My first animation

[BCRice]

This is a promo/prequel for a new project I'm working on. Would love to hear what you guys think.

I'm hoping to eventually figure out how to put it on Newgrounds. I'll have to render as SWF and somehow get it down to 300mb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfNYfaQK Itk&list=UU1_4v1otFDQU-OjXVLYI2rA&index=
1&feature=plcp

[Sacros]

kudos, you managed to finish a whole animation and it looks good

it doesnt even look like a first animation, out of the very few fbf i saw there the hand on the pit did not look like a novice work, so youve been practicing for long or you have great potential

in any case its nice stuff, keep it up

[RPGShadow]

well done, it looks quite good for a first animation.

the thing that I would strongly suggest to improve, would be the Arcs. They look way too linear, it's not natural, a more circular arc would improve greatly the look. When you'll start working on those you"ll surely naturally improve the Follow through and the Overlapping action, which are quite good for someone at your level.

^_^

[BCRice]

At 1/2/12 09:50 PM, Ilssm wrote: Dang, first animation? It was pretty Impressive, even for a first.

Keep doing what your doing.

Hey, thanks for the feedback! It's been a pretty simple progression to flash. I've been doodling for some years, so when I decided to do a flash series it was just a matter of watching a few tutorials (mostly from newgrounds folks) and following through.

The series is actually looking much better than this animation. This was really my test-and-fail, and I actually cut about 2 1/2 minutes of animation in order for it to time in with Cybo's music.

[BCRice]

At 1/3/12 04:02 AM, Sacros wrote: kudos, you managed to finish a whole animation and it looks good

it doesnt even look like a first animation, out of the very few fbf i saw there the hand on the pit did not look like a novice work, so youve been practicing for long or you have great potential

in any case its nice stuff, keep it up

Thanks!! Yeah, I wish there could have been more FBF, but I had to pretty much limit it to a few sections, namely the wizards, the guy set on fire, the blood on the sword, the hand, then finger and a few other incidentals. There's just not enough time in the day for a single animator to draw and color all of that, especially since this is the lead in for a series that's relying heavily on rigs (front, 3/4 and side with FBF lip synch).

[BCRice]

At 1/3/12 04:36 PM, RPGShadow wrote: well done, it looks quite good for a first animation.

the thing that I would strongly suggest to improve, would be the Arcs. They look way too linear, it's not natural, a more circular arc would improve greatly the look. When you'll start working on those you"ll surely naturally improve the Follow through and the Overlapping action, which are quite good for someone at your level.

^_^

Hmm...the "arcs"? I'm not sure what that is. Is that something to do with the character's movements? I don't know any of the animator lingo, sorry! :)

[CyanSandwich]

At 1/2/12 09:28 PM, BCRice wrote: This is a promo/prequel for a new project I'm working on. Would love to hear what you guys think.

I'm hoping to eventually figure out how to put it on Newgrounds. I'll have to render as SWF and somehow get it down to 300mb

Kind of not to do with the animation, but the portal limit is 10mb. If you meant 30mb then you can ask Tom to increase your limit. He Usually allows that for anything decent that can't really be reduced. If you meant 300mb though then there's no way it'll make it to the portal unless you upload it in parts.

But yeah it's a solid first animation.

[RPGShadow]

At 1/3/12 11:12 PM, BCRice wrote:

At 1/3/12 04:36 PM, RPGShadow wrote: well done, it looks quite good for a first animation.

the thing that I would strongly suggest to improve, would be the Arcs. They look way too linear, it's not natural, a more circular arc would improve greatly the look. When you'll start working on those you"ll surely naturally improve the Follow through and the Overlapping action, which are quite good for someone at your level.

^_^

Hmm...the "arcs"? I'm not sure what that is. Is that something to do with the character's movements? I don't know any of the animator lingo, sorry! :)

to quote this
Page :

7. ARCS

All actions, with few exceptions (such as the animation of a mechanical device), follow an arc or slightly circular path. This is especially true of the human figure and the action of animals. Arcs give animation a more natural action and better flow. Think of natural movements in the terms of a pendulum swinging. All arm movement, head turns and even eye movements are executed on an arcs.

it's one of the basic things you learn in animation class.
but, trust me at the level that you are you are going to improve tremendously with practice, and as I can see you just need to refresh that important skill.

I would also look into the other principles, but remember that You can break some of them, but not all of them...

^_^

[BCRice]

At 1/5/12 09:19 PM, sandwich-eater wrote: Kind of not to do with the animation, but the portal limit is 10mb. If you meant 30mb then you can ask Tom to increase your limit. He Usually allows that for anything decent that can't really be reduced. If you meant 300mb though then there's no way it'll make it to the portal unless you upload it in parts.

But yeah it's a solid first animation.

Hm. Maybe it's an sad thing. Like rendered as an swf maybe there's no issue with size. :D

[BCRice]

lol. Sad = swf.

[TheBodaciousAdmiral]

wow that was pretty awesome. i liked the consistent art style
only problem i thought was the amount of scenes where there was much actually happening (like when he punched the thugs, it was the same scene twice dragged out too long in my opinion)

but that's a minor issue at most, good job

[BCRice]

At 1/7/12 02:38 PM, TheBodaciousAdmiral wrote: wow that was pretty awesome. i liked the consistent art style
only problem i thought was the amount of scenes where there was much actually happening (like when he punched the thugs, it was the same scene twice dragged out too long in my opinion)

but that's a minor issue at most, good job

The punches weren't the same animation, though. They were two separate scenes. I guess I could have had him just punch one of the thugs, but I thought him hitting each thug worked better for the beats.

I agree though, I would prefer something much more kinetic and fast paced busy, but I really just wanted to get this promo/prequel for the series out there.

Thanks a ton for the feedback. I'm sort of learning as I go!

[TheBodaciousAdmiral]

At 1/7/12 03:28 PM, BCRice wrote:
The punches weren't the same animation, though. They were two separate scenes. I guess I could have had him just punch one of the thugs, but I thought him hitting each thug worked better for the beats.

I agree though, I would prefer something much more kinetic and fast paced busy, but I really just wanted to get this promo/prequel for the series out there.

Thanks a ton for the feedback. I'm sort of learning as I go!

Sorry i didnt literally mean you copy pasted the scene twice, i meant that it was the same effect/motion as the previous scene and i thought both scenes lasted too long

but like i said, it's a minor issue at most and doesn't really detract from the quality