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I truly want to encourage you in the making of an animated film,
but I feel I must tell you that this dog's model is FAR from being
appealing. If this movie is going to be released next May, I
assume most of the production is already done. If you can
postpone this date, I strongly suggest you to rethink your
main character model.
I know it's supposed to be a cartoony dog, but take a look
at real dogs to see how their body mechanics really work. Parts
like its neck, paws, tail and torso are just too off and count
against your efforts. I also suggest you to take a look on how
2D cartoon dogs look like, mainly those made famous by
Preston Blair, so you can make your model really interesting.
I'm really trying to say something positive and help you to make
an interesting movie. One of the 12 basic principles of animation
as taught by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston say that our
characters need to be appealing. Unfortunately yours is not, and
this is a bad thing if you want a good response from your audience.
Making an animated movie is a really tough job. I´ve made some
so I can also tell this is a great learning experience. I'm just
trying to help you learn faster with these words. Please, don't
keep it personal.
I wish you all the best with your movie.
(I chose to be anonymous because I really don't want to take
this longer than it needs to be)
[...] something about my Laika fails to appeal the audience. On my last entry I received a polite but negative review by an anonymous apparent animator. The commenter [...]
March 19th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Looks awesome. Can't wait!
March 19th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Sorry for my words in advance.
I truly want to encourage you in the making of an animated film,
but I feel I must tell you that this dog's model is FAR from being
appealing. If this movie is going to be released next May, I
assume most of the production is already done. If you can
postpone this date, I strongly suggest you to rethink your
main character model.
I know it's supposed to be a cartoony dog, but take a look
at real dogs to see how their body mechanics really work. Parts
like its neck, paws, tail and torso are just too off and count
against your efforts. I also suggest you to take a look on how
2D cartoon dogs look like, mainly those made famous by
Preston Blair, so you can make your model really interesting.
I'm really trying to say something positive and help you to make
an interesting movie. One of the 12 basic principles of animation
as taught by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston say that our
characters need to be appealing. Unfortunately yours is not, and
this is a bad thing if you want a good response from your audience.
Making an animated movie is a really tough job. I´ve made some
so I can also tell this is a great learning experience. I'm just
trying to help you learn faster with these words. Please, don't
keep it personal.
I wish you all the best with your movie.
(I chose to be anonymous because I really don't want to take
this longer than it needs to be)
March 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
[...] something about my Laika fails to appeal the audience. On my last entry I received a polite but negative review by an anonymous apparent animator. The commenter [...]