 That was a nice Xmas card, maybe next year we should have a Xmas card rally or contest. Oh by the way Mark, Arrr, jolly O matey. Quote
largento Posted December 26, 2007 Author Posted December 26, 2007 That was a nice Xmas card, maybe next year we should have a Xmas card rally or contest. Oh by the way Mark, Arrr, jolly O matey. LOL! It would be neat if we put together a page that was like the mantle of a fireplace where folks could display their cards on a special Hash Christmas page next year. Assuming enough folks contributed... Quote
Admin Rodney Posted December 26, 2007 Admin Posted December 26, 2007 Rodney, I came up with the idea of doing it Thursday morning on my way in to work and searched my iPod for an appropriately cheezy Christmas song. :-) I ran into some technical problems at the beginning (I do NOT like the new iMovie), so the bulk of it was done Saturday through Monday. I was really afraid I wouldn't be able to get it done in time... It was a great learning process. Nothing like trial by fire! :-) Tell me about it. There is nothing like the dreaded deadline doom to get us motivated. But really... This works in another context too. I'm always interested in the learning process. I want to learn all there is to learn. That you managed to get this production packaged and presented in time for Christmas is quite a feat too. Congratulations. Quote
largento Posted December 26, 2007 Author Posted December 26, 2007 Well, sometimes ignorance works in your favor. If I'd known better, I probably wouldn't have even attempted to get it done in such a short amount of time. :-) Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted December 27, 2007 Hash Fellow Posted December 27, 2007 Hey, that was charming! Nothing says "Christmas" like a pirate with a missing eye. Quote
Admin Rodney Posted December 27, 2007 Admin Posted December 27, 2007 Nothing says "Christmas" like a pirate with a missing eye. Correction. "Nothing says "Christmas" like a wannabe pirate who is pretending he is missing an eye." Keep up with the story! Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted December 27, 2007 Hash Fellow Posted December 27, 2007 Correction. "Nothing says "Christmas" like a wannabe pirate who is pretending he is missing an eye." Keep up with the story! Sorry, I guess I missed the Thanksgiving Special. Quote
largento Posted December 27, 2007 Author Posted December 27, 2007 Thanks, Robert & George! Here's one of my time-saving tricks... The snowman model is really just a modified Thom. :-) Quote
Admin Rodney Posted December 27, 2007 Admin Posted December 27, 2007 Here's one of my time-saving tricks... The snowman model is really just a modified Thom. :-) That should get an award as the most beneficial modification of Thom we've seen in a very long time. Usually Thom just gets battered, bruised and blown up! Great acting Thom! (Watch how they snub him at the Emmys again this year) Seriously though, nice modification. Quote
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