CApruzzese
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Very kind of you to say that. I have just this week learned a few more technical things that have eluded my for years that I hope in incorporate into the next project. So my goal is to keep that feeling and keep advancing in my skills.
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I agree!
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The world was much more isolated back then, and quiet and wild. I grew up reading Poe,etc (and Verne) so i hope I am plugging into that vibe without overdoing it.
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merci! I have got some good feedback from this one! People seem to be getting what I was hoping they would get out of it. I am still not great at making the characters but I am getting better at that and doing more complex rigging.
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I have started things and almost finished them only to decide it was terrible or not working and then started all over again. I once worked on a TV show and they changed the main character I had been animating ½ way through the episodes! All 200 clips I had done already had to be redone! (after that I started seriously using reference objects just in case!
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Well it's done! Nothing is ever perfect... but I'm glad to have advanced little further each project. The spectral hound was challenging and the fire place was a nice additional effect I learned (turbulence FD). I should mention the end might be little gruesome for some, it passes quickly and isn't worse than the melting corpse from my last lovecraft animation - I think.
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I should mention I did need to animate the strength of the jiggle to avoid his head going through the hat, but that did not take long. I really want to finish this project, just waiting on the doctor's dialogue to get recorded!
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thanks! It was a simple way to get what I wanted. I just have to remember to turn the jiggle on for the final render! (It slows down the viewport) there is, the hat might have been more real looking if I used dynamic joints but I wanted a simpler solution
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I little software render test clip. You can easily see the jiggle effect on the night cap I used instead of cloth simulation.
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I want to buy this some day. Unfortunately I bought 3D coat first and while I am happy enough with it, this was EXACTLY what I was looking for and a lot less money in addition to be in C4D itself. I try to write reviews for any independent software/plugin I use. I would encourage everyone else to do the same as it really helps the developers and face it- its nice to know at the very lest your efforts were appreciated!
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I started animation with stop motion and yes.. I seem stuck in that sort of movement because I love that looks so much. Each project I learn what i need to, after so many years you'd think I'd be a total expert but I'm not sure that is possible with so many functions in 3D now. I am thinking of putting a short dialogue on the café soon since I am still waiting to get the doctor's dialogue recorded. In the meantime I am working on a Poe film next and have been making the sets for that one and talking to the actor who will narrate it.
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I didn't do that for this project, but it's a good idea. Most of the animation takes place in a room with light coming mostly from a fireplace. My biggest issues are coverage, I keep forgetting where the clone function, that used to fill hairs is and getting a natural hairline. I only know the basics, maybe less since I rarely used it before. I have an idea for a cartoon dog though and I'd really like to use hair to it's fullest for that.
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I am, but i have problems with it lately. Luckily I wanted him to have thinning hair! I also used Nitro4D's magic book plugin to control the page flipping. It's not good for all circumstances but It was a time saver for me this time out.
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A quick update. Still working hard on this (and an Edgar Allen Poe animation) but it's stalled a bit while I wait for the second voice part to be recorded. In this shot the doctor is reading downstairs and hears his patient ringing the servant's bell to indicate he has awakened again with another hallucination. I have not put anything of this online yet so you'll have to download the file, sorry. reading.m4v
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I like them both but the second one is amazing. Looks very silent era Fritz Lang!
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You may and I am going simple with this one. I tried to use cloth to animate a lab coat on my last project and it s was a disaster. I have added a jiggle deformer to the sleeping cap so the will move around little and I might do the same to the lower part of the dressing gown. Just to give it a little secondary movement. I might put a sheet over him one clip using cloth and see how that goes since it's a simpler simulation to run.
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Moving along, The hell hound is done -I am working out a Ghostly effect" for it and this is the remaining character. Almost there then he needs to be rigged and I can start animating. Still waiting to get some dialog recorded though!
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wow, this is something I can use all the time! Thanks for the link Sigor!
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The camera calibrator is an unsung her in c4d. I don't have any issues with reflections but I rarely use GI lighting since I am usually doing an animation and they a) take a long time per frame and B) can have a lot of flickering.
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Good luck and have fun! I did some camera mapping for a few projects and it's really cool when it all works out.
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The second set is done - if it can be called a set. I really wanted it to be simple and sort of expressionistic in lighting.
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update: first character, the old doctor is about done. These guys always look so weird until they can be posed and get some expression on their face!
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Further along. Still need some work on the lighting but I think all the details the room needs are there now.
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I haven't checked the phong tag yet, but I bet you are right. The room won't be well lit, so I might be doing too much work, but I like these so far and I can probably use them in the other projects later one.
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I am working on a new gothic animation, not Lovecraft this time. I thought I should give him a rest. So I am working on Staley Fleming's Hallucination by Ambrose Bierce. It's taking aw while. I am taking a break from learning Blender to do this little project in C4D. Starting with some props. The bed and table are all me but the chair is part me but mostly an office chair model I had modified. The character will be hard as usual, but i think I have a workflow to get them done that is improving each film. This will mostly take place in one room ( a bedroom) so I am putting extra attention into the props.
