Animation WIP and Sketches

Ankheilw

Hello all,

I've been trying to post a little more lately on my blog, but it's hard to get honest, solid feedback. I'm starting this thread just to post some of the latest work that I have done at my full time gig and just for fun.

http://www.lightfiretech.com/Blog/

There are some pretty severe restrictions on links to animation files like animated gifs, so I am starting with links. IF anyone has better ways to insert animations into the thread, please let me know.

Hope you enjoy and please feel free to add comments and critiques.

Ankheilw

A couple of quick animations to test out a new character I have been working on. A special shout out to Sharon Bednarek for the awesome texture work.

Ankheilw

A quick rif on a punch combo:

_adamturnbull

Nice man, love your stuff. The only thing I noticed is the punch combo seems to have a leg snap as he stretches for the uppercut. And maybe push his weight over his front foot when he does the uppercut. Or try using his left arm for the final punch so its more of a seamless combo without pauses in between them.

Keep them coming!

(The robot is awesome)

Ankheilw

@_adamturnbull Thanks for the feedback and the encouragement!

Agreed on the leg. I am still trying to figure out what to do with that back leg. I am animating in Biped and it doesn't offer much in the way of squash/stretch. I'll work on it and see what I can come up with.

Also, I am thinking of renaming this to a progression. I want these to be individual hits that escalate in intensity. I am going to do a full on chained combo next.

Thanks again!

polymover

Cool. I really like the animations on the robot

penOr

Love those robot animations! They feel very polished, which is such a hard thing to achieve

linwail

I am loving the robot animations! Very well done and believable

pekareff

Robot looks cool )
First punch looks strange. Hero probably isn't sportsman )

Ankheilw

Thanks for the feedback guys.

Dropped a couple of locomotion animations from that game that I am working on in the Blog. Would love to hear feedback:











Check out the full post here:

http://www.lightfiretech.com/Blog/?p=122

blinKX10

Nice, I think you should make the tail on the strut a bit more smooth like the the goofy run.

For the rock dude try and get his hands to land a couple frames before his foot

Ankheilw

@blinKX10, great feedback! Good eyes on the details, thanks.

Just a quick animation to post today. A new animation for Quad-O the robot (my new nickname for him - and no, he is not a tiny little guy in some other guy's chest.)



Just a very early first pass. The effects are completely stand in and consist of a cone, a cylinder, and a helix that are all hand animated. Will replace them eventually. Thanks in advance for the feedback.

valah

Cool stuff!