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[BiG ToE-3DT]

_Sit Down and Think_

The idea,
Because it’s so hard to come up with good ideas these days, I figure it’s time we sat down and animated some up. So here is the idea. Animate a character of your choice sitting down and thinking. They can sit on the ground/floor or in a chair; it’s all up to you. The one thing I ask of you is to show your character thinking hard and coming up with an idea. That’s it for now.
Rules

- The due date is May 26th, a Monday, 12 midnight (GMT). Depending on the number of finished entries, there may be a final entry thread, so keep your eyes open for it.

- Minimum animation: your animation needs to include a minimum of 5 seconds, with or without music, do more if your bored.
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- Recommended screen resolution in 320x240 (you can do 640x480 if you want, but keep render times in mind).

- You can post W.I.P.s but you are only allowed one complete entry. That link is also final. You can and should post your wip’s to get help.

- Websites where you post your finals is up to you. (megaupload.com)(zshare)

- Remember, it's about animation, use your time for animation, not to get the best render possible, unless you can afford it.

- Use of plug-ins, ask first. Main animation Must be key framed (hand animated)

- Use QuickTime. It will allow everyone to view your hard work, plus it gives everyone the chance to go through your animation frame by frame to see how you did what you did

- You must post a render of some sort with your final entry post; also include a screen grab with key frames visible.

- Voting will be as follows -
- Vote on what best displays the motion -

First place (3) points
Second place (2) points
Third place (1) points

Prizes:(only available with 6 or more final entries)

Winner gets to choose one of the following options:
- 12 month subscription to the 2DCreative magazine
- 12 month subscription to the 3DCreative magazine

Good luck!


BiG ToE

[chubu]

ok, sounds cool, count me in
BTW - the 35 in may?! is that a new date?

btw -bigtoe - did you see all the ideas me and others wrote in the dancing food thread?

[BiG ToE-3DT]

fixed the date.

Yeah I saw the ideas, all good, but at the same time, they where going to be a bit hard. These speed animation challenges are all about the animating, not the modeling, so I want to try and keep the modeling part of this down to a minnimum. Unless someone has a model and doesn't mind others using it, then thats another story.

Which reminds me, if anyone needs or wants a human character to play with, I have one I don't mind sharing.

[penguins]

Yip-piiiiiii
Another speed animation. Fun fun fun. I am definitely going to get in on this one. Humm where to begin. Back soon with updates.

btw Big toe Thanks for keeping this challenge alive!!

[Blytheye]

This sounds very interesting. I know it would be bad of me to prioritise this over my coursework, but heck this sounds like more fun!

Great idea Big Toe, I look forward to animating
Henrah

[chubu]

Originally Posted by BiG ToE-3DT

Which reminds me, if anyone needs or wants a human character to play with, I have one I don't mind sharing.

in what software your charecter? max? maya?

[Ghiro]

i'm in!

[Ties]

It's alive! count me in

[Ghiro]

BiG ToE-3DT i have a question about the music.
is there any problem about having music from a movie or serie in the animation? thinking about i'm not going to use the animation for no other purposes than this challenge and for studying.

thanks.



EDIT: and, i loved the theme ashashashashshahsaas, i belive that very funny things can come out of it.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Originally Posted by chubu

in what software your charecter? max? maya?

well its just the mesh made in max, so I can export it as an obj, then everyone should be able to open it.

Ghiro: you can use any music you want for this.

[chubu]

Originally Posted by BiG ToE-3DT

well its just the mesh made in max, so I can export it as an obj, then everyone should be able to open it.

i use MAX so anyway i will be happy to look at it

[BiG ToE-3DT]

here's the max version. I'm going to try and get the attachment option to let me upload obj's so others can play with it.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

here's the texture is anyone needs it.

[Blytheye]

Great mesh and texture job Big Toe, and thanks for sharing! Now I've just gotta figure out how to rig this guy....

[chubu]

10x big toe - i am at work right now but as soon as i get home - i'll start animating