John Bigboote Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Hey- I've been really busy lately... Recent animation for a local Tire chain that sponsors the 'Grand Rapids (MI) Griffins' minor league hockey team. The animation will run on the scoreboard at center ice during intermissions. I had always wanted to do one of these types of cartoons, and had fun doing it. I'm always amazed at sporting events how these mindless cartoons get BIG audience response... I hope mine does. Sorry about the big files sizes. Each is 1 minute long and there are 3 outcomes, and all share a common 1st half. This project took one week to complete, as the main character was already modeled and rigged and I just needed to make 2 other versions of him. Oh yeah--- that is the 'BensLens' fisheye being used on the 'behind the net' scene... AND Thom and his family make a cameo... There is no audio, the in-house announcer will have fun adding live V/O and the in-house DJ music. BT_GR_Blue_winsSM.mov BT_GR_Red_winsSM.mov BT_GR_White_winsSM.mov Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted October 29, 2008 Hash Fellow Posted October 29, 2008 Those look sharp. Fine work! Quote
TheSpleen Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Looks great! I downloaded the red one and it freaked out halfway through. Probably bad download by me though. Quote
Admin Rodney Posted October 29, 2008 Admin Posted October 29, 2008 Nice. I hope you get a chance to see it in action up on the big screen in front of all those fans. Quote
steve392 Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 That's very sharp and clear ,graet colours ,and very smooth animation ,another job well done Quote
johnl3d Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Reminds me of the sausage races they have at the Brewers games in Milwaukee. They have actual costumed characters racing but have an animation that can run on the scoreboard also Quote
martin Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Those are SO stupid! (In a good way - you know, like hockey pucks have arms & legs, and skate around ice rinks stupid.) Quote
John Bigboote Posted October 29, 2008 Author Posted October 29, 2008 Yup! STUPID...MINDLESS...rot your brain kinda stuff. Actually... the characters are TIRES, but they have a hockey puck umbrella over them. Thanks! Quote
martin Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Actually... the characters are TIRES, but they have a hockey puck umbrella over them. Of course! What was I thinking!? Quote
bighop Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Looks great! Was this all AM or did you do some work in After Effects? Quote
John Bigboote Posted November 2, 2008 Author Posted November 2, 2008 Looks great! Was this all AM or did you do some work in After Effects? Yup---After Effects was highly implemented in this, as with most all of my work. I've been using AE since it was 'CoSA After Effects' (V1) (Company of Science and Art...1993-4ish) Quote
Kamikaze Posted November 3, 2008 Posted November 3, 2008 Nice! and Im not a hockey fan, but was compelled to watch and cheer... Quote
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