Falling Down, Get Up (FINAL ENTRY'S)

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Post what you got, done or not. I want to see to some face plants, some body bounce, headaches begging for advil.

[Mikademius]

Roger that :) I'll do what I can to get it done. This really became speedanimation... Phew

Isn't it Who is the winner?

[martimus]

lol big toe were you drunk when you made this thread? your post is quite incomprehensible

[BiG ToE-3DT]

I think your right.

[XenoAcid]

Phew. Close call. And now off to Virginia. :dance:

http://www.vimeo.com/clip:93552


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/Acid/Fall001.jpg

Graph Editor and its jumbled mess.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/Acid/FallGraph.jpg

Model by RamtinA
Animation by Me

[BiG ToE-3DT]

I'll let is slide this time XenoAcid, but in the future, you need to posta screen grab or some kind of render, with your video.

[XenoAcid]

Whoops. Updating previous post now.

[Mikademius]

XenoAcid's enty is not valid according to the competition rules though...
He doesn't get up :dunno:

Here is my final entry. I don't have time to do the last tweaking, but this is what I could get done anyways. Hope you like it :)

http://final3.com/images/3dtotal/animationContests/fall/FAL1_02_screenGrab.jpg

Here is the animation:

Mikademius final entry (5 MB) (http://www.final3.com/video/3dtotal/animationContests/fall/FAL1_04_finalEntry_MA.mov)

[BiG ToE-3DT]

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g129/DJBiGToE/023.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g129/DJBiGToE/screengrabfalling.jpg

this one is the full, one camera quick render:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6SVTTNYL

this one is the one I got carried away with:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QZQJDF9C

sorry about the slow website, the other site that I use to upload to was down.

[anem8or]

I made it in XSI v5.11
animating the character took about 4 hours

Final Entry (http://brettnowak.dreamhosters.com/Media/falling_loop.mov)

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Voting has not started yet. So stop voting.

[martimus]

Voting has not started yet. So stop voting.

lmao

btw, is it 11pm gmt, or 11pm gmt+1? just cos at the moment in the uk its summertime.

[christerb]

Weeehooo.. My first action at threedy is to mess up. How about that. :dance:

Anyhow.. I've asked if my vote can be removed, but if it's not, and there aren't any more entries, I still stand by my choice. :)

[BiG ToE-3DT]

lmao

btw, is it 11pm gmt, or 11pm gmt+1? just cos at the moment in the uk its summertime.

lets do 12 gmt.

[martimus]

im confused

12pm gmt? so, im gmt+1 in uk at the mo, so does that mean my deadline is 1pm sunday?

lol

[martimus]

bugger i bette rget a move on! this will be a close one 55 mins left!!

[Mikademius]

Very soon! There's not much time left and you know it ! :p

[mon_stdnt]

Oh snap I almost mist this whole thread completely, that won't be good. I hope I'm not to late.
Big Toe: is it possible to edit the poll so my name appearace in it.

Here is the final link for the challenge.
http://www.4shared.com/file/2905815/cbc41b82/fall_competition_final.html

[martimus]

final entry (www.mw-3.com/speed/fall.avi)

http://www.mw-3.com/speed/fall.jpg

[martimus]

please tell me that counts! 2 mins left by my watch!

didnt have enough time to render it so the preview will have to do folks!

unless you want to see a render? hmm?

[hammering3D]

Well ... I rig, I model...but not time for skining ...so I just animate the skelet without mesh ... so u'll see the lady in next comp :D

Soft:3ds max 8
- I speed the movie in edit video program cause it was to slow :( so hope is not against rules ... not other edit just the speed ...
- hope in time I make better...so not trow rocks in me yet :D

Edited version (http://clips2.vimeo.com/video_files/2006/08/05/vimeo.174451.ffc20f.wmv)
Original Version (http://clips2.vimeo.com/video_files/2006/08/05/vimeo.174461.a8152d.wmv)


PS: I think at least I made the walk cycle better :D...atleas I feel a progres form last comp :D...see U

EDIT: Well because I see I have litle extra time I edit my post and add the original version that I render direct from max without speed edit...so if video edit is not OK...that is my final entry (the original version link)

[Mikademius]

ey! de4dy's early vote wasn't removed while the early votes I got was removed :(

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Start with the VOTING.

[de4dy]

Don't know why u deleted the vote i did wait till everyone entered there piece and then voted.Now i can't vote again because it says that i already voted.I would vote for anem8or again if i could.

[christerb]

ey! de4dy's early vote wasn't removed while the early votes I got was removed :(

Too bad mister. Seems like you lost my vote too. Since I messed up and
voted too early, it was removed, and now (as de4dy mentions) we can't vote
again. Well. If you end up 1 vote short, you know I tried. ;)
My vote is still for your entry. Well done, though I know you wanted to do so
much more.

Edit: And hey! If you check out who voted you'll also have proof. Rock solid! ;)

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Don't know why u deleted the vote i did wait till everyone entered there piece and then voted.Now i can't vote again because it says that i already voted.I would vote for anem8or again if i could.

I got you.

[Mikademius]

So that means I have 4 votes now? wee
I guess I'll have to go through all the animations now to cast a vote myself :)

[martimus]

yo mikademius you got my vote, nice emotion in the animation. Tho I didnt like how your character got up, his balance is way off. Apart from that, solid animation!

well done everyone else, good effort, particularly big-toe I like how you got around the limbs going through the floor probem by making the floor see through lol

[Mikademius]

XenoAcid: I really like the cartoony walk here. I think that a fall caused by stepping wrong at one of the steps would have been better and also I feel the fall is too slow :)

BiG ToE-3DT: Haha, creative falling :) Character still in sand I see :p

anem8or: That's a fun way to loop it man :) Kudos! Well animated, but I alse feel this fall is a bit too slow.

mon_stdnt: :) POW!, O, SNAP! haha. :smug: I wish you didn't serve the camera alcohol... It didn't work. Also the jiggling before he hits the rock is a bit mechanic. He stops a bit too soon when he stops at the end too. Fix these things and it will look a bunch better ;)

martimus: Good animation. The defending pose holds a couple of frames too much causing a pause in the animation. I also think you should put a breakdown between the defending pose and the POW! pose because it is a bit too snappy now. Lovely secondary motion on the legs when he collapses, but the get up part is to robotic. He would also have a hard time bringing his body up with his legs like that. If he had put one hand on the knee to get the extra stability and power, it would have looked a lot better.

hammering3D: Now this is GREAT! You do not have the best animation for the contest, but man have you come a long way in a short time! I think it's excellent that you keep on delivering because it really pays off. We can all see that in this animation you have right here. You need to smoothen out things, right now it's very static. Do you work pose to pose? You have some timing issues and several poses where you have weightproblems, but I think you got way better this time! Don't forget the arms in the walkcycles ;)

It's really hard to vote this time... I was swinging back and forth between martimus and anim8or. Both animations had flaws, but I liked the timing and feeling of weight better on martimus' animation... So there you have it :)

And btw, martimus: Which pat do you think got the most attention in my anim? the fall down or get up :p Thx for your comments.

[Mikademius]

how come we can't see who voted anymore. When we vote the names of the other voters disappear?

[martimus]

Hey mikademius thanks for the solid crits. I was kinda rushing the get up part, I would have liked to have worked on it more.

lol the fall down on your anim was definatly stronger than the get up.

ps, ive voted and i can see who voted

[martimus]

xenoacid did you vote for yourself?

[hammering3D]

Mikademius - tnx alot for the coments ... they make me practice more in hope that someday I'll have a nice looking anim ... about the arms :D...yeap I did't animate them and let them behind :D ...and in the end I got rush and just slap some keys to not look so wierd :D...ahh an yes I worked pose to pose ... is bad or good ?!...

Abut the voting I to can't see who vote after I gave my vote ...

[mon_stdnt]

Thanks for the comments Mikademius, I fixed the camera. and the only reason it was so fast is because I thought it had to be 6 seconds long.

I added a stand up in my animation.
http://www.4shared.com/file/2919655/d2806584/fall_640x480.html

[martimus]

just click on the number of votes

[BiG ToE-3DT]

it does lookl like someone voted for themselves. That's a big NO, NO

[martimus]

lol @ xenoacid, dude thats pretty low. Did you do it by mistake?

[BiG ToE-3DT]

he is new, maybe he didn't know. But I'm guessing he had know clue we could see the votes and the voters.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

its all good, we learn from our mistakes.

[Mikademius]

Time's up on voting?

[BiG ToE-3DT]

yeah, times up.

[Mikademius]

wee!

[anem8or]

Why do we close the polls so soon? I think more people would have a chance to vote if it was for two days so Sunday and Monday. So people that might be busy Sunday would then have a chance to vote at work on Monday.

I just don't see the urgency to close the poll after 24 hours. It would be nice if we could get more then just 13 votes.

[martimus]

Damn it! Thats three 2nd places for me now! So near, yet so far!

I guess I'll have to try and start before the day its due next time..

well done everyone!

hey when can we see these lovely trophies that the modellers made us, i want to put a couple on my site!

[hammering3D]

Cogratulation First Place Mikademius and congratlation to second place martimus and tird place anem8or

[BiG ToE-3DT]

the trophyies, I'll see what I can do.

[christerb]

Congratulations Martin, and to the rest too. :)

[Mikademius]

Thanks guys :) Congrats to the rest of you who also managed to deliver. Great to see contributions.

[SeamZ2B]

Why do we close the polls so soon? I think more people would have a chance to vote if it was for two days so Sunday and Monday. So people that might be busy Sunday would then have a chance to vote at work on Monday.

I just don't see the urgency to close the poll after 24 hours. It would be nice if we could get more then just 13 votes.

I agree :!!!: :)

[Mikademius]

agree += 1; //for me too. (for those of you who don't do mel, this means agree = agree +1 ;))