Robot Arms Nov 2000
I'm quite proud of this animation and the finished product with sound seems to be the most popular to date. Not really a suprise as both Disney and Pixar had found out long ago, a character driven story beats fancy graphics and stands the test of time better than fancy graphics.
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This is the first trial version. The original idea was simply to pass the block around in a circle. The problem (which I never did figure out) was that the passing of the block was not symmetrical, which means the block was in a slightly different position each time it was passed This means that sooner or later something wouldn't line up. arm1.mp4 |
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I kept the basic shapes and the basic motion but moved the arms to a conveyor belt idea. The lighting is "dramatic", but it really didn't work with what I had in mind. arm2.mp4 |
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I couldn't figure out how to make a conveyor belt (I do now!) so I went with some moving blocks. Not a large change. The lighting is balance and what I need now are some textures. arm2.mp4 |
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The Finished Animation With Sound
The textures are simple but work, lighting is balanced, and not to shabby, if I do say so myself. Once again the program "Acid Music" was used to create the sound and Premire was used to put it all together. arm2.mp4 |
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Updated:
4-6-2013 All files have been re-compressed from the original Avi's to MP4 (Quicktime H.264) video
4-6-2013 Files have been changed to embeded video
arm6_wsound.avi Orginal 77,110K 424x240 arm6_wsound.avi Old compression 894K 212x120 arm6_wsound.mp4 Quicktime 1,769K 424x240