[Riot Art Contest] - Brandon Fletcher

FabFletch

I'm really excited to be taking part in this contest and have a chance to learn from everyone. ive been taking a 3D course for the last year now, and i've really fallen for animation. This is the first competition ive ever took part in on Polycount. I have been animating for only acouple months now, because in my course we cover everything in 3d and we only did animations for about a month.

I was just curious about how i should post my work,i was going to post a GIF but since my playblast was longer than 10 seconds i was unable to. should i just post them on Vimeo and post a link?

FabFletch

Basic idea for Poses, still have to work on timing
Side view:
https://vimeo.com/110928335
Front view:
https://vimeo.com/110928567

FabFletch

well its coming along, still a little ways to go tho. would really love to get some comments/advice from you guys.Trying to get the timing down..

sideview:
https://vimeo.com/111666053
LOL view:
https://vimeo.com/111666060

Rafael

Hey dude, animation looks good however it feels like it's playing in slow motion. The first part is okay, but the actual run and slam sequence in the later half of it need to be sped up dramatically. Like 2.5x faster aye, especially considering that the LOL cartoony style lends itself to having most characters move at exaggerated speeds.

Another thing you could look at when developing that jumping bit at the end is to offset the landing of the limbs, so that both arms and legs don't contact the ground together when coming down and hitting the ground. Offset those limbs, it will give you some variation in the poses and the animation, could look better. Cheers !

FabFletch

thanks alot for your advice. i agree with what ur saying and im gonna get working on it now. im going to and play with the timing on everything alot, because i agree with what you said about LoL's style. Also thanks for the advice about the end landing. i was finding it was looking weird, but i wasn't really sure what i should do to fix it. But i think doing like you said, and offsetting the limbs will make it look much nicer. Thanks again

FabFletch

ive been trying to get the timing right. Looking for someones opinion on it.
https://vimeo.com/111873825
also i was trying something a little different with the beginning.
https://vimeo.com/111883695

Snochy

It seems like he is still running underwater or just really cold.

FabFletch

So ive been working on his run animation, was wondering what you guys think of it.
Side:
https://vimeo.com/112221547
Front:
https://vimeo.com/112221967

FabFletch

Trying to finish up the Ult, any tips?
https://vimeo.com/112835447