smudgedragon

After getting basic business stuff for SM-EW done, I opened up Maya LT for the first time in nearly 3 months. And of course, an update reset all my settings. Easy fix, but annoying.

Got E'lara out and tried to do a little animation. Was not happy with the outcome. Ended up deleting the file.

Not sure how I want to proceed anymore. I feel like I've run myself into a rut and not sure how to get out. I can see what I want in my head, but getting it out is another matter. Getting it out in anything close to a timely fashion has been nigh impossible.

For a short, 3 month project this is really been a long year...

From some really nice animation reference from a guy named Felix Sputnik. Posted here so I have an easy access to it in the short term. And I think some of my animation peeps would enjoy.

( Behind cut because it is.... very .... French. ^.^ )

Shared for my anime friends. ^.^

For those anime folk who know about Evangalion (original) this is funny as hell - for those who don't, this will make no since.

Okay - whoever's going around the bush with a industrial bicycle pump needs to stop. NOW! Before I die from laughing fits!



( Three more under cut! )

Ebin & May has Updated!

(For some reason the auto X-poster to LJ is not working so I'm hand doing this one and tracking it down later.)

So this script is taking me longer than I originally anticipated. Mostly because I keep getting sidetracked by other work that's screaming for attention now, Now, NOW! So, I'm delayed yet another week. Feh.

In the meantime, enjoy a little flash animation of May. ^.^

From the same folks that brought you Cat ****One, brings you the tail of a classic rubber suit monster who's too frightened to destroy Tokyo.

while funny and aimed for kids (in Japan), alas one if it's jokes in the states rates as NSFW. You have been warned. ^.^

Been feeling better these past few days. Still sleeping an awful lot, and crashing hard at about 8pm, wish is really unusual for me. But I am getting up and actually getting work done now, so that's a huge improvement.

So since I was feeling better, I opened up a 3D project I've been working on for ages. Trying to get Hash A:M to output a .BVH file so that I can input it into Daz (or any other program). Let's just say it has not been smooth going. Sure, every-time I build a test to see if something would work it goes off like clockwork. But as soon as I try doing something larger, it falls apart like a house of cards. Today, it was the discovery that it was not baking key-frames to any bone that was controlled by an IK rig. Well HELL! There goes my entire setup.

I am so frustrated by all this! I cannot seem to find a program or programs that will play happily with each other AND me so that I can, you know, actually FINISH something. It's hard to be an animator in 3D when you literately spend all your time modeling and rigging. I *know* it can be done. I see other people do some really superb stuff all the time. Why can't *I* get over this stupid, technological road-block, while still keeping a roof over my head*.

GAH!

Enough of my whining - I'm going to go to lunch and try again on this later. Grrrr.

*and if anyone even suggests Blender, I will shoot them and kick their bodies in a ditch!

1) Adult Swim has announced the return of Toonami - the old anime block. I am of mixed opinions. I *really* love anime so more anime is good in my book. However - the lineup they've announced is... the same lineup they have been running for ages, with no news shows joining the mix. Now their line up is all the really good stuff, for the most part, with Bleach being the weakest. But the fact they they are non-committed to bring anything but their proven titles that they already have the rights to is kind of irksome.

2) AS also announced that they are making their own homegrown anime series to be announced later. This also leaves me dubious. While they did make shows like Boondocks (Don't care for but appreciate it for the market it was aimed at). They mostly create wonders that are... ugh - do I even have to go there? I fear for what they think their "original" anime should be....

3) In complete resurrection from the grave, Mysterious Cities of is getting a 2nd season/sequel. Ya really! Talk about out-of-the-blue!

Oh - and if you haven't seen it yet - for a limited time Disney XD has Tron:Uprising ep.1 free to view on Youtube! Go watch now!

^.^

Still working on the horse walk - got the head in and cleaned up the hips and the oddness in the forearm. Still need to work on the lower neck as it's loosing a bit too much mass, then it's on to adding the tail and mane.

At this point I'm going to see this horse though to the bitter end. Be good for me to actually complete it instead of stalling out 1/2 way though.

Okay so it's been literately decades since I've done any hand-drawn animation. Bad me. I did this testing out Flash and my Cintiq to see if I finally got them to play nice with each other. I did, as you can see.

However - it's obvious that my skills have atrophied... badly. I did try and clean this up with laughable results and much hand-cramping.

*grumph*

Critiques requested. Be fair and Honest.