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This cage... (a short Dr. Sweet Tooth animation - low res)
by brookeduckart
Released 2013-01-10 01:54:11 -0600

Okay, wowzers, this took FOREVER for only 13 seconds. Damn.


I went for it and flushed out a short shot towards the end with a couple of powerful lines. The eyes are now looking around a little bit and emphasize some key words, lips are synced as close as my skills can reach, Puppet-Pins GALORE to get the facial features the way I wanted them, and added mood with lights/shadows. I would be thrilled if this was used in the final Dr. Sweet Tooth piece, but honestly this was more for myself to work out a couple of ideas I couldn't shake. I think it still needs work. Plus, maybe I went too complex?


HUGE hats-off to callmeishmael for all of his fantastic work on the character development and scenes. His artwork is so fun to work with! And to Edward Shallow for this crazy-ass World of Wonder that is starting to unfold.


Such talent. I am honored to work with you.


The elements/assets took me a couple days to finesse the way I like them for animating, so I don't want those to go to waste - I will upload the layered PhotoShop file tomorrow so that other animators can play with this scene. Please do!  ;^)

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  • Brookeduckart-uwm
    @marcellepallais - I missed your comment until now. I agree the eyes need a little more work, but I like how he doesn't look at the camera directly until the punchline, I think there is some power in that.

    But I do think that his eyes need to move up from the cage much faster and his looking around at the audience needs to be a little more intense with more open eyes, I probably need to figure out and use some slight head turning tricks there too. And then he should creep-like squint his eyes almost closed just before opening his eyes wide on the line, to set up subtle anticipation and to really pop that difference.

    HA!

    As you can see, I could literally work on a short clip of animation FOREVER!!!

    Thank you to all the hearters <3
    2013-01-15 11:10:21 -0600
    by brookeduckart
  • Brookeduckart-uwm
    @callmeishmael - Thank you. I think YOUR work is amazing.

    And thank you to all the hearters <3
    2013-01-13 09:51:52 -0600
    by brookeduckart
  • Ishmael3
    Just watched it with sound. Amazing work!
    2013-01-12 23:58:14 -0600
    by callmeishmael
  • Ishmael3
    I'm a big David Bowie fan so I'm pretty cool with it. I hoped the independent pieces would be mismatched- crazy looking. I like the idea.
    2013-01-12 23:55:44 -0600
    by callmeishmael
  • Brookeduckart-uwm
    Not that I re-look at it, the pupil differences are pretty subtle... maybe I will push that a little more the next time.
    2013-01-10 14:29:53 -0600
    by brookeduckart
  • Brookeduckart-uwm
    Thank you callmeishmael. I am thrilled you like it.

    Oh, and I meant to ask: What do you all think about the one pupil being bigger than the other one? Just a little tweak to the design I thought was fun.
    2013-01-10 14:28:46 -0600
    by brookeduckart
  • Ishmael3
    Brooke you continue to marvel and amaze us. Thank you for your hardwork and effort. I cannot hear it as of now but I'm too excited to not comment on your work.
    2013-01-10 14:11:05 -0600
    by callmeishmael
  • Brookeduckart-uwm
    FEATURED?!!! 2 in one week = I am speechless. How encouraging. Thank you thesherbethead!

    So happy that you all enjoy this clip. I am still shocked it took so much time for merely 13 seconds, but I really wanted to get the mood right.

    I am uploading the layerd PhotoShop file now, for those who want to take a go at it <3
    2013-01-10 11:25:43 -0600
    by brookeduckart
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