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Did a bit of work on my part tonight. Getting the storyboard down solid with some animation. Here's a teaser image.

At 10/13/14 04:17 PM, Whirlguy wrote: Heh, sounds like such a short time when you actually hear the number. Two weeks should definitely do it for me though. Backgrounds are at 50% and coloring is at 85%. Headphoamz agreed on being my voice actress. I sent her the script like a week ago but she hasn't responded yet. Hopefully that still goes through. No stress about time, so I can still wait that one out. Here's a preview.

Looking great Wirlguy, really like the way your part looks so far. I'll have some free time over the next couple of weeks to finish my part up, should be getting a new teaser to you all by the end of tomorrow.

At 10/11/14 11:49 AM, VlikeVince wrote: Sorry to say this but Im going to quit the animation of girl in a room.
But I will gladly watch the work of you guys.

Sorry to hear that VlikeVince. I was looking forward to your part this year, but it's ok, I understand that things happen.

At 10/12/14 02:31 PM, BazookaBonsai wrote: I've already began creating some animation puppets and backgrounds. I should be done with them this week, so I can begin animating.

In the link is my current storyboard with the story description included.

spoiler, for obvious reasons

Looking good dude, keep up the great work.

We all have about 16 days until the deadline Oct 28th, to get our parts done, how's everybody else coming along?

At 10/6/14 02:15 AM, sweetyluli wrote: Just a test pic. I don't think I'll have enough time to put this much detail into my part buttttt just getting ideas on coloring. Everything is story boarded now for the hard part.... :/

Looks really sweet man, I really like the style that you animate with.

At 10/6/14 02:29 PM, Whirlguy wrote: The animation stage is at 100% now, although I will probably revisit it here and there. Next up, there's coloring, backgrounds and audio.

Oh shit.

Looking great man, glad to see you've made tons of progress on your part.

At 10/7/14 10:34 AM, SailorSilverStar wrote:

Would it not fit/ is it to corny, if a scream was heard in the background as well? Just as hes laughing?

Not really sure it's needed, I see what you're saying though. It could fit in, but I think it's fine the way it is, since it's just a short warning that people shouldn't remember.

At 10/4/14 09:00 PM, Mrcoleman wrote: Another update. I'm still working on my part. In my next update, I"ll try to upload a small part of my animation so you can see a scene in action.

Looking sweet so far man, one thing on the anatomy though. The arms on the girl look a little off, I think it may be the top part ( biceps ) being too long. Her elbows should come just above where her belly button should be. The total length I think looks "about" right, just that top part I think.

At 10/4/14 06:37 PM, Whirlguy wrote: Honestly, I think it's very corny. The laugh is the best thing about it, but it doesn't quite fit with the type of atmosphere you seem to be going for. I really like the panning though. If you want to add voices, they should probably sound robotic, since you're going for a sci-fi theme. Speaking of which, you could give the screen a more sci-fi appearance. And you could also add some ambient noises, if you're up for that. I imagine droning noises, and a couple of faint bleeps as the timer runs out. Maybe the muffled voices of scientists talking in the background?

Thanks for the feedback, this is the type of responses that I like to see. I'm glad you said something about background noise n' what not. I meant to add some in when I was making it. Anyway, here is the new version. Thoughts?

Content Warning 2

At 10/4/14 03:23 PM, BazookaBonsai wrote: I still included sketches fron one of the other ideas I had.

Hey, I really like those! Nice concept as well.

I really like the sketches and the idea you had. The first one I was hoping to get some twisted psychological parts so I could end it with the girl just standing up and walking out of the room like nothing happened. ( The was going to be the ending if I had more contribution ) Would have been a mind f*** to the viewers, like... what??

At 10/1/14 04:06 PM, Whirlguy wrote: I finally got to 80% today. Keep in mind that this is the animation stage I'm talking about here. Most shots haven't been colored yet, and all of them are missing backgrounds. I haven't spent a lot of time on the audio either. I was hoping to have the animation finished by October, but I'm glad I got this far. Time to attend the 31 Days of Horror Challenge. I welcome all of you to join. It could inspire you ;)

Cool man, I unfortunately won't have time to watch a Horror Movie every day, but sounds like a great way to get some ideas and inspiration for others.

So DominoVox helped me with some voice work so I could make this, feedback?

At 10/1/14 07:38 AM, TheMAM wrote: Nobody wanted to talk about that in the forums, so no. You guys can still discuss it if you want, but unless you come up with an agreement, we'll just stick to Newgrounds.

Doesn't bother me at all if you upload it to Youtube, it makes it easier to share ( slightly [mobile support]) And it's not like you'll be making anything off the monetization if you did monetize. Just wait a few days after you submit to Newgrounds before you upload to youtube.

At 10/1/14 08:40 AM, BazookaBonsai wrote:

At 10/1/14 06:39 AM, BazookaBonsai wrote: Sounds like alot of fun. Ill try to get something done for this collab aswell.
I am a tad inexperienced with flash, but Ill try my best.
Will keep you up to date with the state of my clip.

Looked trough the thread and it seems like all places are already taken.
Silly me. In the case you still want more participants, let me know.

There is still room if you are able to make something before the deadline ( OCT 28th ) Just remember that if it isn't up to standards it won't be included in the final piece. But you should be fine as long as you put in the effort.

At 9/30/14 01:59 PM, snickity wrote:

At 9/30/14 01:46 AM, ReklessCreati0n wrote:

wow, these WIPs are quite impressing actually! Was about to write how I am extremely honoured and how i didn't even know I was part of a collab with so many awesome peeps... but when I watched the finished intro i realized i dont get mentioned in the credits? i don't get it...

sorry i forgot to share my part with you guys btw. I'll never use this much 3d ever again though, ugh.

as i said, the WIPs look great, but Reckles, you should check the legs
http://www.thefitnesstrain.com/images/yoga_sitting_on_heals_soles_up.jpg
kthanksbye

Don't worry Snickity, The "credits" aren't finished yet, like I mentioned originally, I only included some of the base people that I had been working with recently. The intro isn't "finished" because I'll be adding in everybody once I get the final piece put together, for instance if somebody doesn't finish their part or drops out, I can easily swap out names. There is still more room for credits to be added into the intro.

Ah holy crap you're right, the legs in my sketch are super long. Great catch, I hadn't even noticed myself haha, totally did the start of the storyboard late at night.

I'll get you added in Snickity, to avoid confusion. I'll be adding you to the intro credits, but in the ending credits have you under "Ending Credits By: Snickity" since you did a great job on getting the ending cinematic done.

Quick question of preference to you all; with my parts I've been doing a great deal of sound design in Audacity, and have been attempting Left and Right speaker effects. Before the "Intro" scene. I'm thinking about having a "Turn down the lights and get your headphones" voice acted with text. To which I'll want to make sure everybody's parts are maintained with their audio as well.

Maintain our audio, by god, what do you mean?
I want to make sure you have your levels capped and there aren't going to be any sounds or voices that will kill speakers or headphones. Make sure your levels are adjusted and the voices are easy to hear over sound effects.

If you need help I'll be happy to assist.

So the question essentially is, are you guys able to manage your sounds so I can make that intro to instruct viewers to get their headphones?

Now that I've gotten the intro scene nearly finished, I've started working on my part, just getting a rough storyboard figured out before I start the sound design. ( current sounds are placeholders )

Teaser

At 9/29/14 03:53 PM, Whirlguy wrote:

At 9/29/14 04:50 AM, ReklessCreati0n wrote: Intro is about 90% complete, Just need to finalize the credits when the final piece is put together, and just do a few touch ups here n' there. Feedback is appreciated, let me know how you like the intro.

Everytime I watch the intro I get goosebumps. The shot where the girl is shown from top-view, spinning in circles with the pink dress on bothers me a little though. I think you could make the scene look a lot better if you moved her across the grassy background, instead of keeping her in one spot. Awesome stuff apart from that!

Great catch on that scene Whirlguy, It's been bugging me too a bit. But you gave me a great Idea and now I have this.

http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/93dc5c7a7634ae5a0172bb42a0700d01

latest update, looks really nice in full screen, great visual feel with the "scare"

Intro Update

Intro is about 90% complete, Just need to finalize the credits when the final piece is put together, and just do a few touch ups here n' there. Feedback is appreciated, let me know how you like the intro.

I'll now get working on my actual piece for the collab. Should be turning out a storyboard in about a week. Deadline is right around the corner all.

At 9/24/14 11:46 PM, sweetyluli wrote: Just letting you know that I am working my part :)

Awesome, Glad to see you've started your part, looking forward to some updates soon.

At 9/26/14 08:30 AM, VlikeVince wrote: I also started my animation..trouble is that I have no Idea what to do :D
Can someone pm me and tell me your ideas? Dont worry I dont want to steal anything
Its just that there are so many oppurtunities and just wanna know what you guys are doing
so I can get some inspiration.
I wrote three different stories but I dont like them :(

"Both" of my ideas are fairly simple, you've probably seen the intro already, dream like thing. For my actual part, the girl will be in the room, then the antagonist will appear and start monologuing, he'll say some creepy things, then he'll cut into her, ending the scene. very simple, but hoping to make it creepy as hell.

At 9/26/14 08:57 AM, Whirlguy wrote: It's a rough estimation, but I think I just finished an approximate 60% of the animation. 24 Shots are already done, while 7 shots are half-way finished.

Awesome man, from your teasers i'm really looking forward to your part, really enjoy the animation style.

Daily Report

- Intro Update

Didn't get it finished, but I'm getting close.

At 9/21/14 01:08 AM, ReaperSound wrote: For no particular reason I am feeling extremely motivated to getting my ass in this. I still may be primitive compared to the rest of the examples that I have seen but I am very excited even more than what I saw this collab being announced. I have more ideas and work to do tomorrow and start recording what I can monday.

VIVA LA FRANCE

Awesome, I'm going to be doing a bit of work on the intro tonight to try to finish it up. Looking forward to seeing some updates from you too after your next animating session.

At 9/20/14 12:16 AM, Mrcoleman wrote: I made big progress during this week but still nowhere near the half-way mark. Just an update to let you all know I'm still working on my part.

Looking great, I can't help but feel like the shadow looks a bit off ( on the wall ). Either there needs to be part of her on the wall, or the angle of the arm shadow is off. But otherwise it looks really good. Great use of hard shadows, I could never get that effect down well. I'll attempt some this time around for fun.

At 9/22/14 05:33 PM, Whirlguy wrote: Currently struggling to reach 40%. I finished approximately 18/48 shots. Mfw.

Looks freaking sweet dude! Look forward to seeing it.

Here is a teaser from the intro, nearly done with the intro. After that I'll work on my actual part.

At 9/16/14 12:12 AM, ReaperSound wrote: You have no idea the immense erection I have from reading this post. The biblical erotic MAGNITUDE that you have now created in what you have asked of me. The..... I think you get the jist. Yeah sure I'd watch. I've always seen someone's finished product I have watched some processes from Jazza on youtube.

I do have some questions about voice work. In recording multiple lines lets say a conversation between two people. Would they have to be in the same movie clip?

I'm EST btw and I have a twitch account I rarely use is I don't even know if I remember my password.

We'll put together a time that I can work on animating so I can stream for you guys.

At 9/17/14 09:07 AM, Whirlguy wrote:

I just used twitch when streaming video games before. Hardly use it anymore really.

At 9/17/14 10:06 PM, Budj wrote: Sorry for the brief inactivity.

I have an idea that I'd love to throw together for this. I'm plowing away on a Madness Day toon atm but I should have it done by the weekend. If that's cool I'll get stuck right into it afterwards.

All good Budj, glad to see you're still sticking around.

At 9/15/14 08:13 PM, ReaperSound wrote: Keep at it dude. It's going to be a tough road and I've seen some of your art your really good. Just concentrate and keep focused you will get it. It's hard now but only going to get easier when it's closer to being finished. Can I come over to watch? LOLOL

If you're interested in watching somebody animate, I can arrange something where I animate on Twitch so you see my process. Just let me know if you would want that and when you're available ( and what time zone )

At 9/14/14 01:13 AM, ReaperSound wrote: If there is anything that looks out of place meaning if I don't match the theme of the collab please let me know I will adjust accordingly.

If you're going for the malnourished look, try giving her some pale skin as well, might go well with showing that she's been in there a while. Also the gradient in the hair may be a bit strong, I'd recommend out of personal preference to bring the light grey down a tad so it doesn't look so forced. Other than that should be interesting to see your part come together.

At 9/12/14 05:22 PM, FourCigarettes wrote: I'm relatively new to Flash animation, so I hope my work in progress meets the standards for this incredible collab/idea.
Thanks! For hosting this collab :)

Flashes to the first GIAR episode

Cool man, not too bad for being new-ish to flash. A few things that I can pin-point that may make your work "pop" in the future.

- Life Drawing

Work on your life drawing a bit for your anatomy, It's something that I constantly struggle with myself. But remember that the human body has distinct proportions. Now if you're going for a certain style of drawing such as Whirlguy where the porportions aren't intended to be realistic this doesn't apply. But with your part, you seem to be shooting for realism. So quick reference for help.

Measure your drawing's head, ( height ) the height of the head will represent ( x ) in this example.

Head = x
Body = 2(x)
Legs = 3(x)
Arms = 2(x) + hands ( so slightly longer than the body )

This will hopefully help out a bit, your part looks fine so far, my only grievance is some of the art that I believe isn't complete, for example she's missing arms in the first scene. Also her legs are too short in the first scene as well, use the above chart to hopefully fix those out.

I'm interested to see where you are going to take this one, should be interesting.

At 9/12/14 04:19 PM, SailorSilverStar wrote:

At 9/12/14 04:15 PM, ReklessCreati0n wrote:
My concern is essentially the quality of your microphone, IE- no feedback, white noise, and crystal clear voice. Especially for sound effects in my part. I'm thinking my part will essentially go like this.

Would you like me to try a recording of this and send it to you?

That can work, just shoot me a PM with the download link when you have it available.

At 9/12/14 02:05 PM, SailorSilverStar wrote: Wonderful!!! I'm looking forward to it. I know I need one but at the moment sadly I do not have a demo. But I do have 3 auditions up on my profile you are more then welcomed to hear. If you need an example of something more specific please feel free to say so with maybe some dialogue and I would be very happy to make a recording for you! ^_^

My concern is essentially the quality of your microphone, IE- no feedback, white noise, and crystal clear voice. Especially for sound effects in my part. I'm thinking my part will essentially go like this.

Girl Standing in the middle of the room looking around.
Something runs behind her
Girl: "Is somebody there?"
A Wall opens up revealing a window, outside you can see outer space, in orbit of the earth.
Girl: ( in awe ) "Whoa.."
As she's staring out the window in wonderment a life form appears behind her.
Alien: "Greetings"
She tries to scream but has gone mute
Girl: ( startled gasping scream sound )
Alien begins to monologue
Girl: ( Various muffled sound effects, grunts, moans, etc ) [ as if in a conversation with a dentist, but mouth sewn shut ]
Alien becomes terrifying
Girl: ( Muffled scream of pain )

At 9/12/14 11:13 AM, SailorSilverStar wrote: If you still have any openings Id love to offer voice work ^_^

Sounds great SailorSilverStar! I'm sure plenty of us could use a Female Voice actress right now. I might actually have some work for you myself once I get my entry part organized. I have a lot of dialogue in my scene from the antagonist but the girl is muted, I could use mainly "sound effects" for her, but I'll PM you when I've got a script/storyboard for you to work off of.

Do you have a demo reel you'd like to post here so people can gage your abilities?

At 9/11/14 08:51 PM, Whirlguy wrote: Man, I wish that were the case. I've got a lot of different shots to animate here. Two-minutes worth to be exact. I'm finally finished with the sketches, although I kind of rushed it towards the end. I'm not even sure what the uniform of the insectoid is supposed to look like yet. I was thinking of making the body some sort of future maintenance guy or mechanic or something.
http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/f339102f3ffbf424d492d3ad870df613

Now would be a good time to think about getting a voice actress too.

Man that part is going to be awesome once it's completed! Great work man, really dig the teaser!

I think a maintenance guy would work best, plus it'd be relatively easy to animate a dude in a jump-suit.

At 9/9/14 08:18 PM, Whirlguy wrote: Wow, I was planning to have my sketches done by now. Looks like there's a lot more scenes to animate than I initially thought there would be.

That's how it tends to go with my parts as well, but it's usually not so bad because in horror there are a lot of long "drawn-out" scenes with little movement. So animating it shouldn't be so bad in the end.

At 9/7/14 03:19 AM, Oh-Sama wrote: Haha funny animation, I really enjoyed it XD
OK I'll see if I can use your tip next time but hey, you didn't say anything about my story at the 1st post on this page, are you going to use it?

I already have my stories figured out, so I don't know about anybody else. So I personally won't be using it.

At 9/7/14 12:39 PM, ReaperSound wrote: I've been steadying my hand on your technique and it's really simple technique thank you for the help. Just need an hour or two on steady practice and I will get it down packed. I can finally get my moving forward on the moel and whatnot As for the animation you left as an example I found that very funny and that's exactly how I was when I was back in High school LOL. Was that the Guitar God on the front riding the dragon from Guitar Hero? LOL

Really good animation and example these are perfect Thank you again for the help mate.

Not a problem, if you're having trouble drawing the lines free-hand. Don't forget to use the tools flash gives you, the line tool is a great way to get your base lines down perfectly, just adjust them as needed.

The dragon riding guitar god was the Dragonborn. I made that animation when Assassin's Creed 3, Halo 4 and Skyrim first came out, which was at the start of school. It was a part of the "Just a Monday" collaboration.