At 1/3/07 04:07 PM, JohanL wrote: Ok, so i just made my first animated explosion, and also realised how much I suck at it. :/
Here it is:
Explosion
Comments on this would be GREATLY appreciated, aswell as tips on how to improve.

I see 2 main problems, the rest is really all in practice.

1: Smoke appears after the boom. So right after the boom, you want smoke to go out, and smoke goes upwards and twirls in itself as it fades away into smaller pieces. Also, smoke is a bit thicker than that in the beggining.

2: Dont use little lines coming out of the explosion to give it force, just build the force in the explosion itself. (something like sitting on a balloon) Make the item exploding expand like a balloon being sat on and then let the explosion fly out. Try practicing having pieces of what is blowing up fly around and be sure to get the smoke to rise upwards and randomly, not just to every direction.

The gradient is cool, but also wont give your explosion the force you want. It will though, make it look pretty when you're done with the actual animation.

Thanks for the help. :) I think I know how to animate it now. Problem is that I'm not that skilled.
The hardest thing for me is to get the smoke right. I tried a few times but it just doesn't look right. At all. :/ Ah well I guess I'll just keep on practising.

Roland Deschain of Gilead from the Dark Tower book series.

At 1/3/07 06:18 PM, MRat wrote: Roland Deschain of Gilead from the Dark Tower book series.

And with the picture -_-

At 1/3/07 06:42 PM, ShirtTurtle wrote:

At 1/3/07 04:32 PM, Buzzwerd wrote:

All styles are inspired from somewhere.
Call it "copying" if you must.
But its very rarely a tottally orginal style comes out from the blue in this day in age.
The vest alternative, it to make your own combination.

mines orginal isnt it :D..probably not :(..or i dont know..is it?

anyway iv benn thinking of createing a website to truly showcase all my art from the beggining from end..i might, still want to finish a flash :P

High-Resolution of Roland available here .

ok ok look

At 1/3/07 06:42 PM, ShirtTurtle wrote:

At 1/3/07 04:32 PM, Buzzwerd wrote:

All styles are inspired from somewhere.
Call it "copying" if you must.
But its very rarely a tottally orginal style comes out from the blue in this day in age.
The vest alternative, it to make your own combination.

Didnt I just say that?

oh noes?!>

i'm working on a music video
character and music

At 1/3/07 09:41 PM, ShirtTurtle wrote:

At 1/3/07 09:40 PM, FrozenSheep wrote: oh noes?!>

X( stop posting that!

I agree, I have seen that picture like four times already. Draw some new stuff dammit.
Dark-Spark
It looks really cool with those giant wolverine claws and the music fits nice with the mood of the picture. Good work, now get to work and finish that movie so I can watch it :)

I read computer arts, i was inspired. I spent the last hour doodling some characters. This is my favourite. Im drawing another into this picture. But i would like some comments on it.

At 1/4/07 11:44 AM, fuzz wrote: I read computer arts, i was inspired. I spent the last hour doodling some characters. This is my favourite. Im drawing another into this picture. But i would like some comments on it.

Heh that's cool. Only bit I don't like is the line between the legs :).

Thanks mogly. I feel it needs something... But i dont want to ruin its simplicity or take away frrom the characters. Any ideas?

I'm also working on a music video, you like it so far?

Here.

Oh and btw no tweens were involved in making this :)
(music: Song2 - Blur) sped up a bit though.

Also I love your monster fuzz :)

At 1/4/07 11:58 AM, fuzz wrote: Thanks mogly. I feel it needs something... But i dont want to ruin its simplicity or take away frrom the characters. Any ideas?

No I wouldn't do anything to it. Well, actually to 'finish it off' I think i'd add a thick white outline (done by hand), then sort of place it somewere. It would look within itself then rather than apart of something bigger or more complicated. As in the white border would be a sort of acting-frame, if that makes sense.

Have ago at doing a godzilla like one but on a much bigger scale, like have it attacking a town.

Blur Song 2

Speed it up a bit (the animation), it doesn't keep the same tempo as the song, needs to be crazier, wilder, stranger etc, if that's what you really wanna go for. There's a million other things just like that.

At 1/4/07 12:03 PM, Lazyfeet wrote: I'm also working on a music video, you like it so far?

Here.

Oh and btw no tweens were involved in making this :)
(music: Song2 - Blur) sped up a bit though.

Also I love your monster fuzz :)

Its nice but theres has been way too much videos with that song. ( I made one too. I was young and stupid )

And I think ill start commenting here more, so:

sorry, this one was kinda rushed mogly. I have to go soon, so i didnt have time to sketch out ideas.

Although i do like the idea of it and i think it turned out ok. Took about 25mins. :/

At 1/4/07 12:43 PM, fuzz wrote: sorry, this one was kinda rushed mogly. I have to go soon, so i didnt have time to sketch out ideas.

Although i do like the idea of it and i think it turned out ok. Took about 25mins. :/

Heh fair enough. I don't even know why I suggested that I just got the image in my head.

Here's a comandeer-lizard thing with a message for you.

Victoria by the Kinks.

Btw, why is it that my lines look so pixelated (from PS)?

Nice drawing mogly, i think the pixalated look is what you get with PS, although you can make it softer, have a play with the brush settings.
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I also like the music video, its got style :D

At 1/4/07 12:24 PM, LazyMuffin wrote: Its nice but theres has been way too much videos with that song. ( I made one too. I was young and stupid )

Yeah I know but it's a popular song so I thought that would up it's score.

Blur Song 2

Speed it up a bit (the animation), it doesn't keep the same tempo as the song, needs to be crazier, wilder, stranger etc, if that's what you really wanna go for. There's a million other things just like that.

How would I speed it up without everything going off synch? And yeah I was going for kind of crazy feel to it :D

And I think ill start commenting here more, so:

shazam.

At 1/4/07 06:18 AM, Zhacross wrote:

At 1/3/07 09:41 PM, ShirtTurtle wrote:

At 1/3/07 09:40 PM, FrozenSheep wrote: oh noes?!>

X( stop posting that!

I agree, I have seen that picture like four times already. Draw some new stuff dammit.
Dark-Spark
It looks really cool with those giant wolverine claws and the music fits nice with the mood of the picture. Good work, now get to work and finish that movie so I can watch it :)

thanks =D it's gunna take a couple months to make it, since i do everything fbf and all

My Warlock from World of Warcraft

The picture

heres a turtle.
:D

sorry forgot pic.

Cute ^^

what you think of this?
I just cant seem to get the nose to look right.

thay wants your moneyz

At 1/5/07 04:47 PM, phyconinja wrote: what you think of this?
I just cant seem to get the nose to look right.

I think it would look better if the nose had a thicker line. I like it though ^^. I think it would also look better without any lines. Delete them all and post how it looks :).

At 1/5/07 04:49 PM, x-factor11 wrote: thay wants your moneyz

The text was rushed and i couldnt read it, how long does it take to arange text so people can read it?

The drawing was nice. I like your style as always, try not having their poses the same all the time though. I.e Crippled.
The shading was nice and had good colours.

At 1/5/07 04:57 PM, fuzz wrote:

At 1/5/07 04:47 PM, phyconinja wrote: what you think of this?
I just cant seem to get the nose to look right.

I think it would look better if the nose had a thicker line. I like it though ^^. I think it would also look better without any lines. Delete them all and post how it looks :).

will do