How difficult was Miguel to animate? I read somewhere that he is 6’9 and over 300 pounds haha what a beast. Were there any specific things to take note of when it came to animating him? It’s insane how through his movements he just exudes power and strength. Even the way he walks just makes him seem like a guy not to messed with. Did his frame hinder anything in animation that would not occur on the smaller models?
miguel was SUPER FUN i loved animating him!! i feel like a lot of 3D animation defaults to super skinny characters that are basically just tubes, so it’s fun to work with a character that lets you design the shapes into something more graphic
we had to think a lot about how someone that big moved, but also how they carry themselves when just standing and talking. we referenced idris elba:
when a person has very well defined and built up chest muscles, their shoulders tend to be pulled forward. i did some posture tests early on to help out with finding a good slumped but still powerful, natural standing pose
a lot of tweaking had to be done too whenever he was doing any kind of dynamic action because of how defined his muscles are, extreme poses tended to get off model pretty quickly. here’s an example with one of the shots that i animated, i tried to recreate what his model looked like without any shaping adjustments:
i wanna give a special shout out to eric de carolis, who animated a lot of fantastic miguel swagger, he really helped set the bar for how we should handle miguel’s massive everything when walking. he animated this shot:
so, yes! there was a lot that went into finding his character through movement and it’s always a challenge to animate subtleties on someone this big while still making them feel heavy
“KOSA wont pass, it got rejected the last two times!”
It wasn’t passed because people spoke out against it. People called and emailed their senators. So, CALL / EMAIL YOUR SENATORS. MAKE IT KNOWN THAT WE DO NOT WANT THIS BILL TO PASS!
“But its unconstitutional-“ There’ve been multiple bills passed before that are unconstitutional. This will not be any different to them, they do not care.
Oh hey, this one actually has a link that lets you send pre-written emails and, if the thought of calling isn’t immediately crippling to you, offers you the option to call Right Now using a script.
Made time for this. Kevin Conroy was one of my favorite influences.
The comic is a reference to the episode Beware the Gray Ghost, in which Batman needs the help of an actor he admired as a child to solve a crime. Batman:
“As a kid, I used to watch you with my father. The Gray Ghost was my hero.
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Tumblr has been wonderful to escape to over the past week or so - I think I’ll be sticking around more regularly.
Hoi there - I’m Claire, and I make the Hiveworks comic PHANTOMARINE!
When a seafaring, swordfighting princess falls victim to a successful assassination, she comes face-to-face with the devious, many-faced death god who supposedly cursed her archipelagic world. After proving her mettle, Phaedra is sent on a quest to resurrect herself - but unbeknownst to her, she may be resurrecting far more than that.
Good to read if you like:
Flamboyant Disney Villains
Spooky Scary Skeletons
Technicolor Bisexual Lighting
Cipher Puzzles
Mysterious Ancient Conspiracies
Water and Boats
Dogs, Dinosaurs, and/or Dragons
Eyeliner
Flawed heroes and Villains That Have A Point
The Name Jeff
EDIT: Not-Annoying Child Characters (a pox upon myself for omitting perfect boy Pavel)
An interesting mix of writer, zoologist, artist, mythology and folklore buff, designer, editor, comics fan, animation lover, grey, and wannabe explorer.
If you want more of my art, you can find it at my main art blog: http://randommarks.tumblr.com
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