The Don

funksmaname · Post by **funksmaname** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:36 pm

Hey guys,
Ive learned a lot recently and did this in a few hours today... comments welcome! (its kind of Don Corleone in his younger years)

The Don

Special thanks to Heyvern for spilling his guts on these forums!

Genete · Post by **Genete** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:17 pm

Good good!

Fine lines and good applied shadows.
-G

dlangdev · Post by **dlangdev** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:47 am

did you line width on the moustache?

can't tell if it's a shape or a line.

Gnaws · Post by **Gnaws** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:57 am

<stands up and applauds>

THAT is NICELY done!

Animboy · Post by **Animboy** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:24 am

Good!B.O.L!

animationkolhapur · Post by **animationkolhapur** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:49 am

Oh .. my god

.. am scared of that DON

.... a nice one buddy keep up the good work ... hey i also want to know how to do that Shading stuff ... where is the post for the same? .. By the way .. good animation also ..and nice lip sync

p6r · Post by **p6r** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:08 am

PERFECT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6R

heyvern · Post by **heyvern** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:11 am

Wonderful lip sync. Great personality!

I like it!

-vern

funksmaname · Post by **funksmaname** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:11 am

Thanks for the comments everyone

The eyebrows are line weight, but the moustach is a shape with no line... (i also go carried away and gave the moustache a halo)

Basically just draw really simple shapes (i.e. theres 3 or 4 points in the cheeks highlight), colour it with the colour you want and give it a halo with an obsene amount of blur (choose it in the drop down menu just below the colour picker etc) - i think this is set to like 240. I then placed that object where i wanted it in the stacking order (so it doesnt go over the nose for example)

THE most useful script i've found, and i've found LOTS of useful ones, can be found here Select Shape tool - See where in the order the dang shape is... i dont think i could live without it now, it takes so much RANDOMNESS out of the equation.

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:36 am

As much as I don't really like those overcomplex rigging, as much I like that graphic style of "the Don". It reminds me of some advertising artwork from about 1920. This could make for a nice short or even a series, set in the time, maybe staged on ocean liners, planes, and zeppelins, or even in some kind of Rosseau-ean jungle. The story should include some silent-era serial standards: the adventurer, the damsel in distress, some villains, some monsters, some millionaires ...

I can even see the style of animation for the rest of the body: not realistic, but nicely stylised as well.

Hm. Have to think about it ...

dlangdev · Post by **dlangdev** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:51 am

interesting.

i tried your style and here is what i got....

anme file...

http://begonza.com/animation/aspro/aswi ... 09.01.anme

funksmaname · Post by **funksmaname** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:20 am

slowtiger - you got my brain ticking now, that would be a great setting for an animation in this style

hmmm...

dlangdev - nice work! Looking at your file though - OMG is it complicated!... you might be surprised to learn that the entire 'Don' character is on a single layer! Things i've recently learned (and still working on, as this is a first test of which) are really getting your head around shape order to really simplify construction: with the mouth/eyes for example - cut them into the head shape with holes, and the eyeballs/teeth/tongue etc can be nudged below the hole (its a bit confusing but if you fill the hole for the mouth for example, you can make that shape black and put it at the bottom of the layer stack so it always deforms perfectly with the mouth...then put teeth ABOVE that but below the head shape) ... its hard to explain but i really reccomend you practice simplifying your construction as point animation on this character of yours would be almost impossible.

Here is the anme file! - i guess its about time i gave something back

i HIGHLY reccomend you install the script i mentioned earlier - then using the shape select tool, (Q) you can easily see what ive done with shape order for making the mouth/eyes. (it shows you numerically in the top bar what a shapes location is in the stacking order)

I split the head into 4 shapes, probably unnecesserily - i think two is enough (bottom/top) but i was anticipating a head turn so wanted one side to also be stacked above the other. (trying to run before i can walk

)

if anyone has any construction improvements i'm ALL EARS!

but every character ive created has become more and more streamlined which really makes it more manageable.

Jeez, i go on... !

animationkolhapur · Post by **animationkolhapur** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:28 pm

funksmaname ... downloaded the file ... played with it for some time ... got the hold of the shading technique ... but why it doesn't work with SWF export ... it doesn't show shading instead it shows the patch ...but over all good stuff

funksmaname · Post by **funksmaname** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:51 pm

Ah, i havnt even tried exporting to flash... yeah you'd probably have to have a totally 'flat' look for that - but i'm not that fussed... internet technology is such that a well encoded video can stream perfectly well - i dont trust flash to deliver content in sync... I think working with video is much more reliable, predictable and allows you to do MUCH more in post production...

oh blessed thought · Post by **oh blessed thought** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:01 pm

That looks really good, nice work!