I started self-studying character animation workflow in Blender about a month ago (though I’m not new to Blender), and made this so called short film in the process:
Since I wanted to concentrate on animation, I skipped modeling stage by using a character extracted from Tera Online (had to edit it a bit though). I also tested different render engines: Cycles (0-29 sec), Mitsuba (29-36 sec) and LuxRender (36-39 sec). All sound effects were found on Youtube.
Please don’t hesitate to ask questions / c&c!
That’s a great start! I’m definitely interested in seeing how this comes out. Excellent suspenseful editing.
Some critiques: the foley for the heels is a bit too loud in the opening seconds. It really overpowers the background music. The girl’s walk cycle should have a bit more hip rotation than none, which is what it looks like now. Even if that skirt she’s wearing is made of iron, it should swivel a little bit when she walks. Finally, the cat ear motions are subtle and cute, but I think you could use more of them, and not so subtle. If she is a cat girl, her hearing would be working overtime in a dark place like that.
I’m looking forward to seeing more of this. Are you planning on continuing?
Thank you, Orinoco, glad you liked it and I’m definitely using the tips you gave me from now on. I always tend to miss important stuff when working on a project a bit too much, and some of the things you mentioned I wouldn’t be able to notice anyway.
For now I’m not sure if I want to work on this particular movie any more. I have two more episodes in mind, but will decide what I want to work on next in about a week - now that I’m finally able to make things work more or less as I want them, I need to sort out all my ideas that are bothering me
