[Riot Art Contest] - Ari Flesch

Animator_Ari

Looking forward to seeing a lot of great animation! I'll be starting soon..

Animator_Ari

I decided to go with a fire mage for my character. Someone who uses fire magic, but also has physical capabilities.

Chose the new Mery rig. She's free online and very appealing.

My idea for the ultimate is that she has a long cast time which results in her breathing fire and dealing a large aoe damage nuke. High risk, high reward.

I was inspired by Legend of Korra and the Haka dance.

Early block-in pass:

Evanescfan

looking good

iimthomas

because her mouth isn't open to make it seem like shes breathing fire, it reminds me of explosion lady haha (if you're caught up on korra)

CiaranD

Hope you're using current Haka for reference, and not 1970's haka

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Great work, looking forward to seeing more of this!

Ambehr

Just a small thing I noticed is that it shows 26 FPS. Make sure that it's set to 30 FPS as the rules say.

deskninja

Go Man! Do your thing!

Animator_Ari

@ambehr - thanks for looking out, but thats the fps it playblasted at. I'm working at 30fps

@deskninja - Thanks!!

@CiaranD - LOL Thats hilarious, i shouldve done that!

@iimthomas - Thanks! I saw all of the third season, so I see exactly what you mean. Probably why I made her lean like that.

@Evanescfan - Thanks!

Animator_Ari

Started polishing. Added a transition between moves.

hayes87

pretty cool start, remember to make the animaiton work when seen from above!

monster

Just wanted to say I really love this. It remind me of the AirBender cartoons before I read your description so you're doing excellent.

Animator_Ari

@hayes87 - Yea i have a game cam set up in maya. I'll post a gif from that angle when i update

@monster - Thanks!!! Super happy to read that

Evanescfan

It rocks
I just noticed her base shifts to the left a bit at the last few frames
but looks great

Animator_Ari

More polish on the ultimate and I started the run. Im planning to slow down the ultimate a hair.