[Riot Art Contest] - Kevin Collinet
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Hello ! I choose for this contest a hero that I picked randomly : Dr. Mundo. (Edit - It's now a new kind of champion)
I took a free rig which almost looks like Dr. Mundo, here's a first WIP of a run cycle :
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(Model from World Zombination : http://proletariat.com/2014/01/09/world-zombination-character-rig-postmortem/ )
I took a free rig which almost looks like Dr. Mundo, here's a first WIP of a run cycle :
= EDIT : GIFS DELETED BECAUSE THE MODEL COMES FROM ANOTHER GAME =
(Model from World Zombination : http://proletariat.com/2014/01/09/world-zombination-character-rig-postmortem/ )
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I will add more details to it later, I prefer to work on the ultimate attack now
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Sorry for the lag due to the multiples gifs (or not ?)
I'm personally getting some lag here, but that's probably my low speed. Still, having all perspectives in one gif could be good for comparison purposes .
@chopp - yes you're maybe right, this rig was free but it's from another game
The animation will be more acrobatic than my Dr Mundo remake, hope that works
To start with the motion is pretty great. I think there are two issues, both stemming from the weapon. First, it doesn't look heavy enough for how big it is. It's moving so fast it looks like he's pounding the ground intentionally. It's drawing my eyes away from the body. Second, I think he's holding it out too far. Imagine him walking around in LoL. It would be clipping inside of everything he comes near.
I'm also pretty new in animating and it's my first contest so I make mistakes. But it's ok we always learn by making mistakes
http://i.imgur.com/QllO86m.gif
He doesn't looks like Dr. Mundo, but anyway let's say he's a gymnastic champion !
Any thoughts about it ?
But anyway I did it just for fun !
http://i.imgur.com/qy97dMN.gif
Hope you like it
First WIP of the special move, added some key poses and also put them in linear blocking (looks better).
http://i.imgur.com/0l7rST2.gif
Consider spinning him faster in the beginning of the spin and slower near the end.
He could land with the weapons in hand and put them back in the last pose.
Sure it's a great idea idea, I didn't think about it ! At first I wanted to make him to place his weapons at his back during the fall but actually landing with them will sure add more action to the character, Thanks ! Working on it
I added some key poses and fixed the initial leap anticipation.
Anticipation could use some ease in, it looks like he freezes momentarily before he leaps
Sure, adding ease in will fix the anticipation problem, working on it
One suggestion : maybe you should make him stay more in the position when il touch the floor at the end ( with his weapons ) before he stand up.
@Ellendia Thanks
@jarvin88 Thanks, glad to see that you like it
Cool Inverted Tornado Attack!
I also remade the run cycle gif which is now at the correct speed :
http://i.imgur.com/DqMn1lu.gif
The gif speed problem is now solved, but frames are missing unfortunately...
I will start to animate an other character soon but I don't know if I have to repost a new thread for that second entry. I made a post about it in the Q&A thread but no response at the moment.
i think it may be better to have him land with the weapon on the ground ( the Hit) instead of landing on his feet first
@omar gamal Yes, why not, great idea
http://i.imgur.com/VoHEH7a.gif
Does it look more natural ?
Will work on the run cycle soon
also i will say shuttle him down in style in end when he is going in final pose
good job
Cool looking run. One crit. He slows down and plants his foot for too long right before he does his forward somersault. If this animation was in game, he would momentarily slight across the screen on that planted foot. A solution, keep his strides like the others but just have him dip lower before the jump... keep it all in one fluid motion. (I hope you understand what I'm saying)
good luck!
Hope this is better now
I will also upload soon a first run wip of my second character
http://i.imgur.com/Z48a6SQ.gif
I also modified the model by the way.
Also big thanks to everyone who proposed suggestions and gave critics for helping me in animating
Half human, half insect... with a chicken head
By the way I replaced some gifs by their respective URL above to minimize the data download.
Feedback and critics are always welcome
maybe if you push the overall animation 15 more frames?