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Billy bought a pony
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:54 pm
by jhbmw007
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MSAkGMLG8T0
This was just a quick throw-together for a contest. This little guy will be the star of a music video I'm currently working on. I'm the master of recycling characters!
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 3:31 pm
by magicwand
I enjoyed this animation.

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:01 pm
by J. Baker
LOL, that was funny, nice job!

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:02 pm
by Dr. Nick
What a great voice over. Luv the buck teeth on the lip articulation ~~ how'd you do it?
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:00 pm
by jhbmw007
Thanks everyone- glad you liked it!
Dr. Nick wrote:What a great voice over. Luv the buck teeth on the lip articulation ~~ how'd you do it?
The mouth setup was a bit tricky. His head is actually made up of two fills- one above the mouth and one below (the edges of his mouth have invisible lines that extend to the side of his head on each side). The buck teeth are below the upper head fill, and in front of the lower head fill. All lipsync is done with Heyvern's DAT to actions script, and all shapes for the head are on the same layer. This is actually a good example as to why I like action based lipsync opposed to using switch layers.
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:14 am
by Danimal
Man, you sure enter a bunch of contests!
I enjoyed the animation, though I didn't understand where it was going, other than the punchline. It was enjoyable to watch though.

a minor critique
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:11 am
by toonertime
just a little observation from an amateur --
The body of your character was totally frozen during
the cartoon, and I am just wondering if a few little
gestures wouldn't have made his body a little
more expressive