Author Topic: WayForward pixel animation contest (Read 21292 times)

Gil · « **Reply #50 on:** October 26, 2005, 03:22:50 pm »

I'm thinking about joining, if I fnd the time...

.TakaM · « **Reply #51 on:** October 30, 2005, 12:15:26 am »

lol I was hoping everyone else would be as lazy as me at this XD

MadToaster · « **Reply #52 on:** October 30, 2005, 09:01:38 pm »

Here's my walk animation. I have an idea for a dance but I'm going to think out better keyframes for it.

Alex Hanson-White · « **Reply #53 on:** October 31, 2005, 05:52:59 pm »

I'm not much of a dancer, so I don't know what to call this:

$:-\$

Conceit · « **Reply #54 on:** October 31, 2005, 06:44:42 pm »

lmao, I'd call it awesome

sedgemonkey · « **Reply #55 on:** October 31, 2005, 07:19:27 pm »

Quote from: Alex Hanson-White on October 31, 2005, 05:52:59 pm

I'm not much of a dancer, so I don't know what to call this:

$:-\$

"Elaine Dance" comes to mind. Love the semi-spastic motion.

.TakaM · « **Reply #56 on:** November 01, 2005, 05:51:54 am »

Quote from: sedgemonkey on October 31, 2005, 07:19:27 pm

Quote from: Alex Hanson-White on October 31, 2005, 05:52:59 pm
I'm not much of a dancer, so I don't know what to call this:

$:-\$

"Elaine Dance" comes to mind. Love the semi-spastic motion.

sort of reminds me of michael jacksons 'thriller' video lol

Darion · « **Reply #57 on:** November 02, 2005, 01:30:07 am »

That is comedy. "The Jiggloo".

Mr. Glub Glub · « **Reply #58 on:** November 03, 2005, 10:37:32 pm »

I think that's the Carlton.

hondo · « **Reply #59 on:** November 11, 2005, 06:38:19 pm »

Quick question.

If the deadline is on Nov 14th, does that mean we can still post our entry on the 14th or do they all have to be posted by the end of the 13th?

AdamTierney · « **Reply #60 on:** November 11, 2005, 07:53:43 pm »

I'll be leniant. Probably anything that comes in by the end of the 15th will be accepted (just so that we don't screw anyoen over with regard to time zones).

- Adam

flamingpyroxxx · « **Reply #61 on:** November 12, 2005, 02:55:18 pm »

if only i would have checked this sooner...its the 12th so i would have like no time at all to get one done, not that i would win anyway but still

i might still give it a try, but i HIGHLY doubt i will get it in, considering i have only done 1 sprite ever

Gil · « **Reply #62 on:** November 12, 2005, 05:21:10 pm »

It seems I'm too lazy to enter

Alex Hanson-White · « **Reply #63 on:** November 14, 2005, 01:03:50 am »

Anonymous · « **Reply #64 on:** November 14, 2005, 01:26:34 am »

Quote from: Alex Hanson-White on November 14, 2005, 01:03:50 am

Is that 'little kicks' I see? I sure hope so.

MadToaster · « **Reply #65 on:** November 14, 2005, 06:26:37 am »

I was thinking of Tetris music while I made the dance. Good luck everyone. Hope you all get your entries in before the deadline.

ahrimanes · « **Reply #66 on:** November 14, 2005, 08:38:01 am »

TO DAY IS THE DAY "D"

Conceit · « **Reply #67 on:** November 14, 2005, 02:27:59 pm »

How are you gentlemen?

You are on the way to destruction

hondo · « **Reply #68 on:** November 14, 2005, 05:27:05 pm »

Okay, I'm throwing my hat in to the ring as well.

Best of luck to everyone ^_^

BoogieManX · « **Reply #69 on:** November 15, 2005, 01:37:44 am »

Camus~ looks...interesting

Vortex~ i love the dance one

-=Boogie=-

crab2selout.png · « **Reply #70 on:** November 15, 2005, 01:49:43 am »

Hah! All these last minute entries are so ebay.

Pawige · « **Reply #71 on:** November 15, 2005, 03:21:15 am »

*Snipe!*

Whew, almost didn't make it! My bloody monitor died completely on Saturday, working right now on a slightly fuzzy one that makes pixeling painful.

Had fun doing them. There are more good animators around than I expected, I want to see more stuff from y'all!

Gil · « **Reply #72 on:** November 15, 2005, 03:43:00 am »

What's an animation contest without pawige

Great entries man, lovely

Conceit · « **Reply #73 on:** November 16, 2005, 12:37:58 am »

Boogie man...yeah, I know it's not normal,in fact it's really weird , but that was the whole point, to show what I like to do, what I do, not what people'd expect of me.

it's not even half of what I had planned though, I wanted a whole scene of her dancing, I'm still trying to get another anim finished

actually, here's that other anim, I'd rather put it unfinished than never submit it....still working on it tho

Also,for my run anim.....I dont intend it as an standart game run anim.....it would be crazy to have a main character run like that, I meant for it to have all sorts of exagerated motions so to as express personality...=/ it would be far to extenuating to watch that in a real game every single time you pushed >...not to mention keeping up that standard of animation.

AdamTierney · « **Reply #74 on:** November 17, 2005, 06:15:26 am »

Ok, contest cut-off. Matt's gone over them and we'll post the winner tomorrow or Friday. Thanks to all the entrants. The guys at work were really amazed by the quality of animation in the scene.

- Adam

Conceit · « **Reply #75 on:** November 19, 2005, 04:27:25 am »

is it me? or is friday over? =/

MCA · « **Reply #76 on:** November 19, 2005, 04:43:38 am »

Just you, 16+ minutes left! He'll get in the results when he gets time.

Naso · « **Reply #77 on:** November 20, 2005, 04:00:21 pm »

Now i know that Friday is over, who are the winners?

Rawsushi · « **Reply #78 on:** November 20, 2005, 04:02:03 pm »

Adam's a busy man. I'm sure he'll announce the winners when he's ready to.

AdamTierney · « **Reply #79 on:** November 21, 2005, 04:11:45 am »

Hehe, thanks Ben (who is also a very busy man). Matt already picked a winner. I'll try and get something posted tomorrow (in case he wants to make any comments).

- Adam

Naso · « **Reply #80 on:** November 21, 2005, 05:12:52 pm »

Ok, can't wait to see the winners =)

AdamTierney · « **Reply #81 on:** November 21, 2005, 11:25:09 pm »

Hey guys,

Here's the announcement from Matt Bozon (our creative director and Shantae's creator/animator/director). Thanks to all who entered. The winner can email either myself or Matt about claiming your prze.

- Adam

Quote from: Matt Bozon

Hi everyone!

Thank you all so much for your submissions. It was really fun watching the entries roll in, and seeing how you each worked off each other to create something great. We had some trouble picking a winner… I was surprised that the directors here had strong (and opposing) perspectives on which was the “best” one. In the end we had them vote with points to determine a winner. There were favorite dances, and other favorite animations, and some were just more in the spirit of the Shantae character, so they were successful in a variety of ways. The results:

WINNER: Konjak

Konjak’s animation was very impressive, and really moved well through space. It showed a solid understanding of character’s form. On top of that, the dance was really charming, and was on-model enough that it could be inserted directly into a Shantae game. The walk was very over the top, but was very fun to watch. The run was also very adorable.

2nd: Camus: I loved your dance the most. It takes liberties with the character model, in that she changes proportions, but in return it shows amazing movement and is by far the most entertaining dance. The other directors were frightened by your walk cycle, but I felt that the dancing more than made up for it. I’d love to see more dances in your off beat style.

3rd: Based on points, there was a third place tie. Hondo and Ahrimanes both did amazing dance animations and very solid walks. Ahrimanes’ dance feels the most loyal to the character of all the dances, and his walk cycle is solid and very functional without going overboard (which can be very necessary at times). Hondo’s, like Konjak’s moved very well through space and had great use of the forms. It’s also worth mentioning that Hondo’s dance would not require any revisions to be used in a Shantae game. So, Hondo’s animation got “first pass approval” if this were an actual work assignment (great job)!

We had other favorites mixed in there as well. Mad Toaster’s dance and Pawige’s dance (nice twisting of the body) were both memorable and well put together, and Alex’s dance was a crack up. There are a lot of talented people on this website and thank you for again for all the entries. For everyone that didn’t get a mention, keep up the good work, you’re well on your way! I would really enjoy working with you on a Shantae game now or in the future 

--Matt

konjak · « **Reply #82 on:** November 21, 2005, 11:34:28 pm »

!!

My God, that's very flattering. Thanks alot for the kind comments, Matt! I'm a very happy man!

Pawige · « **Reply #83 on:** November 22, 2005, 12:49:26 am »

Congrats, konjak! I was almost positive you were going to win when I first saw your animations. You definitely deserve the win.

ahrimanes · « **Reply #84 on:** November 22, 2005, 06:12:13 am »

Congrats konjak,,, really amaizing. hope to know for futer contest
if somme one know about it please mail me.

Helm · « **Reply #85 on:** November 22, 2005, 06:44:47 am »

This compo had an awesome turn-out in terms of quality. Great showing everybody, congratulations konjak.

MadToaster · « **Reply #86 on:** November 22, 2005, 10:04:56 am »

Way to go Konjak! More people here know how to animate than I expected. We should have more animation activities, no need for prizes or anything, as added motivation to practice more often.

Rawsushi · « **Reply #87 on:** November 22, 2005, 11:29:05 am »

I'm really happy that you won, Konjak. You were able to animate the character while keeping depth in mind. Congrats!

Conceit · « **Reply #88 on:** November 22, 2005, 12:10:59 pm »

Quote from: Matt Bozon

I’d love to see more dances in your off beat style.

Prize enough for me :`)

lmao I scared the hell out of everyone with the run cycle XD damn...I wanted to make it really powerful but still sexy, like Shantae...but I failed.
I wonder if I'll ever get that animation syle right, it always seems right in my head but I cant seem to translate it visually to make it acceptable at all.....someday I guess

I actually got the idea for playing with her proportions from the select+^ animation, also I had actually visualized one dance animation per element (water, earth, fire, ice) this was water so I was going for the kind of one-way fluidity you see in a flowing river.

I should have put more time into this, I know I could have done something really really awesome... I also wanted to do more with face expressions (like the select+B dance in Shantae GBC, god I love that one).

Matt, I would love to work with you guys, I really really really would, dont worry, you can tell everyone else I'll give up my crazyness, and wont make something like my run until you guys ask me :p
That was just for this contest where I felt I had to show my own unique little way of doing things, I couldnt be more happy that I really did.

Konjak! I totally agree with Matt about the depth, you really really earned this
I specially liked

Ahrimanes! it was really great to have you here, your walk was perfectly smooth and practical, the dance was very adequate too.

OH OH! and Adam, thank you so much for your insight and giving us all this chance in the first place!

BlackEye · « **Reply #89 on:** November 22, 2005, 12:57:36 pm »

wow, gratulations to all winners and big respect to all those who participated.
animating pixelart is not the easiest thing to do

hondo · « **Reply #90 on:** November 22, 2005, 05:05:22 pm »

3rd? Cool!

Almost made it. Maybe next time ^_^

Congrats to all the winners. It was a mighty fine show indeed.

I know I'm new to the board here, but I think I might continue to make posts now and again.

Congrats again ^_^

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Author Topic: WayForward pixel animation contest (Read 21292 times)

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