jenna smith (http://www.channel-square.com/) and i have a final production to do for our school next semester. we're doing a 2D cartoon and we'll be making it with traditional animation, photoshop and flash. myself, and maybe jenna, will post updates here from time to time with concept art, boards and whatnot. so to start i'll post a concept painting of the main character with one of the 3 "monsters" that will appear in the cartoon. i won't reveal the story or anything yet. but it has changed - it is no longer about the two characters i created a few months back. i think those characters are better left on paintings and nothing else. we came up with this story a few days ago together and it's a big improvement. we're both really excited for it. because it's for school, it absolutely has to be done by early may. in fact, we'll even have a final date on which it will be guaranteed finished once the semester starts. it's going to be a lot of work, but it will be the main focus of the first half of the year, and we'll be working together. anyway, here is the painting.
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here we see the girl under a monster's bridge. this bridge usually has a river running under it, but it's mid-summer and it dries up as the mountains lose their snow cover. it is reduced to a few small puddles during this time. however, this monster relies on the water to live, or at least he thinks so. he used to be a fish, but because he has become so lethargic and loves to stay in the cool under the bridge he has grown very large and his fins are starting to recede. he grew tiny arms and legs, but they are not enough to support him. so you can always find him under the bridge by the mountains. he loves fruits and tiny animals who like to nap under his shadow and the bridge as well. but he only eats the fruits, not the animals.
it's breathaking =O
did u do that, or did jenna?
btw, i think part of it got cut off, i can't scroll to the right =/
i painted it
there should be a scroll bar underneath the post
Very nice, also there is no scrollbar, you removed it when you added the new layout.
I like the last sentence lmao.
Cool. I liked the painting.
would make a good kids' book
well i can't fix this scrolling issue .. looks perfect in opera, there's no scrollbar in firefox, and it looks totally fucked up in IE. and since most of you use IE and firefox, i'll try to make some hackneyed workaround
ok now it's kind of sort of fixed. it just shows the entire stretched post in IE and firefox, and is still perfect in opera. i'll try to figure out a real fix someday. maybe when IE finally adds support for overflow-x and overflow-y
I'm looking at it from IE and it looks perfect to me.
Incredibly well painted. Was Serafina and...starts with an M...the two characters you were talking about?
Quote from: SHADOWFOX2Was Serafina and...starts with an M...the two characters you were talking about?
serafina and mistel, yes
Quote from: YungJazzwould make a good kids' book
and i love the colors
Sucks! Youll never work in this town again!
Quote from: CoolDrMoneySucks! Youll never work in this town again!
nobody works in this city
the story and picture were both cute, they sort of remind me of super mario sunshine.
coming up with concepts for the lighthouse
the one on the very bottom is final
nice shading
howd you get the soft lighting effect? and what program will you use to animate it?
i would guess you do shading in photoshop and outlines and animation in flash but a lot of people in my animation classes used toonboom or animo
wait, are you talking about the painting or the sketches?
we're going to animate it in flash and jenna will be doing the backgrounds in photoshop
we'll do some post in AE too
Christ, how long did that picture take? It's great to say the least!
The monster reminds me of a Budai statue with that head, was that deliberate per chance?
the light house is very Suess like.
Quote from: rtilwait, are you talking about the painting or the sketches?
the painting, how did you get it to glow like that? its really nice to look at
Quote from: rtilwe're going to animate it in flash and jenna will be doing the backgrounds in photoshop
we'll do some post in AE too
ooh cool cant wait to see it
i made it in photoshop with mostly soft brushes. the rest is just color work i guess
Your art is tasty like the cream in a starbucks coffee.
the coffee sucks but whipped cream is great
specially over sum titties : )
the lighthouses you drew are awesome. i think the one in the bottom left-hand corner of the first paper is the best one imo
I fucking love those lighthouse designs
I like the structure and scheme. Surrealist with idealistic fantasy.
I would like to see more.
finished the storyboards last night, next step animatic
might post them here soon
oh boy oh boy oh boy
here are the storyboards - 10 pages. some of these scenes have been changed now, but the general gist of the story remains. well the ending has changed as well, but uh anyway yeah
=D
rtil, this looks amazing. i love the style so much. everything is so adorable and Dr. Seuss-y
i really love how creative this is. it looks like it's going to be a long animation though
good lord
this looks like its gonna be spectacular
thank you
not sure how long it is going to be, but we may cut a scene or two due to time constraints. we're shooting for around 3-4 minutes
wow i should probably poke my head into this forum more often
Quote from: anselwow i should probably poke my head into this forum more often
assnel
Well I believe it will certainly be visually stunning and enjoyable to watch. The story seems pretty flat though. I'm not convinced any of the things happening needed to happen other than to simply get the lighthouse going. It's almost as if you've skipped introducing a conflict and just started around a climax and then simmered into a denouement.
Still, I can't wait to watch if for no other reason than for the sake of seeing very pretty things.
she should have a fight against cloud strife and link to get da lightbulb
i hav sum dbz sound fx u can use
In all seriousness this looks really nice KEEP IT UP!
Quote from: MartWell I believe it will certainly be visually stunning and enjoyable to watch. The story seems pretty flat though. I'm not convinced any of the things happening needed to happen other than to simply get the lighthouse going. It's almost as if you've skipped introducing a conflict and just started around a climax and then simmered into a denouement.
the ending has changed.
scene 1 screenshot
damn it looks mighty fine
Love how it's comin' out so far. The storyboards for the most part look very clear and nicely polished. The only thing that caught my eye negatively was the shot where the girl and her friend are leaving the lighthouse door (10). The angle of that shot looks almost the same as the one where her friend is turning the lights on, in the panel right above it (7). Was that intended? Otherwise the action of the hand turning into a key and locking the door behind it is nicely set up, but the shot before it happens seemed a little repetetive.
those boards are outdated, some scenes have changed
cool story - the song we wanted to use is from skies of arcadia. since the game was published by sega, i needed to contact them for permission to use the song. but finding contact information for the company was near impossible. i resorted to printing out and physically mailing a letter to their US headquarters two weeks ago. i was 99% not expecting a reply.
but 2 days ago i got a letter back saying that they basically could not care less so long as the song is used non-comercially, is not defaming, and credit is given - which won't be a problem. of course now my school has to look at a copy of the letter and hopefully none of the higher-ups will still request this ridiculous ballet of faxes and documents that we originally would have had to go through. but now at least we know sega is responsive, which i thought was really neat.
At least in the future you can use other music from their games without having to worry about the process. That's one thing you can depend on the company for, their music's typically always great.
Quote from: rtilcool story - the song we wanted to use is from skies of arcadia.
yes!
which one?
when vyse crash-lands on crescent isle
it's called "uninhabited island"
it's kind of fitting because the girl lives on a mostly uninhabited island herself
looking nice so far
Wow, I can't believe I haven't looked into this recently!
I love the screenshot and look forward to the animation
some bg's w/ rough cel
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the entire thing looks amazing
man i cant wait to see this in action, its sure to be a great inspiration for a lot of people.
Quote from: Blordowman i cant wait to see this in action, its sure to be a great inspiration for a lot of people.
Quote from: chickenQuote from: Blordowman i cant wait to see this in action, its sure to be a great inspiration for a lot of people.
nice lighting
beautiful background
very professional
ok that was terrible, the characters looked like pedophiles
I adore this!
Gets me in the mood for finishing my own stuff, lmao.
Quote from: f0dnice lighting
beautiful background
very professional
wait, so which one is violet and which is revi
whats ur zoom when u animate?
Quote from: GRINACEwhats ur zoom when u animate?
Uh, what kind of question is that?
That differs of what kind of scene it is and what you're animating. You flip between the zooms til you find what works for you. Isn't that quite logical?
yeah the zoom level varies greatly from scene to scene. also when we clean up the animation it may be very different, we're going to try to go for the most painterly style we can achieve to mix with the backgrounds for the final colored cels.
just an update here, the rough animation is almost done. i hit the 2 minute mark a few days ago which means i've done over 120 seconds of full body rough animation in less than a month - way more than i can say i've ever done in the past. most of it is on 4's but it's not a big deal as cleaned up frames will be easy to inbetween. jenna has 6 more backgrounds to go then she can start cleaning up the animation. soon i will join her and after that we will color cels.
on another note, we have made some significant changes to the original boards. the main story hasn't changed but we had to drop 2 characters (the first and last ones she meets). we simply did not have time to add them in this tight schedule unfortunately. but we are happy with the changes we made and the story is still very strong. hopefully we will be done with everything animation-wise by mid-april and can spend the rest of the month putting the video together to do sound & post. if worst comes to worst we have until may 11th to finish this, but our goal is april 27th
don't really have anything to show , but if you want to see some more backgrounds just check out jenna's da (http://blvd-square.deviantart.com)
Quote from: rtiljust an update here, the rough animation is almost done. i hit the 2 minute mark a few days ago which means i've done over 120 seconds of full body rough animation in less than a month - way more than i can say i've ever done in the past. most of it is on 4's but it's not a big deal as cleaned up frames will be easy to inbetween. jenna has 6 more backgrounds to go then she can start cleaning up the animation. soon i will join her and after that we will color cels.
Quote from: rtiljenna has 6 more backgrounds to go then she can start cleaning up the animation. soon i will join her and after that we will color cels.
Quote from: rtilsoon i will join her and after that we will color cels.
Quote from: rtilwe will color cels.
Quote from: rtilcolor cels.
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[size=]wat[/size]
so this aint flash eh?
color cels more like fuck IN THE ASS
sorry i just say cels by default it is flash
i would have loved to do this traditionally but the time constraints we have simply don't allow us to even consider sitting in front of a lightbox
also *what
all the rough animation is finally done. we are behind schedule because of some medical emergencies , but we will finish it in time. now i will be helping jenna clean up and color the 32 scenes. she has already done a few. we're hoping to finish that in a week so we have ample time for sound and post.
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this is cool i like this picture
Quote from: rtilsorry i just say cels by default it is flash
i would have loved to do this traditionally but the time constraints we have simply don't allow us to even consider sitting in front of a lightbox
also *what
one of my freinds at uni did their whole animation with proper cels, took him 3 years to complete his final year animation D: it was only 2 and a half minutes long too, probably would have been done quicker if they didnt keep losing chunks of cels.
i still have all my cels from first year. i'm sure they're out of order and starting to change color by now, ,but i wanted to keep them. although it was very hard to keep track of them until i wasn't working with them anymore
Quote from: rtilall the rough animation is finally done. we are behind schedule because of some medical emergencies , but we will finish it in time. now i will be helping jenna clean up and color the 32 scenes. she has already done a few. we're hoping to finish that in a week so we have ample time for sound and post.
i saw some of the backgrounds jenna did on her DA. they're fucking amazing. how many more are left?
she finished the backgrounds a while ago. we're on clean up & color now. our goal is to finish by next thursday
Like finish the whole thing?
So this isnt flash?
Quote from: rtilwhen vyse crash-lands on crescent isle
it's called "uninhabited island"
it's kind of fitting because the girl lives on a mostly uninhabited island herself
And that songs pretty perfect for what you doin
Holy hand grenades why didn't i notice this topic earlier!?
This looks fantastic, and It all sounds very professional. I wish you best of luck with your project! =^)
it is flash
Well them lights comin through the window looks better than it would with a linear or radial gradiant. At least the ones Ive made
Quote from: BuckHoly hand grenades
!
Quote from: CoolDrMoneyWell them lights comin through the window looks better than it would with a linear or radial gradiant. At least the ones Ive made
they were made in photoshop and imported as png's. sometimes the flash gradients do look ugly as they tend to band color really badly since it's all vector based
and oh yeah i meant just finish clean-up & color by next week. we'll still have to do sound and whatever post
and after we turn it in for school we'd like to work on it a little more. but i'll show you guys the school copy
Woo! I can't wait!!!
clean up is going good so far. here's an example of a final clean & colored frame (no post)
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looking good rtil
dude, this is looking awesome
IS IT DONE YET?!?!?!?
Quote from: Billywait, so which one is violet and which is revi
Quote from: FuzzIS IT DONE YET?!?!?!?
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are you being stupid on purpose or something
im really looking forward to that rtil, looks really nice so far.
Quote from: FuzzQuote from: FuzzIS IT DONE YET?!?!?!?
http://blvd-square.deviantart.com/art/Layout-14-132411648 (http://blvd-square.deviantart.com/art/Layout-14-132411648)
Uhg...
man fuzz fuck off really
if you honestly cant wait any longer just go jerk off or something
you arent helping by being a pest
Quote from: MrScriblamman fuzz fuck off really
if you honestly cant wait any longer just go jerk off or something
you arent helping by being a pest
All I said was Ugh!!! You fuck off!
Quote from: FuzzQuote from: MrScriblamman fuzz fuck off really
if you honestly cant wait any longer just go jerk off or something
you arent helping by being a pest
All I said was Ugh!!!
Quote from: FuzzIS IT DONE YET?!?!?!?
Quote from: FuzzQuote from: FuzzIS IT DONE YET?!?!?!?
Quote from: FuzzQuote from: FuzzQuote from: FuzzIS IT DONE YET?!?!?!?
Quote from: FuzzAll I said was Ugh!!!
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Quote from: BloodyCheeryQuote from: FuzzQuote from: MrScriblamman fuzz fuck off really
if you honestly cant wait any longer just go jerk off or something
you arent helping by being a pest
All I said was Ugh!!!
Quote from: FuzzIS IT DONE YET?!?!?!?
Quote from: FuzzQuote from: FuzzIS IT DONE YET?!?!?!?
Quote from: FuzzQuote from: FuzzQuote from: FuzzIS IT DONE YET?!?!?!?
Quote from: FuzzAll I said was Ugh!!!
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^^^
This explains squeef...
Quote from: MrScriblamfuzz fuck off
cherry's post was in true zekey flavour
fuzz is a fucker
Hey that was all in the past. It's not like I did it all in the same day.
Jesus.
Quote from: FuzzHey that was all in the past. It's not like I did it all in the same day.
Jesus.
dont make me angry you wouldnt like it when im angry
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Quote from: psi43Quote from: FuzzHey that was all in the past. It's not like I did it all in the same day.
Jesus.
dont make me angry you wouldnt like it when im angry
Quote from: FuzzHey that was all in the past.
2009.
2 big things:
1. all the animation is DONE. what's left to do now is post+touchups in AE, sfx and music
2. we've picked a winner for the music contest, it will be announced tommorow
cool
yay
Fantastic news, it must be a huge weight off your shoulders now the animations done. Can't wait to see it!
holy shit congrats!!!
Quote from: rtil2 big things:
1. my butt is my face
2. my butt face smells
THIS ISNT NEWS AT ALL
.........omg..........how did u do that to my post???
Bout fuckin time...
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Quote from: FuzzBout fuckin time...
fuzz do you ever have anything worth saying ever
Quote from: MrScriblamQuote from: FuzzBout fuckin time...
fuzz do you ever have anything worth saying ever
i find it kind of ironic that his id is of rodney dangerfield...
all the completed scenes are together for the first time.
scenes: 32
runtime: 4 minutes, 3 seconds (not including open/close credits)
frames: 5,832
number of times flash crashed since february: 9348759237495823485345
sounds like flash ran pretty stable then c: Good to hear its completed too, cant wait to see it for the first time.
the only thing i can thank it for is doing a good job on exporting png sequences, even though i discovered it still doesn't play movie clips when you do that. the other options aren't as viable for lossless because, well, they're video, and sadly there were traces of frameskip.
Quote from: MrScriblamQuote from: FuzzBout fuckin time...
fuzz do you ever have anything worth saying ever
Yes
fuzz this would have been a great opportunity for you to prove that you could say something useful by actually doing it
but you didnt
Quote from: sashafuzz this would have been a great opportunity for you to prove that you could say something useful by actually doing it
but you didnt
there have been numerous opportunities
there is nothing there
looking good
the bump reminds me, i'm shipping it off to ngawang samphel aka winterwind-NS to do the soundtrack today. i can't wait to hear what he composes.
oooo excite
half of the music is done, we're nearing the end of our final touches, hopefully starting sound fx by next week. i have also decided its online debut will be on the livestream. we'll set a date and time for this, obviously. the livestream is exactly what i was looking for in terms of an online show. i think it will be fun
I will put this on my map.
having it on the livestream is a good idea, can't wait
Sounds awesome! It must be a great sense of accomplishment to be wrapping up such a tedious long project Can't wait to see it.
Looking forward to an awesome livestream~
Anybody else going to the Seattle IMAX showing?
you can check here: http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=211354208133 (http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=211354208133)
thanks
np
2 MORE DAYSSSSSS
FUCK!
I cant go now.
Tell me when it goes livestream.
i will announce it at least a week ahead of time
Quote from: rtili will announce it at least a week ahead of time
ok.
Damn I wish I could goto the IMAX thing. :/
Seems that everything is a okay with the folks, so i should be there. Cant wait!
music sounds incredible !! i know it's going to be amazing B-)
ok dude i'm gonna walk 2 seattly so i can go watch it brb
!!!!!
i know a girl who lives in a lighthouse
she's 75
Quote from: Billyi know a girl who lives in a lighthouse
she's 75
cool story bro
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stopped home for a minute to grab something. on my way to the festival, ours will be playing in 6 hours or so. then after that it's secret of kells. i got to have dinner with the creators last night, they're really cool. they had pretty heavy irish accents
my play starts at 8 tonight and i'll probably get home at around 10. i hope i dont miss the livestream
it will probably be next weekend. trying to decide between saturday or sunday. i think sunday is the best because that's when most people seem to take a break and stay home
good luck with your play
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uhhhhhh anyway the festival went great and i will post more about it tomorrow!
Quote from: rtiluhhhhhh anyway the festival went great and i will post more about it tomorrow!
when i emailed them about setting up a bomb they replied with "bring it"
im gonna guess you're not puttin it on newgrounds
it's the last place i want to put it. it will be hard enough as it is trying to squeeze it into an swf
you best take a picture of that big ol penicl
you at least gonna upload it here?
Quote from: Lyou at least gonna upload it here?
if anywhere, it would be on rmcartoons.com
thebackalleys is no longer for posting my work. i bought thelighthousegirl.com, and we'll be putting up some special stuff there. it'll be on rmcartoons too. eventually thelighthousegirl.com will redirect to a joint site where jenna and i will post work that we both did, including games we want to make at some point.
Sounds really cool; I'm excited!
Quote from: SHADOWFOX2Sounds really cool; I'm excited!
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the blog was updated for the event. you can find a picture of us and we're in the awards list: http://www.plexipixel.com/2dornot2d/ (http://www.plexipixel.com/2dornot2d/)
ignore the banner that says "november 15th". it was supposed to be updated months ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_qGpDrkXuw
lmao 2D or not 2D, that's clever.
Anyways, grats on the Digipen Student Award, you two. Was there any prize money involved?
holy hell that shit looks killer
i don't know how many times i've said this but the livestream event hasn't happened yet - i will announce it today probably
http://thelighthousegirl.com/ (http://thelighthousegirl.com/) got a basic site up with some info about the live event on sunday
cool i will make sure to be there first showing as well as telling as many people as i can
awesome
i wish we could run some stress tests on the livestream. i don't think we'll fill it up to 50 but i hope lag isn't a huge issue
lag wouldnt be much of an issue if the computer they have is ok. make sure to link to the popup livestream site not the actualy tba livestream site
hope u frontpage it on the 13th
thelighthousegirl.com live event page will have a livestream embedded player. i will fp it asap, i'm just waiting on a picture i wanted to show
I can't wait until the 13th
what is this some "lighthouse" slut getting pummelfucked by a bunch of ents or some shit
Quote from: jebxzwhat is this some "lighthouse" slut getting pummelfucked by a bunch of ents or some shit
i hope so
I hope I can find a way to livestream. Those stillshots are fantastic.
Maybe if I use a different browser....
Because no matter what I'm seeing this fucking movie.
Would you like me to notify some more people on other forums I visit about this or do you think there will be too many people?
lighthouse girlpants
i think too many people know about it now so it's ok
i may not use livestream if the 1st one seems to have lag problems. i will have a backup , if i can find a good one
you could have people register at different times of the day so that you can still live stream it?
haaah, you really oughtta change ngawang's link (in the about section on the website) to his facebook or something, i don't think he's updated his myspace in months.
If the whole reason livestream's been fucking up for me is actually my browser (chrome instead of firefox) instead of my shit connection I'ma be SO PISSED!!
thanks for reminding me about that jeinu. i just changed it to his fb page which i think is what he wanted
i'll live YOUR stream
wooo good thing i saw this first thing
cant wait to see thiiiisss
Just finished watching it, and I gotta say... Metropolis Circuit was better.
Quote from: FuzzJust finished watching it, and I gotta say... Metropolis Circuit was better.
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wow fuzz
wow
Quote from: FuzzJust finished watching it, and I gotta say... Metropolis Circuit was better.
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Quote from: FuzzJust finished watching it, and I gotta say... Metropolis Circuit was better.
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I missed a good chunk of it, but of what I was able to watch, it was incredibly cute~♪
IS IT DONE YET?!?!?!?
rtil that was so beautiful. i knew it was going to be amazing, but i was just totally and completely blown away.
congrats to you and jenna
Quote from: FuzzJust finished watching it, and I gotta say... Metropolis Circuit was better.
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Quote from: sashartil that was so beautiful. i knew it was going to be amazing, but i was just totally and completely blown away.
congrats to you and jenna
exactly that. I thought it'd be like metropolis circuit. The wait for it was so long that everyone had super high expectations and even though the flash was good a lot of people were disappointed. With this, the expectations were even higher (for me) but I was not disappointed!
I love how many of you took my comment seriously.
That was absolutely beautiful. The animation and art was fantastic.
I thought it ended a little abruptly tho.
I'm glad I was able to catch it as soon as I got off work. I was very impressed. The animation, colors, lighting, background design, and music were so smooth. Each of the characters were fascinating. I'm curious to see more of the world of the Lighthouse Girl. You and Jenna show a lot of potential (as well as the person behind the music). Congrats to you both on a job well done!
ngawang's music was really a great touch -- you couldn't have found a better musician imo
are you putting this up anyplace else anytime soon?
i got in there about halfway through so i missed most of it
from what i did see, it was very well done and very enjoyable, jood job to you and jenna
also
Quote from: FuzzI love how many of you took my comment seriously.
That was absolutely beautiful. The animation and art was fantastic.
I thought it ended a little abruptly tho.
HAHAHA I TOTALLY TROLLED U GUYS LOL (http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/7/73/Trollface.png)
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stupid and inane post
Quote from: HnilmikI missed a good chunk of it, but of what I was able to watch, it was incredibly cute~♪
it will be on vimeo tomorrow so you can see the whole thing
Quote from: sashartil that was so beautiful. i knew it was going to be amazing, but i was just totally and completely blown away.
congrats to you and jenna
thanks sasha
Quote from: BloodyCheeryI'm glad I was able to catch it as soon as I got off work. I was very impressed. The animation, colors, lighting, background design, and music were so smooth. Each of the characters were fascinating. I'm curious to see more of the world of the Lighthouse Girl. You and Jenna show a lot of potential (as well as the person behind the music). Congrats to you both on a job well done!
we might get a chance to show more of the world and the characters in a childrens book, there is a publisher who is interested
Quote from: Jeinungawang's music was really a great touch -- you couldn't have found a better musician imo
yeah i agree, we were very lucky to have him submit to the contest
Quote from: systechare you putting this up anyplace else anytime soon?
i got in there about halfway through so i missed most of it
yes, it will be on vimeo and deviantart tomorrow/this week
thanks everyone for coming in today. over 400 people came and our peak viewer count was 125! the numbers will come in tomorrow
Quote from: RobHalfordstupid and inane post
LOL JUST KIDDING I TROL U
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I saw it at the 2pm show and I just wanted to say congrats on the piece ^__^ The visuals were pure and gorgeous eye-candy to look at! I sat watching and saying to myself, "Holy shit this is so top-class professional quality and it was done by only [size=]2[/size] people?! There is serious dedication to their craft in this." The backgrounds, landscapes, and day/night atmosphere were probably the strongest parts to me, especially the scene right after they left the house and we see the skyscape and bridge (also the tree part was great too). The green hand character was to me the best out all them all though because of the way he interacted with objects, opened/locked the door, swatted fireflies, and then played around with the um(blue cute things ^^; ). All these factors actually made him have the more believable character acting which is something I wished I'd seen more in the main character. The girl didn't really have much personality, since her eyes didn't wander around the landscape; she walked straight to her destination and then went back without a moment to get into her character. I would've liked to have seen a point where she skipped some rocks or played more with the blue things...maybe something as subtle as making a different face besides an ear to ear smile would have done it... heh idk. :b But overall those were the small things, and really this cartoon was just so solid on the technical parts, I guess it's the only thing I could think be fleshed out more. It definitely made me want to see more of the world, the actual reason for this strange magic lighthouse, and what the hand creature actually was (same for the blue things that provide it food to glow). Btw, the part where the hand scoops the water then swallows it haha, that was nice and I almost missed it because the camera moves and almost cuts it off. Anyways, great work! I don't know if you get this feeling sometimes, but there are moments in the process of animating where you just love seeing the world you are creating move and come to life that it gives you this rush of happiness that sits in your chest, I hope you had that moment somewhere because you and Jenna deserved it. :]
how many times did u and jenna do it during the production of the cartoon
that's what i want to know
funny
i was at that chat for like 2 hours and the chat was going swell in the beginning when i came but then alooooooot fagots came in there pretending to be other people.. after an hour i was just gonna do my homework and when it came i was watchin it with my cousin ramesh and my older brother.. we all thought it was amazing!!!
I watched the last two premiere's and I just couldn't stop gazing at the art and relaxing to the sound of the music. Everything was just so well done, but I think my favorite thing about the animation was the background art. Like, seriously. I'd never seen anything like it.
Quote from: Billyhow many times did u and jenna do it during the production of the cartoon
that's what i want to know
my favorite part was definitely the light bolt at the end, that was pretty.
Quote from: psi43my favorite part was definitely the light bolt at the end, that was pretty.
Quote from: SapphireI watched the last two premiere's and I just couldn't stop gazing at the art and relaxing to the sound of the music. Everything was just so well done, but I think my favorite thing about the animation was the background art. Like, seriously. I'd never seen anything like it.
jenna aka channel-square/blvd-square painted them, you can see them all full size at her deviantart (http://blvd-square.deviantart.com)
Quote from: CoolDrMoneyQuote from: Billyhow many times did u and jenna do it during the production of the cartoon
that's what i want to know
we did not keep track sorry buddy
Quote from: psi43my favorite part was definitely the light bolt at the end, that was pretty.
that was jenna's idea, originally it was going to be a straight beam but we thought it would be cooler to have it fly around and stuff
Quote from: rtilQuote from: CoolDrMoneyQuote from: Billyhow many times did u and jenna do it during the production of the cartoon
that's what i want to know
that was jenna's idea
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I saw it at the 2pm show and I just wanted to say congrats on the piece ^__^ The visuals were pure and gorgeous eye-candy to look at! I sat watching and saying to myself, "Holy shit this is so top-class professional quality and it was done by only [size=]2[/size] people?! There is serious dedication to their craft in this." The backgrounds, landscapes, and day/night atmosphere were probably the strongest parts to me, especially the scene right after they left the house and we see the skyscape and bridge (also the tree part was great too). The green hand character was to me the best out all them all though because of the way he interacted with objects, opened/locked the door, swatted fireflies, and then played around with the um(blue cute things ^^; ). All these factors actually made him have the more believable character acting which is something I wished I'd seen more in the main character. The girl didn't really have much personality, since her eyes didn't wander around the landscape; she walked straight to her destination and then went back without a moment to get into her character. I would've liked to have seen a point where she skipped some rocks or played more with the blue things...maybe something as subtle as making a different face besides an ear to ear smile would have done it... heh idk. :b But overall those were the small things, and really this cartoon was just so solid on the technical parts, I guess it's the only thing I could think be fleshed out more. It definitely made me want to see more of the world, the actual reason for this strange magic lighthouse, and what the hand creature actually was (same for the blue things that provide it food to glow). Btw, the part where the hand scoops the water then swallows it haha, that was nice and I almost missed it because the camera moves and almost cuts it off. Anyways, great work! I don't know if you get this feeling sometimes, but there are moments in the process of animating where you just love seeing the world you are creating move and come to life that it gives you this rush of happiness that sits in your chest, I hope you had that moment somewhere because you and Jenna deserved it. :]
the blue guys are called waddles
i'm glad you had those feelings watching it, i know that i did the first time i saw it which is rare when you're looking at your own work. it was probably the overwhelming feeling of finally being able to say "it's done" more than anything else. thank you for sharing that
The exact moment that it's available for viewing on a site aside from livestream (which lags to the point of a stillshot per minute with my crap connection) notify the hell out of me please. :B
Quote from: MarcKThe exact moment that it's available for viewing on a site aside from livestream (which lags to the point of a stillshot per minute with my crap connection) notify the hell out of me please. :B
http://vimeo.com/8185313 (http://vimeo.com/8185313)
password is lg5
it's not public yet because now i'm all worried about this 'dont release it until after its festival run' stuff
I'm so glad I got to see it. The animation was fucking gorgeous but being the 500th person to comment on this movie, I can't really bring much new to the table so uh, great job.
^pretty much what prevented me from posting a comment.
just watched it
very kawaii/ backgrounds were amazing/ characters were adorable/ etc
I loved it. The animation was fucking great, the backgrounds were unbelievable, the concept was fun, it was ecstasy in a video.
Quote from: BluPhoeniX7^pretty much what prevented me from posting a comment.
DO YOU REALIZE HOW BACKWARDS THAT MESSAGE IS BLUE PHOENIX X SEVEN?!?!!??!?
thanks guys. yeah chances of an ng version are next to zero
When you release it you can submit a link to the video to the portal and put flashads for some pocketchange. It'll probably get frontpage too.
that is gay i would never do that
well yeah, I'd think its an option for those who can't submit the movie itself it but would still like to advertise it to any audience.
Quote from: rtilthanks guys. yeah chances of an ng version are next to zero
Lmao so many people dont even realize that the massive size of a video converted to swf format would be.
Could flash honestly handle that export, let alone would I want to watch a preloader frame for 3 hours for a 5 min movie?
it could, and an FLV container would reduce the size significantly, but then you'd have the problem of finding a good buffering tool and audio sync if it's not being streamed directly from another location. still, newgrounds is not a video site so it doesn't have its own tools for compressing video like vimeo and youtube. it's really impractical
TBH the only thing I was honestly looking forward to for an NG version is a cool menu, but seeing how impractical that is, it aint worth it.
thanks for putting it on vimeo, I missed the live events. great stuff, the background art was amazing, the animation was fluid, and the music was a perfect fit.
fav. part was the scene with the toll guy
lmfao
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/521622 (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/521622)
i'm glad i didn't see that
now i wonder who that was
a dumbass