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I know that jmtb02 is on the verge of setting up AS bot wars or something to satisfy the Actionscript addicts here but i figured that I would set something up to satisfy the animator hungry forum goers. Read this whole post. The instructions and FAQ is below the challenge:

Title: Anger & the human body

Task: Squash/destroy/pulverize the bug shown in the image below. Pretend that its made you extremely upset and the only way to satisfy your anger is to end its pathetic life.

The challenge involves human interaction and the effects of the body when one expends alot of energy and emotion so try and concentrate on that type of thing. You could just run it over with a car but you'd fail the challenge in other words.

It can be a simple wireframe or a full fledged color piece. You probably will gain a better understanding if you take it beyone wireframe. Many people can do sketches/wireframes fine, they just have trouble on translating it to the finished product. You be the judge depending on what you think you could use feedback on.

On Saturday I'll review em myself. In the meantime feel free to post it up for other people to give their insight on. Good Luck.

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What is it

Well each week i'll set up a simple task involving animation and i'll announce it on mondays and use saturday and sunday to present my own and to take apart what other people have done.
Meanwhile other people can post theirs and you all can comment on each others stuff.

Why

Well to gain a higher understanding of animation. Maybe you'll get better, maybe you wont. But you'll see how other people do things and you'll be able to get some sort of feedback and suggestions.

Where do I upload

http://www.imageshack.us/ or any site you want to use where you can link people to your swf.

Length

Up to you.

Sounds?

Up to you. I will not judge you on your skill in picking sound effects. But if you want to brownie points go for it.

At 12/19/06 07:02 PM, Luis wrote:

Great idea Luis.
This should be a treat for some animators out there.
:)

Great idea this, should be good and I may give it a shot.

Any idea when John is going to do the AS challenge?

I do recall glail tried to do something similar and it had great potential but never really took off hope this goes well.

wow this seems kinda fun, I hope i'll have enough attention to do this, it would also be cool if people who submit say how long it took.

At 12/19/06 07:09 PM, Fion wrote: Any idea when John is going to do the AS challenge?

January 2nd. It will be epic. But until then, let's let the animators have a go at this challenge. I'm excited to see what happens.

nice to see the weeklies back up again :)

At 12/19/06 07:45 PM, hashbrown wrote: nice to see the weeklies back up again :)

lol ya under new management.

My twisted little mind is hatching ideas... Anyone know a good place to get sound effects?

Yes Luis, I want brownie points...

I hope that bug is some sort of graffiti homage. Look at the shabby shadow tsk tsk.

I'll be up for the actionscript one. Good luck to the animators :) I'm gonna watch these and see how it turns out.

err Luis can't win right? :S

that bug is just asking for it.

(wip)

Shit, now you know my secret identity

At 12/19/06 07:08 PM, Luis wrote: i think for the sake of getting it going ill do mine now.

I'm going to check back every three minutes now.

If you think I'm kidding...I'm not.

there goes flippin homework

At 12/19/06 09:38 PM, TheChristmasRammer wrote: that bug is just asking for it.

(wip)

rofl.

I'm so taking part in this, just you wait and see. I have plenty of anger to release. :)

At 12/19/06 09:49 PM, Coaly wrote:

At 12/19/06 07:08 PM, Luis wrote: i think for the sake of getting it going ill do mine now.

I'm going to check back every three minutes now.

If you think I'm kidding...I'm not.

see

WIP.

stop asking for the vector bug. DRAW YOUR OWN.

if tv doesnt distract me i should be done soon.

Um, the bug seems to be made of pixels, not lines and fills.

took ages to trace the bug

k i finished mines. ENJOY.

http://www.brainwashstudios.com/beta/stomp1.h tml

At 12/19/06 11:45 PM, 23450 wrote:

At 12/19/06 11:44 PM, Luis wrote: k i finished mines. ENJOY.

http://www.brainwashstudios.com/beta/stomp1.h tml

damn...yours is a little like mine. oh well, mine ends different. good job, looks good.

if you are refering to using TUPAC. find a new soundtrack.

Finally! Sounds like fun!

Sounds cool. I dont think I can really do this one, but maybe the next one I will start and fail, but thats life. Nice idea.

20 minute job. I'm going to sleep.

Enjoi

At 12/20/06 12:41 AM, Dusty-Gorilla wrote: 20 minute job. I'm going to sleep.

Enjoi

Due to making it quickly, and it being the really most unoriginal idea, its kinda cool :)

Are you even claiming to work on NGR anymore? ><

I might give it a crack.
Thanks for the idea, short and quick movies are always fun to make.

i pretty much wrapped up mine. i'll probably post it tomorrow.