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Re: RGCA - Adopting ICLone 6 as an Animation Platform
Reply by jgesq · · Home› Contests & Challenges Archives› Reallusion Game Character Animation ContestThis Summer I started using a combination of techniques and software to design a real time game engine animation using hand key, motion capture, existing models and avatars plus a toon-styled render engine to create narrative cinema. The question I asked myself was = "Is there a workflow for creative and dramatic… -
Re: RGCA - Adopting ICLone 6 as an Animation Platform
Reply by jgesq · · Home› Contests & Challenges Archives› Reallusion Game Character Animation Contest[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esCnldHnSks[/embed] Today was all about working on Lip Sync and so whom better to hang out with than George Carlin. The task I set for myself was a recreation of an old tired comic (with my profound apologies to GC) telling a story at a nightclub during the 1960's. This first pass is… -
Re: RGCA - Adopting ICLone 6 as an Animation Platform
Reply by jgesq · · Home› Contests & Challenges Archives› Reallusion Game Character Animation Contest[embed]https://youtu.be/BvyDrHt9C9s[/embed] Before settling down for the night, I edited a brief section from Neil Gaiman's invigorating Commencement Speech in 2012 as a test for more Lip Sync. Again, I think I have to go broader with the "O's" and hit with greater confidence. Secondary animation is just to take the curse… -
RGCA - Adopting ICLone 6 as an Animation Platform
Topic by jgesq · · Home› Contests & Challenges Archives› Reallusion Game Character Animation ContestI'm a live action filmmaker who dabbles in animation and over the last three years have had a modicum of success with my work. I had always been a devotee of both Daz and Poser and used them to create my animated films. Here are samples of my original work that I created using both Daz and Poser - The Doctor's Wife… -
Re: RGCA - Adopting ICLone 6 as an Animation Platform
Reply by jgesq · · Home› Contests & Challenges Archives› Reallusion Game Character Animation ContestToday's exercise is to add my Son of Santo styled character to a IC6 world. I'm experimenting with foliage, foreground lens elements (as I tend to stage my work in the middle), overhead Softbox arrays and learning to assign a walk to a Path. 800 frame animation switched between two cameras. Assigned a Dummy or Nul object… -
Re: RGCA - Adopting ICLone 6 as an Animation Platform
Reply by jgesq · · Home› Contests & Challenges Archives› Reallusion Game Character Animation ContestMy tribute to author Neil Gaiman (I met him briefly in the 1980's when I interviewed him for a video series) and one of my most favorite writers. Whom better to pay tribute to than him? How I look forward to the adaptation of his "American Gods" and "Coraline" is truly Laika's finest hour.… -
Re: RGCA - Adopting ICLone 6 as an Animation Platform
Reply by jgesq · · Home› Contests & Challenges Archives› Reallusion Game Character Animation Contesthttps://youtu.be/yXNUV1Kthtc As I continue to explore the interface and get accustomed to the IC6 toolset, one of the features I do like a great deal is the Puppetering Option. By being able to directly interface with the puppet and move in combination to the dialogue (or in this case singing), I find a real kinship with… -
Re: RGCA - Adopting ICLone 6 as an Animation Platform
Reply by jgesq · · Home› Contests & Challenges Archives› Reallusion Game Character Animation Contest[embed]https://youtu.be/1_8qekDj3co[/embed] Today was all about importing props from Google Sketchup and learning how to create sub-props and then texture them with a random assortment of low-rez tiles. Lighting and smoothing models and adding elements as needed to create a dramatic shot coupled with my first use of Mason… -
Re: RGCA - Adopting ICLone 6 as an Animation Platform
Reply by jgesq · · Home› Contests & Challenges Archives› Reallusion Game Character Animation ContestI continue to evolve my skills with IClone and will work diligently in documenting my progress. Most of my notes are found alongside the YouTube post itself. Here I shall Keep a record of my progress. Toon Characters Using the defacto Stout character, I brought a figure into IC and animated/textured/toned to see what can…
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