Head turn with dialog

Furpuss · Post by **Furpuss** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:22 pm

Hi everyone-

Although I've been animating for some time now I've only been using Anime Studio for about 3 months. The learning curve was very steep for me and I watched endless tutorials and also got a lot of good tips off this forum. I believe that AS has tremendous potential as yet unrealized. I still have much to learn and am excited about the possibilities.

Anyway, here's my short test animation with my character Buddy Riff:

http://youtu.be/odGoFuEwSNE

Hope you like it-

Furpuss

neeters_guy · Post by **neeters_guy** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:14 pm

Really good. It's always cool to see what someone with prior animating experience does with AS. Were the backgrounds done in AS as well? Looking forward to seeing more.

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:49 pm

Very good. It's not only dialogue but also an attitude in the mouth movements.

Little Yamori · Post by **Little Yamori** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:32 pm

Brilliant eye for movement and communication through your expressions, matched perfect to the dialog. Can't wait to see what you do from here on out.

Pesto · Post by **Pesto** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:12 am

I can only echo previous comments - Brilliant! Really high quality stuff - character design, animation, especially facial stuff.
Question - I'm struggling a bit with head turns. How did you do them? Bone dial and just push and pull points? Moving layers? Morph targets? Did specific tutorials help you with this?
Thanks and again, great work, can't wait to see more!!

Furpuss · Post by **Furpuss** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 2:25 am

Thanks. I'm thinking maybe if people are interested I may do a tutorial on facial expression and dialog. For the head turns, yes, it was bone dial and push points around. The mouth shapes, eye shapes and brows were switch layers.

Furpuss

Pesto · Post by **Pesto** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 5:00 am

Thanks Furpuss! Love a tutorial on facial expression and dialog. So what did you animate in prior to ASPro? Maya? 3DSMax?

Furpuss · Post by **Furpuss** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 5:12 am

Paper and pencil for 25 years. Then 15 years using Maya and other 3D software.

3deeguy · Post by **3deeguy** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:21 am

Not only did you do a head turn but the head and the beret tilted up which means your character can nod both "yes" and "no". Excellent!

Pesto · Post by **Pesto** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:09 am

Wow! 25 years with pencil and paper - Damn impressive. Then Maya, etc... Can't wait to see more of your work!!

Oh, and the scaling up of the head when he says "wrong" (as well as the subtle elongation of the turtle neck) really adds to accent the dialog. Again, brilliant!

Lukas · Post by **Lukas** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:16 am

I like it! Welcome.

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:51 pm

Looks pretty good to me.

mtbuck24 · Post by **mtbuck24** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 11:09 pm

Awesome! I definitely would love it if you did a tutorial!

Greenlaw · Post by **Greenlaw** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:07 am

That was fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

bliss_infinite · Post by **bliss_infinite** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:05 am

That was pretty impressive and very expressive! I too would like to see a tutorial on how you did that.

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