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The Heavy Push (in Animation:Master) Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 9 seconds From my studies at Animation Mentor... the Heavy Push. You can't get an animator's license without one. Animated with Animation:Master Related: animation, animationmentor, character, hash, heavy, mentor, push, test |
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Wet Greek Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 60 seconds Clip from a public domain Steve Reeves film. Related: marathon |
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Pick Up Cafe - dialog test Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 15 seconds This was my second dialog test assignment at Animation Mentor. The audio is from "The Best Years of Our Lives" Animated in Animation:Master Related: frederic, loy, march, myrna |
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Monster Locomotive Rally Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 80 seconds Where did rednecks take their dates before there were monster truck rallies to go to? This is a clip from an old railroading movie, "Danger Lights" (1930). This movie is in the public domain. "Danger Lights" was shot in a wide screen 65mm format so what you are seeing here is somewhat less than originally intended. Related: locomotive, steam, trains |
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Robot Song No. 1 Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 45 seconds In 1984 I wrote a program for my Commodore 64 to algorithmically compose "gregorian chants". The vocal timbres are produced by an "Alien Group Voice Box" that plugged into the back of the C=64. Every time I ran it it came up with something different. This is a recording of one of those times Related: 64, algorithmic, chant, chip, commodore, composition, electronic, gregorian, sid, synthesizer, voice |
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Dance for the Perihelion! (on Commodore-64) Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 158 seconds I wrote this in 1984 for string quartet, but no string quartet wanted to play it so I transcribed it for my Commodore-64. Every pitch, every waveform, every on and off is programmed in BASIC by POKEing one-byte values into the SID chip hardware. Related: 64, basic, commodore, electronic |
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Behold the Juggler Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 5 seconds From november 1986, the famous "Juggler" demo that started it all. The very first 3D character animation done on a personal computer, by Eric Graham. Related: amiga, juggler |
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Bouncing ball, no squash, no stretch Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 11 seconds This was my first bouncing ball assignment for AnimationMentor. Youtube seems to be dropping several frames so it often looks like it has bounced without hitting anything :-( Animated in Animation:Master Related: animation, mentor |
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Robot Song No. 2 Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 98 seconds In 1984 I wrote a program for my Commodore 64 that would algorithmically compose and play microtonal music. Each time you ran it it would do something different, this is arecording of one run. Related: 64, algorithmic, basic, commodore, composition, electronic, poke, sid |
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synch test Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 33 seconds This is just a test. Do not watch this test. Related: synch |
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Boris Shakes Hands Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 31 seconds My cat, Boris, will shake hands, but not enthusiastically. Related: boris, cat, hands, shaking |
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My Dad is 90 today Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 55 seconds Footage from my dad's 90th birthday celebration including attempted candle blowing outing. Related: 90, blowing, cake, candles, dad, old, years |
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trip thru my trench Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 57 seconds a look in the trench I dug in my back yard for a new waterline Related: trench, waterline |
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Dynamic Cloth Simulation in Animation:Master Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 41 seconds A test of various settings of cloth simulation parameters to get different weights and stiffness Related: a:m, hash, thom |
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hand drawn cylinder rotating in perspective Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 22 seconds A cylinder drawn and animated without aid of 3D modeling tools. I used the "overhead" view at the upper right to judge the perspective as the cylinder turned. Related: can, spinning, tube |
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Bosko Bounce test Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 8 seconds Hand drawn animation. A reproduction of a cycle in an old Warner Brothers "Bosko" cartoon. Related: animation, bosko, dance |
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swishy cow tail Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 13 seconds Twenty years ago I tried to animate something like this in Deluxe Paint on my AMIGA computer, but the overlapping motion of the tail was too much for me to wrap my mind around. So this is progress, right? music: Brandenburg Concerto #6 Mvt. 3 by Bach, performed by the Advent Chamber Orchestra, licensed for this use under the EFF Open Audio License. Related: barn, hand, traditional, animals, animation, cattle, drawn, livestock |
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Bosko Bounce Progression Reel Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 20 seconds I started with the hips and redid them until I was satisfied with the motion, then added another body part and redid that... Related: bosko |
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Payback in chinatown Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 27 seconds In this scene from "Phantom of Chinatown", Chinese-American detective James Wong (Keye Luke)visits the house of a famous archaeologist to investigate a murder and has this brief exchange with the butler. This movie is in the public domain. Related: chinese, detective, movie |
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Voyage through my backyard trench Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 37 seconds I had to dig a trench for a new water line in my backyard. This is a trip through its subterranean depths. Related: depths, dig, line, subterranean, trench, water |
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Limping Character Walk (animated in Animation:Master) Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 4 seconds From my studies at Animation Mentor in 2005. The assignment was to do some sort of non-generic walk, so I chose to do a limp. Related: a:m, animation, animationmentor, character, limp, walk |
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turn on ones and twos Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 3 seconds A simple test to compare motion animated on ones versus motion animated on twos. The top is on ones. Related: cones |
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My Dog Shakes Hands Too Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 33 seconds My dog, Riley, enjoys shaking hands more than my cat does. Related: dog, hands, riley, shaking |
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Happy New Year! (c. 1998) Posted by: robcat2075
Video duration: 5 seconds This was my first attempt at CG character modeling and animation done in 1997. Rigs were very primitive back then so everything had to be keyed on almost every frame to keep it in place. Related: 1998, animation, happy, new, year |
