the red cat

[thefreshestever]

it´s the mascot of my favorite club in my hometown where i use to party... i know the owners and they asked me to do some animations of the cat, maybe we´ll even make a cinema-spot with it.

it´s not really a paid job, i´m more like getting paid in beverages...

 

so here´s the first demo vid, just a walk- and a runcycle and a short 5sec animation. hope you´ll like it...

kittycams.mov

[thefreshestever]

ups... attached the wrong video... sorry..

kittydemoreel2.mov

[MasterFunk]

Looks Great. The animation is very smooth. The only criticism I have is that in the run cycle the back legs seem to move faster than the front.

[jirard]

Nice work!

I like the animation and the stylized look of the cat.

Keep posting progress on this.

[Rodney]

Hehe. I like. Very nice.

 

I look forward to seeing where you take this.

[agep]

That look absolutely fabulous!

[bighop]

Very cool! The only thing I noticed is in the second movie, he was just frozen at the start. Maybe some eye or face movement before the walk cycle.

[robcat2075]

That's a good looking cat!

[williamgaylord]

Brilliant! Is this based on personal experience with cats, or have you been watching a lot of re-runs of The Planet's Funniest Animals?

 

I currently have two cats who I know would react quite differently in this situation: One would scrabble frantically while looking ever so embarrassed. The other would simple go over the edge without any struggle and with a very round-eyed look of surprise on her face.

[phatso]

What's wrong with being paid in beverages? Especially in Germany. Compared with your beer, ours tastes like water that dead animals have been soaked in.

[steve392]

Good looking cat and a very nice walk/run cycle ,payment sounds good to me

[Animus]

Very nice stylized cat. Animating is fluid too. Great clip.

 

Michel

[Gerry]

Nice stylization and personality, and of course the music adds a lot of character.

[thefreshestever]

thanks guys... i´ll keep posting the progress... it´s my first attempt in toon-render, and i love it, especially because it really renders very fast...

 

bill: yes, it´s experience, i´ve got 3 cats by myself, i guess all of them would behave more or less like this, except the fat one, he wouldn´t even try to make that jump at all

[John Bigboote]

Yup- If you have cats...everything ends up on the floor...

 

I really like the cars out the window... very Friz Freling-esque

[John Bigboote]

AND- When you say 'maybe a cinema spot' are you talking about one of those ads you see at the cinema for local businesses? That would be cool! It's digital-projected at a hi-resolution, right?

[thefreshestever]

AND- When you say 'maybe a cinema spot' are you talking about one of those ads you see at the cinema for local businesses? That would be cool! It's digital-projected at a hi-resolution, right?

 

yes... exactly... i don´t know anything about the technical details yet, but i guess it requires a pretty high resolution... but those ads are much cheaper than i thought, it´s only about 100,- euros for a 20-second clip for one whole month... and it will be played every evening. the price is for one room only though, but still much cheaper than i thought...

[aen916]

I like it - great model, and you have the cat's attitude down packed! Is there going to be a mouse or canary for him to spar wit?

[tbenefi33]

Nice looking animation and cat, remind me of some our cats that act like that.

Now I done got that tune stuck in my head what's the name of it ?

[TheSpleen]

Yeah very nice animation on the table jump!

[thefreshestever]

Nice looking animation and cat, remind me of some our cats that act like that.

Now I done got that tune stuck in my head what's the name of it ?

thanks...the song is called "soul bossa nova" by quincy jones...

[mike meyer]

...like it!

[Elm]

Schönes ding!

Die Animation find ich nicht sooo prickelnd.

 

Die Katze an sich ist sehr schön!

 

Greetz,

Elm.

[serg2]

thefreshestever - Exelent character and animation! I like it!