I've never seen avatar and don't plan to, but I sincerely doubt it was the first show to ever feature liquid physics and a gimmick in the animation. People use blobs and liquid particles in animations all the time, they're just fun to animate and look cool.
On topic, congrats on winning the competition. I watched your animation and it was good. It was a tad bit jerky and sometimes the physics felt "off", but considering how difficult it can be to animate water nicely, you did a great job of it. I didn't really get the point of putting the quotation at the end, but whatever, it makes you look all smart and stuff and fools people into thinking the animation had a deeper meaning. That had to have scored some points with the judges right there.
Was that done with a tablet? Because if it turns out that was done with a mouse I will be hugely impressed.
It was done with a Wacom. :(
Thank you for looking at it with an open mind, Pirate. The quote was really meant to bring depth into the animation and get them to wonder. It would not be as much of an eye catcher without it.
The Physics I must fix. They have been bothering me since day 1 and I have to put that on my checklist of fixes. I need to smooth out their outlines as well The sloppy brush style almost cost me the win in my opinion.
I am glad you liked it, Pirate. The people at my school love it, and I think it is because most of them have never seen an animation before.
That was a pretty decent animation, you've improved from what I've seen before. The particles acted kind of strangely though, instead of having a consistent size for them and having them dissapear have one or two larger line glob things (not sure how to explain it) dissentegrate. and instead of having the animation be a black and white sort of thing, maybe simply create a monochromatic color tone, it would keep the feel of the animation but make it a bit more visually pleasing.
Interesting music choice, makes it feel sort of indie, which might be what you were going for, but I would preffer something with a bit more. Keep it instrumental though, lyrics wouldn't contribute. Other than this and a few other basic tweaks like basic movements, which you can work out yourself, the animation looks well done.
Good luck with the competition, $500 would be nice.
I will look at the particles. Thank you for pointing this out, I need this to be perfect, and I only have one month. Now when you say monochrome you mean staying near the same scale of gray? because it is already black and white. Maybe I do need to darken the sun and moon just to have the colors fit more in a crisp, fitting way. :P
A good friend of mine, Bobby Davis, made the music on his keyboard recorded through his friend, Dan's computer. I dont plan on us changing it. It flows well with the animation already. Maybe adding a synth would help a bit in some parts, but mostly I think he did more than good enough. Immune's credit music fit as well. I am very lucky he picked up creating songs again.
Once I finish the animation for Cheesy's collab I will get right into the editing.
1st: 500
2nd: 300
3rd: 100
Honorable Mention: 25 <
I already won 20 bucks for a school comp, so I really hope I do well in this and get some real cash.
Thank you, Glass and The Pirate!
More comments would be nice if you have opinions to add. :)
