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Dirk
11-21-2007, 12:42 PM
Well, it's all in the title ^^

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YSk2TgXi7fk

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fL2A4-NPSag
evenflcw
11-21-2007, 04:28 PM
I like it. Nice model. Ok animation (dance is better than walk).

He looks more like a farmer to me though. I think he looks too clean and sober to be a mechanic. I'd suggest not rolling up the jeans so far. Either don't roll up at all or just rolling up once, leaving it resting the feet/shoes. Setting up the deformations might be tricky though (gonna have to do this myself soon). The cap looks odd. The brim is so big it¨s hard to identify it as a cap at all from these views. Maybe try making the brim smaller or sharper. Maybe place it slightly skewed. Also the shirt looks like a poloneck in these clips (although I'm almost seeing a zipper on it? Is it acctually a sweatshirt/training overall? In that case give maybe give it a trimming in another color) which obviously would not be a good workclothes for a mechanic. Last, I find it odd how the pants go so high up on the hips.

It might seem I'm critiquing more than I'm praising. But when I do comment it's usually because I see something I like, but feel it needs just abit of finessing. So take the comments the way they were meant, as suggestions. It's great as it is aswell.
Dirk
11-22-2007, 07:08 AM
Hey, thanks - surfacing is on the list, so colors may change, and some sort of dirt will be added. I'll probably work on the collar, so that it looks more like a shirt. Skewing the cap is a good idea, too.
Dirk
11-22-2007, 07:16 AM
Hm, should add a picture ^^
Dirk
11-27-2007, 06:05 PM
....Backflip

http://youtube.com/watch?v=52MrjtZv3VM
voriax
11-27-2007, 06:23 PM
Not bad .. jumping actions are pretty hard to recreate and you've done a good job with it so far.
Only crit I'd have is he could do with a bit more "pre-move" tension - he doesn't look like he's crouching down and bending down enough to get the power required to jump that high.
Dirk
11-28-2007, 07:46 AM
Good point, I've done another version, he's bending more now, and I've added a brief pause of 8 frames before the jump; which somehow adds to to the tension.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiCW9JGjNa8