Simpsons style character

jhbmw007 · Post by **jhbmw007** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:02 am

Hey all,

Here's a quick animation I made- I had to think of something that would get me a lot of views. So with the Simpsons movie out now, I thought a cartoon parody of a youtube featured video would work well:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=F-W2AXEuD8Q

P.S. you should watch the video it's in response to so you can "get" the jokes

J. Baker · Post by **J. Baker** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:50 am

Nice work, looks great!

human · Post by **human** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:23 am

My stars, that's a lot of lip synch!

I didn't watch it critically to see if you got it perfect, but the lip synch was definitely so good one didn't question it.

I think this piece has a lot going for it--it matches the quality of The Simpsons in terms of production values. You've also mimicked the character style quite accurately, a feat which will be very endearing to people who are (for some reason) really into The Simpsons.

The voice acting was fine, pretty close to pro, I thought, and your audio engineering is excellent. The payoff at the end was silly enough to get the laugh you're looking for. (Hey, I laughed!)

Use of color--something I always look for!--was quite good, too.

The sexy-self storyline was JUST what you needed for this but it went on for too long. (Dilutes the humor slightly.) I think you made more work for yourself as an animator than necessary.

All in all, I'm not a big fan of this genre, but I think you did a marvelous job and it takes a smart guy to pull this off--given how complex it is to work with these tools!

jhbmw007 · Post by **jhbmw007** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:53 pm

Thanks! I did it all in a couple hours too- God I love this program lol. However I can't take credit for the character. You can go to simpsonsmovie.com and make an avatar, and make the character look however you want, and save it as a jpeg. I then just traced the image in AS and animated. The audio was all improv- I just used my crappy computer mic and recorded whatever came to mind- it was my 3rd take I think.

animationkolhapur · Post by **animationkolhapur** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:08 am

Great stuff

Mikdog · Post by **Mikdog** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:38 pm

Good heavens. I see your video has 32,000 views. I'm impressed.

Cartoon Tycoon · Post by **Cartoon Tycoon** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:36 pm

Nice Work!

jhbmw007 · Post by **jhbmw007** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:42 pm

Thanks- I certainly didn't expect that many views. It's a contest entry and the video with the most views wins (if it's picked as a finalist). Anyways, I have a much better cartoon I'm working on that was supposed to be my original submission. It's a spoof of the Flintstones- coming soon!

Phatthumb · Post by **Phatthumb** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:24 pm

THAT WAS AWSOME DUDE! THE ADAMS APPLE WAS GREAT

mooncaine · Post by **mooncaine** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:12 am

jhbmw007 wrote:Hey all,

Here's a quick animation I made- I had to think of something that would get me a lot of views. So with the Simpsons movie out now, I thought a cartoon parody of a youtube featured video would work well:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=F-W2AXEuD8Q

P.S. you should watch the video it's in response to so you can "get" the jokes

I enjoyed that. Nice job.

spoooze! · Post by **spoooze!** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:56 pm

For some reason it won't load for me...

berlusconi · Post by **berlusconi** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:52 pm

nice.. do a "in love" dancing Mr.Smithers in backround;)

Simpsons style character

Simpsons style character

awsome

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