At 5/28/12 04:06 PM, DuDuL wrote: Man... i know that it's because of the university but this round is going slow for me...

Same, in the other round i did everything i 3 - 4 days ... now more than 3 weeks

At 5/28/12 08:47 PM, JerrodStorm wrote: Interestingly enough, I somehow broke the free 30 day trial of Maya, and now it's sitting on my quick launch bar stuck at day 14 of 30. Basically, I obtained a free copy of a $2,000 program entirely on accident.

Congrats. It just goes to show that every now and then, good can come from computer programs malfunctioning.

I am getting close to being done THIS IS SO EXCITING

At 5/28/12 10:36 PM, ExtremeFudgeMaster wrote: I am getting close to being done THIS IS SO EXCITING

I wish I knew how that felt.

Actually that's not true, mine's kinda coming together. I think I can finish by the 7th if I mange the rest of my time well. I just hope the story will make sense to people.

Just under 10 days remaining...!!

At 5/29/12 03:00 AM, NATA wrote: Just under 10 days remaining...!!

What the hell have I been doing for the last 15 days?!

At 5/29/12 05:57 AM, sandwich-eater wrote:

At 5/29/12 03:00 AM, NATA wrote: Just under 10 days remaining...!!

What the hell have I been doing for the last 15 days?!

Eating sandwiches ? (sry i had to XD)

sadly i will hape drop out. Just today got news that i have to be away from town from 4 June to 4th July. Sucks.

I dont think i will be able to finish animation by this time. GL to everyone.

At 5/29/12 07:46 AM, DuDuL wrote:

At 5/29/12 05:57 AM, sandwich-eater wrote:

At 5/29/12 03:00 AM, NATA wrote: Just under 10 days remaining...!!

What the hell have I been doing for the last 15 days?!

Eating sandwiches ? (sry i had to XD)

That's okay, I like it when people reference my name.

I've definitely spent more time eating sandwiches than working on this though. It doesn't help that I spend my spare time chillaxing instead of doing something productive.

At 5/29/12 07:51 AM, Cenaf wrote: sadly i will hape drop out. Just today got news that i have to be away from town from 4 June to 4th July. Sucks.

I dont think i will be able to finish animation by this time. GL to everyone.

That's really unfortunate... I was really looking forward to your parts!

At 5/29/12 03:00 AM, NATA wrote: Just under 10 days remaining...!!

If VieRickend can pull off an awesome animation in a week, then so can I.

At 5/28/12 10:55 PM, BobyB64 wrote:

I just hope the story will make sense to people.

i have that same problem, well i guess others must have the same problem

Prior to the tournament beginning, you mentioned a possibility of part of the bracket being switched to groups of four as opposed to the usual head-to-head. Is there any chance of this still happening? 'Cause I would definitely support it.

At 5/29/12 02:45 PM, Emrox wrote: Prior to the tournament beginning, you mentioned a possibility of part of the bracket being switched to groups of four as opposed to the usual head-to-head. Is there any chance of this still happening? 'Cause I would definitely support it.

That sounds interesting. How would it work?

At 5/29/12 07:51 AM, Cenaf wrote: sadly i will hape drop out. Just today got news that i have to be away from town from 4 June to 4th July. Sucks.

It would be nice if you enter at least what you had completed so far.

At 5/29/12 02:45 PM, Emrox wrote: Prior to the tournament beginning, you mentioned a possibility of part of the bracket being switched to groups of four as opposed to the usual head-to-head. Is there any chance of this still happening? 'Cause I would definitely support it.

It's too late to implement this now, but it's entirely possible for next year's tournament.

This week is going to be insane.

I'm officially half-way done!

uh oh

To be honest, I thought making a 77 second animation would be quite a bit faster than this.

alright, just gotta animate it now. 9 days left. right.

i don't know why, but my ARM IS SHAKING

At 5/29/12 10:08 PM, Emrox wrote: I'm officially half-way done!

uh oh

To be honest, I thought making a 77 second animation would be quite a bit faster than this.

I hit that a lot too. Every time I think a shot is going to be easy it turns out that there's something trickier involved that takes me a bit longer to do :I

So sorry for the delay in posting stuff, I was hoping to get at least one article written per week but work's got me busy :<

(that being said, I'm editing the next post, it ought to go up within the next hour!)

Also, did anyone have any topics they wanted for some UNWARRANTED FEEDBACK? If I don't know enough about a subject I usually have an idea of where to look

Upcoming topics:
-Charm in motion
-Why drawing anime is bad

and here are 2 posts!

http://munchymedia.com/nataguide/a-winner-is-you/
No methods/techniques here, just pointing out that you're awesome.

http://munchymedia.com/nataguide/carpal-tunnel-stretches-ver y-important/
I saw some comments a couple pages ago talking about shaking arms-- please take some time to do these stretches if your hands and wrists are cramping up!

Again, any requests on topics are more than welcome!

At 5/30/12 12:48 AM, ThorClodofBlunders wrote: and here are 2 posts!

These are excellent, thanks Thor!

I love the thread on this tournament. It's also hard posting up work since we want to try and keep some sort of element of surprise.

Whats awful is that these past weekends and the one coming up I am away so I lose a chunk of time. Hopefully I can get the key animation done and work around secondary scenes.

At 5/30/12 12:48 AM, ThorClodofBlunders wrote: and here are 2 posts!

http://munchymedia.com/nataguide/a-winner-is-you/
No methods/techniques here, just pointing out that you're awesome.

Super awesome.

20 seconds left for me to animate before all the scenes are done! The end is in sight! Now if only my computer science project would debug itself so I can get back to animating...

At 5/30/12 06:19 AM, Pahgawk wrote: 20 seconds left for me to animate before all the scenes are done! The end is in sight! Now if only my computer science project would debug itself so I can get back to animating...

20 seconds left? I'm 20 seconds in...

Also, thanks Thor! your advice is always awesome!

At 5/30/12 12:48 AM, ThorClodofBlunders wrote: http://munchymedia.com/nataguide/a-winner-is-you/
No methods/techniques here, just pointing out that you're awesome.

Cheesy as that may of been, that cheered me up immensely. Thanks! c:

At 5/30/12 12:48 AM, ThorClodofBlunders wrote: and here are 2 posts!

Thanks, Thor! These are great, I'm sure everyone appreciates them.

Again, any requests on topics are more than welcome!

One that comes to mind is making characters with 'character'; I know sometimes people become so concerned with the animation aspect of their projects (not even in this tournament, but in general) that they don't spend enough time coming up with intriguing or interesting-looking characters with personality, that can really captivate the viewer. Maybe you could write something that could help people in their creative process?

Actually, as far as requests go, I'd really love to know if there's any advice you could give about making a short feel longer. I remember getting a bunch of reviews on my last video or two commenting that the movies were way too short. The thing is, most of my movies are about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes long, about average for a flash submission.

At 5/30/12 12:48 AM, ThorClodofBlunders wrote: and here are 2 posts!

You are the best ever.

I guess this fits best :D