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Frame by frame, day by day…

Renato Vargas — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:05:43 +0000

Remember the animatic that I showed you a couple of posts ago? Well, I’ve been working on it in my spare time and I thought I’d showed you some more. I decided to give this iShowU HD screen recording software a try and record a time lapse of the frame-by-frame animation work on my Pulp Fiction clip. I hope you enjoy it.

As you can see, there’s a lot of trial and error. Sometimes it is easier to erase everything and start over. I hope you like it. I’ll post a more detailed one, once the final clip is judged over at CartoonSmart’s contest. Don’t be shy, leave a comment. Cheers!

Animate Pro for free? You are kidding me!

Renato Vargas — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:58:33 +0000

Post written by Renato Vargas.

CartoonSmart.com is holding an animation contest and the first prize is a full working copy of Animate Pro. All you have to do is recreate 15 seconds of your favorite non-animated movie with ToonBoom Animate and add it to this Vimeo group. (you can also use the Personal Learning Edition).

I am entering this contest and I’ve already chosen a clip from a movie I love. Here’s the animatic, although the final version might end up surprising you. Connect with me on Twitter for more updates.

Rough Animatic – CartoonSmart Animate Contest from Renato Vargas on Vimeo.

(Update: Of course that I need a better looking Jules Winnfield, and this is what I came up with. I hope you all like it).

Things are back in track

Renato Vargas — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:32:26 +0000

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Now that things are back to normal, here’s a quick update of The Deadly Truth. This link takes you to a facebook version of the video that looks better than Youtube’s. While you are there, you can always befriend me.

Here’s the Youtube one, which for some reason is one second shorter than it should be. Just a taste:

Note: I’m thinking of releasing the Toon Boom Animate source files for this animation once it’s published so that everyone can learn from my mistakes, so stay tuned!

The Deadly Truth: first update

Renato Vargas — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:35:37 +0000

My little clip is coming along nicely. Backgrounds are close to done and rough keyframes are in place. Everything on schedule. Progress!!

“The Deadly Truth” will be released on Sunday, June 7th, 2009.

Edit: For those interested, I will post more quick updates through Sunday on Twitter. You can follow me here.

Coming to a web browser near you: The Deadly Truth

Renato Vargas — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:35:12 +0000

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I decided today that it is time to become Toon Boom Animate literate, and there’s only one way to do that: animating. For that reason, I decided to make a clip, under one minute in length due next Sunday, May 31st. No excuses. I am aiming to do it as fast as possible, and to use multiplane, some symbols, couple of effects, and frame-by-frame character animation. It’s going to be called The Deadly Truth.

So far I roughed out the setting, set up the multiplane shot, and drew some poses. I hope I have some fun making it. Afterwards, I’ll write a couple of posts about the experience. For now, check out the rough BG:

Title: The Deadly Truth
Release date: Sunday, June 7th, 2009.