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At 10/28/09 09:15 PM, NpPro93 wrote: Hey, here's the first 30 seconds of mine:
http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/3809/763 80_NpPro93--5_Shades_of_Orange.php
Its supposed to be a story taking place in the reflections on a ring around which the story revolves.
Don't be influenced by the simple animation so far; I plan to escalate it quite a bit. There will be many more characters on the ring, although the ring itself will not move until the end.

Let me know what you guys think and be honest so I don't sink more time into a video that no one likes, if that happens to be the case.

Very nice, your ring looks just like mine. lol! Did you use the same reference pic? (google images "ring")

At 10/28/09 09:15 PM, NpPro93 wrote: Hey, here's the first 30 seconds of mine:
http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/3809/763 80_NpPro93--5_Shades_of_Orange.php
Its supposed to be a story taking place in the reflections on a ring around which the story revolves.
Don't be influenced by the simple animation so far; I plan to escalate it quite a bit. There will be many more characters on the ring, although the ring itself will not move until the end.

Let me know what you guys think and be honest so I don't sink more time into a video that no one likes, if that happens to be the case.

So far that's looking awesome, nice job! I love the concept. I never thought for a second about having an entire scene take place on the sides of a ring. So cool. I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out when you escalate it all the way.

One suggestion (if you want any) would be to have some sort of shadow of the ring instead of a plain white background maybe. It would ground the object so it didn't just seem floating in nothingness. Or maybe you plan to do a background, I don't know. Can't wait to see more!

At 10/27/09 08:36 PM, funbie wrote: all right, sounds like a fun collab, count me in! it's still open right?

Yep, it's open until November 29th when it's due. You don't have to sign up or anything, just make a great animation following the guidelines and submit it before the deadline.

I've been out of town for the past week, so I hope no one thought I'd abandoned the collab here. I tried to log onto the internet from away, but much of my time was on a boat in the middle of the ocean. Anyway, hope everyone's projects are coming along well! I'm going to post some of my early art for this later in the week. Just finishing the storyboard now.

Alright I think I got a good idea about my entry, It'll probably be short, but funny nonetheless.

It'll probably be finished by today.

HEY!

I haven't been working on my piece for as long as I hoped but im going full time on it now.

http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/011109/4 6427_test.php

my piece was supposed to have voice-acting in it but after running around trying to find a mike to record
I caught a cold and cant record until its gone. So if anyone out there thinks he could voice this It would
really help.

Ha ha, I like it! Only thing is, you can't actually use purple you know! It's an extremely clever idea, though. I don't know how you could do it without the purple color, but hopefully there's a way.

At 11/1/09 04:58 PM, JKR wrote: Ha ha, I like it! Only thing is, you can't actually use purple you know! It's an extremely clever idea, though. I don't know how you could do it without the purple color, but hopefully there's a way.

I guess he will be orange but it will be written purple on his head

I figured I'd post the rough sketch of my character here for feedback. I'm working on inking things in Flash now, so at least he'll be ready soon. I also have some background started but it isn't ready to be shown yet. Hopefully soon. I keep thinking "Oh, I still have a month" but I know how fast that goes from the other Shades collabs I've done...

At 11/2/09 05:31 PM, JKR wrote: I figured I'd post the rough sketch of my character here for feedback. I'm working on inking things in Flash now, so at least he'll be ready soon. I also have some background started but it isn't ready to be shown yet. Hopefully soon. I keep thinking "Oh, I still have a month" but I know how fast that goes from the other Shades collabs I've done...

I like the character. I think you should add a few fourhead wrinkles, i think it would help exagerate how old he is. But I really like it.

I am still working...kinda...well...i was procrastinating for the last week! so I should get on the ball.

Ah, that's a really good idea, farfenwaffle. I'll add those extra age lines to the inked version I'm currently finishing up. Thanks!

Also I think I'm going to shorten his arm, because it's a little too gangly and long. If it was straight down, it would almost hit the ground. The proportion is off, I think.

Well, here's what I'm starting with. I've decided to make a more "artistic" entry.

http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/031109/6 3206_drodzilias_preview.php

Anyways, it'll be pretty short. The storyline is the alien shoots the ring into the ocean and it starts choking a fishy-type-object. The fishy-type-object starts looking for help but eventually explodes from suffocation.

Once it is done, I am going to (try) to write a musical score in Reason.

At 11/3/09 08:35 PM, drodZILiA wrote: Well, here's what I'm starting with. I've decided to make a more "artistic" entry.

Look's heaps good so far. The only thing I would change is when the alien quickly moves from the right to the left, the speed lines should be behind him but are on him, or just get rid of them and distort the aliens shape a bit.

At 11/3/09 11:12 PM, CloudEater wrote: Look's heaps good so far. The only thing I would change is when the alien quickly moves from the right to the left, the speed lines should be behind him but are on him, or just get rid of them and distort the aliens shape a bit.

Thanks, I'll work on that.

At 11/3/09 08:35 PM, drodZILiA wrote: Well, here's what I'm starting with. I've decided to make a more "artistic" entry.

http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/031109/6 3206_drodzilias_preview.php

Wow, really cool. I wish I could do stuff in that quick style like you have there... I guess I just don't have the eye for it yet. Anyway, good job, I can't wait to see what's next.

There's been a lot of really good samples shown so far. Now I want to work even harder on mine...

At 11/4/09 09:38 AM, JKR wrote: Wow, really cool. I wish I could do stuff in that quick style like you have there... I guess I just don't have the eye for it yet. Anyway, good job, I can't wait to see what's next.

There's been a lot of really good samples shown so far. Now I want to work even harder on mine...

Thanks for all the positive feedback! I've only been animating for the past couple of months, so it is pretty cool to be hearing all these great comments.

At 11/3/09 08:35 PM, drodZILiA wrote: Well, here's what I'm starting with. I've decided to make a more "artistic" entry.

http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/031109/6 3206_drodzilias_preview.php

Anyways, it'll be pretty short. The storyline is the alien shoots the ring into the ocean and it starts choking a fishy-type-object. The fishy-type-object starts looking for help but eventually explodes from suffocation.

Once it is done, I am going to (try) to write a musical score in Reason.

The clouds deffinately set the theme, I love how simplistic you got with it, I can't really say much more until I see more. sounds promising.

mmh...I might give it a shot if I get the time O_o Ring uh?

At 11/5/09 01:27 AM, Xionico wrote: mmh...I might give it a shot if I get the time O_o Ring uh?

Dooooooo it! :)

Well I finished the character model in Flash. All done with fills, not a line to be found. It took longer, but I like the style it brings to the table. Animating it will take longer as well, but I'm hoping it works out in the end. That's what stuff like this is for, experimenting, right? At least I'll learn something as I go!

At 11/5/09 10:24 AM, JKR wrote: Well I finished the character model in Flash.

Nice work, hope to see it moving across the screen and such soon.

hey do you think i could join the collab?

At 11/5/09 09:12 PM, fallen96 wrote: hey do you think i could join the collab?

As the rules say, anyone can join, but at the end of the collab, votes will be made to decide which ones get to stay.

So yeah, you can join but it's up to your work's quality to make it stay

At 11/5/09 09:12 PM, fallen96 wrote: hey do you think i could join the collab?

Sure, anyone can enter, and right up until the deadline. Just get working and make it awesome so people vote for it at the end. The top rated ones will secure a spot in the final presentation, and if it's anything like the other Shades Collabs, the best runner ups will probably make it in as Easter Eggs. How many depends on how many people enter and finish (sometimes people have to drop out after procrastinating too long- which has happened to me before, I admit it).

And post what you're doing so people can comment along the way!

WAZZUP? Just checking in again. I am going to work a bit more this weekend. I think in a week or so when I can front page post again I should mention this collab. Any other front page posters want to help? maybe organize it to intervals in the week? Just a thought to get the word out.

Anyway, here's the progress. still working on the timing for that last facial take. http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/061109/8 4668_5ShadesOrange_farfenwaffle.php

Here's some funny faces I drew when doing the inbetweens.

Ha ha, that is AWESOME farfenwaffle! Totally, totally awesome. Love it. The face after the explosion is priceless. I can't wait to see what's next for the little guy. (Hope it works out in the end, I already feel sorry for him.)

One thing I noticed, the ring's outline shakes a bit when the shine is moving on the close up. Dunno if that's on purpose, but it was a little distracting.

At 11/7/09 11:10 AM, JKR wrote: One thing I noticed, the ring's outline shakes a bit when the shine is moving on the close up. Dunno if that's on purpose, but it was a little distracting.

It did? I should be sure to fix that. Good eye.

At 11/7/09 02:36 AM, farfenwaffle wrote: Anyway, here's the progress. still working on the timing for that last facial take. http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/061109/8 4668_5ShadesOrange_farfenwaffle.php

LOVE IT, JUST LOVE IT.

New mini-update from mine:
Here's the main background for my animation. I think it turned out okay. I purposefully ignored perspective, in case anyone thought that was off. I wanted to make it more graphic in nature.

At 11/9/09 09:46 AM, JKR wrote: New mini-update from mine:
Here's the main background for my animation. I think it turned out okay. I purposefully ignored perspective, in case anyone thought that was off. I wanted to make it more graphic in nature.

Looks awesome, it still looks good even though the perspective is out.
I would have posted an example of mine by now but Flash was being gay for a bit and now I haven't really felt like working on it.

hmmm... is there still a spot free?
I might want to do something, but Im not sure I will be able to finish it before deathline

At 11/10/09 05:06 PM, robin1232 wrote: hmmm... is there still a spot free?
I might want to do something, but Im not sure I will be able to finish it before deathline

Anyone can join in up until the deadline, so see what you can come up with! :)