Bandita Gallery [Archive]

Bandita

09-03-2005, 03:47 PM

As I'm now finally a proud owner of Col Erase pencils *yipiiiiieeeee*, I thought that would be a good reason to open a sketch gallery too.

I will not only post my good drawings, the bad ones too, hoping to find solutions for my problems and to improve my style.

I'm looking forward to your comments to learn as much as possible from all you gifted an experienced arstits.

http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/Coctail.jpg

http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/mousetrap.jpg

Jabberwocky

09-04-2005, 12:21 PM

At last! :D
Now that's some solidly cartoony stuff. Good proportions, pose and expression in the first one!

Bandita

09-21-2005, 04:06 PM

Here are some characters I designed for a filmpitching...

http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/Picture/Champ1.jpg
http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/Picture/BTW2.jpg
http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/Picture/Champ3.jpg
http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/Picture/LisaPatrick.jpg
http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/Picture/Sergej.jpg

Jabberwocky

09-21-2005, 04:43 PM

From that live-action project, yes? I like the very first one best, a lot of character in that one. Did you work off actors?

Bandita

09-22-2005, 02:21 AM

For Sergej and BTW I had photos of the prefered actors. The others I did as I saw them in my mind when I read the script.

Thunderobot

09-22-2005, 01:06 PM

I really like the girl in the bathing suit. :D i especially like her face and her proportions around the waist.

It's nice to see a woman who animates.

musimation

09-27-2005, 09:28 PM

Wow, these are all really good, I specially like the mouse sketch :)

Bandita

10-17-2005, 01:03 PM

Sometimes it's really amazing how you look at old work you did and you feel embarassed because you think "why the hell was I satisfied with this, when I did it???!??"
I feel this way, when I see some of the following...
(all) this is some of the work I did for Los Banditos Films just a year ago... Can't believe it
But fortunately you can develop your skills.....

http://www.lbfilms.de/de/storyboard/index/1.html

and my very first storyboard and first cutting project I did... really bad... :mad:

"Storyboard Clip
zu Franky Kubricks "Rücken zur Wand"

on

http://www.lbfilms.de/de/downloads/trailer/1.html

Ahhhh, and I found another section. This is my first Comic magazine I did (70 pages). But I think the site doesn't work yet properly...

http://www.lbfilms.de/de/produktionen/comics/index.html

Thunderobot

10-17-2005, 02:08 PM

the storyboard honestly looks great.I dont see why your ashamed (but i understand the feeling) :D

Bandita

10-17-2005, 02:13 PM

Thank you Thunder, yeah, some of em I like still, but others....
But it's also a good feeling to see that you're able to grow...

the storyboard honestly looks great.I dont see why your ashamed (but i understand the feeling) :D

Jabberwocky

10-17-2005, 03:30 PM

Bandita

10-17-2005, 03:41 PM

When we meet, I'll bring along some storyboard material from professional productions (including that "Little Vampire" live-action feature they did some years ago) and you'll see there really isn't any reason to feel ashamed. Quite on the contrary. ('sides, can't be that bad, you're showing it to us, aren't you? ;))

Little Vampire?? Rüdiger und Anton???? I loved them!!!!! Wanna see, wanna meet!!!! :D

Yeah, as I've already mentioned some of em I really still like today. But something that makes me proud is, that, even though it's been a while since I've left them, the Banditos are still setting a great value on my work, otherwise they wouldn't have put so many drawings online.
It's good not to be forgotten and just be replaced by another trainee.

Another thing.... my first complete finished scene for my application film:

http://media.putfile.com/Scene29

Bandita

10-18-2005, 05:44 PM

Here's the newest linetest.... I'll send more linetests in near future...
comments please... :)

http://media.putfile.com/Testscene11

Thunderobot

10-18-2005, 06:08 PM

nice job (though its hard to tell what it is because of the blue lines)

it is a baby right lol?

and nice job on the finished chicken scene too. :D

Bandita

10-22-2005, 04:36 PM

Thanks Thunder :)
Yeah, it's a baby.... Here is the finished scene....
http://media.putfile.com/Scsne11

Thunderobot

10-22-2005, 05:03 PM

awesome!

its amazing to see the finished version with the pencil test. :D

I really like him especially the squash and stretch he does.

great job cant wait to see more. :D

Jabberwocky

10-22-2005, 05:23 PM

Very good compositing and painting!
As for the animation, I like the jumps a lot - but there's an awful lot of them, isn't there? Is it motivated by the plot that the chick jumps up and down sixteen times before ending the whole thing in what I guess is crowing? Maybe, I dunno, three would do? Or you could vary the timing of the jumps, letting the chick start slowly and make him get faster and faster so that the crowing comes as a climax viewers expect because he picks up the pace. Watching it, I got a little too used to all that jumping at always the same timing and didn't really realise at first it's the anticipation for the crowing part.
Since this is a finished scene, I don't really want to quibble a lot with the posing because that would require altering entire frames - but, and I'm only saying this because I can't hear any sound with the action, if you exaggerated the key poses of the crowing more it would get clearer just from the mime aspect of the scene. (Just asking because there are no speakers attached to this PC on which I'm watching the whole thing - is there sound with that scene?)

But apart from all that, considering you're doing this mostly on your own and on top of your other work - amazing effort!

Bandita

10-22-2005, 05:31 PM

Thank you, :p
yes, it could be confusing to see him jump so many times, and the fast timing takes a lot of the actual bouncy effect of the animation, but I animated it ON BEAT of the planned music. Also the crowing, which has a very cool effect if you see it with sound. There is no sound on the file I up-loaded... but you can convince yourself, when you see the whole finished film ;)

Jabberwocky

10-22-2005, 05:38 PM

Interesting. Yes, the sound everything is timed to should make things much clearer.

SpaceGhost2K

10-22-2005, 08:39 PM

I would start the chick out, jumping just like that three times, then speed it up until he glows red and explodes.

But that's just me.

Bandita

10-23-2005, 03:33 AM

Hey, a red glowing head!!! Excellent idea!!! But first I have to find s.o. who explains me how I can do this with Animo.... I have no clue:confused:
Here is another linetest....

http://media.putfile.com/Scene6

Uhhhhhggggg, sorry, very bad quality....

I would start the chick out, jumping just like that three times, then speed it up until he glows red and explodes.

But that's just me.

Thunderobot

10-23-2005, 10:19 AM

looks pretty good and very fluid as well.I have a feeling it will look twice as good when you finish it considering th history of your other linetest's. :D

Graphiteman

10-23-2005, 06:38 PM

You are very gifted, Bandita.

Thunderobot

10-23-2005, 07:46 PM

Bandita is the best-a -it rymes

lol

Bandita

10-24-2005, 07:21 PM

Ohhh you're sooooooo sweeeeeet :)
Thank you so much. But I need critics on my animations, especially on the linetests, wanna correct my mistakes before cleanuppig...
But if you like things, you can tell mee too, of course :D :D :D

Thunderobot

10-24-2005, 10:44 PM

well to be honest i dont really have any critiques.
though as soon as i find something that i can critique i will. :D

Ontaious

10-25-2005, 10:43 AM

I looped it for a bit and found your volumes look great, the stretch on the way down is very good. My one concern is perhaps he could use a bit more squash when he lands, to really sell that weight of his.

Other than that I say "good jorb (http://www.homestarrunner.com)" :)

Bandita

10-25-2005, 07:27 PM

here's the scene after the clean-up and compositing. Well the compositing isn't complete yet, the other pupils are missing.You may recognize that I had some trouble with the proportions of the head, but hopefully it doesn't matter much because it's a very short scene. ohh my god! Sooo much work for only 2 seconds.... and the film ist gonig to be 2 min 45.... :eek:

http://media.putfile.com/Scene6-NotCompleted

Thunderobot

10-25-2005, 08:44 PM

it looks pretty good however when he gets off the desk it doesnt flow very well.try adding a frame or two.

ther than that i think its great :D

Ontaious

10-25-2005, 10:36 PM

it looks pretty good however when he gets off the desk it doesnt flow very well.try adding a frame or two.

Never add more frames!! It will throw off the timing and thats bad. All you can really do, is fix what you have. So, its a matter of spacing more than likely.

Bandita: Looks great! What are you using to color and composite this? I love it! My one problem is the landing doesn't seem to have enough weight on it still. But, thats nitpick at this point. Great work!

Jabberwocky

10-26-2005, 04:36 AM

I'm with Ontaious here.
I'd try taking a frame or two out of the second half of the bit when the chick slides out of his chair to show that he gathers momentum, or speed, as he is pulled towards the ground. I'd then cushion out again when he hits the ground.
I think there's a slight stutter in the part when he hangs his head, too. Maybe you just switched frames when reading the scene into Animo.

Bandita

10-26-2005, 05:47 AM

No, I actually took frames out, because the head proportions looked horrible. Yes, maybe I retime it, but I'm afraid, it'll stutter. For that moment, I'll leave it so, if I've enough time after completening all scenes, I may go over it once again.

By the way, thanks for all your comments! I really appreciate it!
@ Ontaious: Unfortunately I read your comment concerning the landing after having clean upped the scene.
Which programs:
OK, first, I use Cinema 4D for backgroudmodeling+ Sketch and Toon Plug-in, Third wish's Magpie Pro for Lip Sync, then for my line tests the monkey Jam freeware linetester, for ink and paint Animo (for me the coolest animation program ever!), and for compositing, shadows etc. Combustion

Ontaious

10-26-2005, 09:36 AM

I'm going to have to look into those programs myself. I to use Monkey Jam to test my work. Well, good luck with the project! I can't wait to see the final piece.

Bandita

11-05-2005, 08:44 PM

Here is a very short new scene for my film .... :D

http://media.putfile.com/Scene-4-1

Thunderobot

11-06-2005, 12:19 AM

i really dont like that camera move there but im sure it will work well in the film.

so how many frames is this(excluding re-used drawings)?

Ontaious

11-06-2005, 12:27 AM

My one comment would be he needs a little anticipation before going back. It might be there and I'm not able to see it though :)

I love the whip of the tail, very nice!

Can't wait to see the final product.

Bandita

11-06-2005, 09:24 AM

Ok, you are right. I'm not satisfied with this scene at all. I actually did it twice, because the first one was so bad, that I didn't want it to appear in the film. But I learned a lot by doing it wrong: For example, more frames doesn't always mean that you'll get a better animation! Characters sometimes stand still for a couple of seconds. The first animation had 36 frames this one has only got 17 (!!!) (no re-uses, just a stillstanding body level at the end. head is moving without re-uses...)
I wish I had more time, to make it look like I want it to look. :(Again thanks for your comments!!!

Bandita

11-06-2005, 04:12 PM

This is what I did today. (No blue lines Thunderobot :D )

http://media.putfile.com/Linetest-4-2

Thunderobot

11-06-2005, 10:05 PM

cool

i really like this one its very fluid and has alot of squash and stretch. :D

When the chicken moves he looks like hes made of rubber.I dont know about you but i like that in a cartoon character. :D

nice job bandita cant wait to see more!

Ontaious

11-06-2005, 11:01 PM

Wonderful movement! Flows really well and again kudos on the whip of the tail. Right now the only problem I have is reading the action. Not sure if he is snapping or waving his finger. Though I'm sure seeing it in context would help :)

Keep up the good work!

Bandita

11-09-2005, 01:00 PM

I just finished the compositing of the previous linetest. Here's the result. :p

http://media.putfile.com/Scene-4-2

brien

11-11-2005, 06:19 PM

thats great! im guessing he's snapping his fingers at someone, and pointing them to come? i really like the wackiness to the movements in your animation.. but one suggestion would be to slow things down just a tad before they come to a stop.. ease into them.. not necessarily by a lot, but just enough to make it a bit more smooth. this scene i think is fine, especially since youve already gone and cleaned it up and colored it, but maybe you could add a few frames at the end for his tail, so it doesnt stop so abrubtly. but yea.. its really good the way it is, and it might look better this way than with my suggestion, but i just wanted to give you some ideas to think about.

so anyways, you're really doin great stuff! keep cranking em out! im guessing this is for your own short? if so, when do you'll think itll be finished? cuz id really like to see the finished film.

Bandita

11-12-2005, 08:35 AM

Thanks Brien, your ideas are right! If I'll have time enough at the end, I'll go over all scenes where some of you gave me some advices, but my first priority is to finish the film. It has to be sent to university at least at february 15th!!! So there it HAS TO be finished.
Concerning showing the film: For my application version I used some music, of which I do not own the rights. The music is great and exactly what I wanted to have. So, I'm not allewed to show this version on the internet. For this reason, I'll send DVDs by postal delivery way to all of you, who helped me so much here (especially to Thunderobot, Ontaious and Jabberwocky). If you send me your adress, I'll send you one too.... hmmm, the film will be in PAL. Is there a possibility to play it by computer or do I have to convert it into NTSC?

thats great! im guessing he's snapping his fingers at someone, and pointing them to come? i really like the wackiness to the movements in your animation.. but one suggestion would be to slow things down just a tad before they come to a stop.. ease into them.. not necessarily by a lot, but just enough to make it a bit more smooth. this scene i think is fine, especially since youve already gone and cleaned it up and colored it, but maybe you could add a few frames at the end for his tail, so it doesnt stop so abrubtly. but yea.. its really good the way it is, and it might look better this way than with my suggestion, but i just wanted to give you some ideas to think about.

so anyways, you're really doin great stuff! keep cranking em out! im guessing this is for your own short? if so, when do you'll think itll be finished? cuz id really like to see the finished film.

Bandita

11-12-2005, 01:47 PM

Here's another new linetest....
http://media.putfile.com/Linetest-Scene-5

Jabberwocky

11-12-2005, 04:05 PM

Oh my god, he's poking his own eye out!

Kidding, I can see he's wiping away a tear. Your ruff linetests are always a bit blurry, but that's hardly your fault. I think there might be something up with the perspective and distance between his eyes when he moves his head up, but as you said before, that's stuff to worry about once you're done with everything else. Holdin' up well, go for it!

Oh, and about a DVD copy for people in America - best create a Windows Media playable rip of the finished version. Those can be compressed a little, too, so it'll nicely fit on a CD instead of a DVD.

Thunderobot

11-12-2005, 04:42 PM

lol i cant tell whats going on in that last line test.Is he crying?

ohh and nice job on coloring the rooster. :D

Thats so nice of you to offer me a dvd but to be honest i bet you can put your film on the internet as long as you arent making a profit from it. :D

Bandita

11-12-2005, 04:46 PM

Thats so nice of you to offer me a dvd but to be honest i bet you can put your film on the internet as long as you arent making a profit from it. :D

hmmm... I'm afraid I won't be able to put it online. I've informed myself bout this. Indeed you've to pay less, but also a high amount of money, even if you don't make profit from it, just for "publishing" it... :(

Bandita

11-13-2005, 12:18 AM

I've been busy as a bee this night and now I can present the complete scene 5! :D
http://media.putfile.com/Scene-5

But now I'll have to go to bed, I'm tired as hell!! :(

Jabberwocky

11-13-2005, 04:09 AM

All cleaned, coloured and sharp it makes perfect sense.
There are details I'd quibble with but taking care of those is for later (if at all).

-commence nit-picking-
For my taste, the chick's eyes wander apart a little too far as he lifts his head. I also think the secondary animation of his quiff would work better if it had more of an arc to it. The way it is, it moves right, little follow-through, then upwards left and a tiny follow-through to the right again - has a bit of a zig-zag quality to it. It's not technically "wrong" in my eyes. Then when the head follows the wiping hand, you have it stop for a fraction which disrupts the flow of the movement a little.

Well alright, that's really nit-picking. I doubt people who can't see this frame-by-frame will notice. I had a very strict clean-up teacher, though. :D

Thunderobot

11-13-2005, 10:32 AM

the arm moves a little jerky-ly but other than that its great.The crying is very effective. :D

Bandita

11-13-2005, 10:42 AM

Thank you, hmmmm, yes, I've got to learn a lot, I think... Oh, I really, really, really hope it'll be adequate for the purpose of application... hope they could see a little potential.... :confused:

Thunderobot

11-13-2005, 10:44 AM

im sure it will be. :D

Bandita

11-13-2005, 10:48 AM

I've so much fear of it, because the only accept 10 out of ca. 200-500 applicants per year. And they really get great stuff, especially in the section of 3d....

Bandita

11-14-2005, 05:42 PM

I've only had few time, because of the deadline of our current project at work. So, I'll add some frames at the beginning and at the end, but the next short scene will be something like this....
Greetz

http://media.putfile.com/scene-1069

motion sickness

11-16-2005, 03:38 PM

Great work as usual. I really like the emotion. Maybe you should make the anticipation a bit more explicit by slightly stretching the character before changing it's facial expression. But I guess this is hard to do, since it is a birds-eye-view.
Actually there is truly nothing to crit on this one – I love it! :D

Looking forward to the finished piece.

Bandita

11-16-2005, 04:14 PM

Thank you so much! Yes, it's a very difficult perspective and again a scene, which is animated on beat, so I had to retime the anticipation on 1's.
BTW, I'll write back as soon, as I can!!

Here is the complete scene:
http://media.putfile.com/Scene10

motion sickness

11-16-2005, 05:34 PM

Awesome! The finished scene has far more emotion. You did a good job on the face, before switching his mood.

Keep it up!

Thunderobot

11-17-2005, 06:37 AM

i agree.It looks great bandita :D

DOOM2099

11-21-2005, 10:10 PM

I think you're artwork is sweeeet! Very nice.

Graphiteman

11-22-2005, 03:53 PM

Great angle and design.

It would be stronger if he blinked between eye key poses rather than inbetweened straight from one expression to another; an anticipation of sorts for the eye expressions. Encorporate the brows down in the blink and favour the angry eye expressions as you have it. Just a quick blink.

Citizen X

11-22-2005, 05:44 PM

Very good !! ;)

But, I think the same as Graphiteman.

Bandita

11-22-2005, 05:50 PM

Thank you!!!
Yes, you're right. Next time, I'll know better!
Wouldn't it destroy the stare? That's very important for me in this scene...

mandeep

11-23-2005, 12:51 PM

really really inspiring work, i just love the crying bird, so cute, u must have enjoyed alot more making it as much i enoyed watching it :)
cheers
mandeep

Bandita

11-27-2005, 05:24 AM

Thank you very much mandeep!

Here's a new linetest. 220 Sketches, I really don't wanna make the clean up. But I guess, I'll have to... :eek:

http://media.putfile.com/Scene-897

Enjoy!! ;)

Thunderobot

11-27-2005, 09:25 AM

it was kinda hard to see but i loved the interaction between the rooster and the chick.Keep it up! :D

blinkmetoys

11-27-2005, 04:42 PM

it was impossible to see, sorry.

could see a few twitches every so often.

motion sickness

11-28-2005, 09:48 AM

It was clearly visible for me, though she used light lines.

This one looks splendid! I watched it over and over again. You have a great sense of timing and acting. I love the seconds before the chick starts rebelling and plucks up courage, to shout at the rooster. You also animated the teachers waggling parts very well.
Maybe the chicks head bounces a bit too often in the end of the dialogue, but this is just a matter of taste and style, I guess. And since I didn’t hear the dubbing yet, I can’t give a rate on this.

Overall, very nice going!

Bandita

11-29-2005, 05:21 AM

Hehe, you'll understand the bouncing head, when you see it all in context and with dialogue... ;)
Thanks for the props!!
I'll compose all the next scenes in my christmas vacation, so i can't send the results soon :( Sorry....

It was clearly visible for me, though she used light lines.

This one looks splendid! I watched it over and over again. You have a great sense of timing and acting. I love the seconds before the chick starts rebelling and plucks up courage, to shout at the rooster. You also animated the teachers waggling parts very well.
Maybe the chicks head bounces a bit too often in the end of the dialogue, but this is just a matter of taste and style, I guess. And since I didn’t hear the dubbing yet, I can’t give a rate on this.

Overall, very nice going!

cartuneman

12-01-2005, 08:28 PM

Hi,
Your stuff is really great I love it. I've just started posting in my own gallery. I love the lil chick flick spot. I don't envy you either about having to clean it up but isn't it exciting seeing your creations come alive. I wouldn't be able to hold myself back. I wanna see more!!

Cartuneman

cartuneman

12-02-2005, 06:31 PM

Hi,
Thanks for visiting my gallery. You actually opened my eyes to something I've never realized. (my style) I look at everyones art and I see a style. I guess I've never sat down and settled to one style. Is that a good or bad thing? The reason I'm asking, should I pick a style and expound on it or should I keep going on like I am? I'm by no means a proffesional and need some answers. I love talking to people that are proffesional and are in the industry such as you. I currently build homes for a living and drawing and animation is a dream of mine. Being self taught as an artist I fear I'm as far as I'll ever grow.
But hey thanks for the KUDO's and the visit to my gallery and the insight ......Have a great day!

PS: I have done a few very small projects in the art field. (is that a proffessional?)

cartuneman

Jabberwocky

12-03-2005, 12:30 PM

I'm not really a professional, either, but to my mind versatility is a virtue in animation. How else can hundreds of artists work on one and the same picture and manage to make the result look even?

Vi, long time no chat. Sorry, but I've been very busy during the last three weeks. (Not with animation, sadly.)
It's true that sound greatly enhances visuals, and your latest scene does look very good - but don't underestimate the mime aspect of animation. I think the best kind of animation is the one whose visuals are self-explanatory. I enjoy watching silent movies every now and then, especially Chaplin. Great reference for animation acting - those guys really had to rely on their body language to get something across.

Bandita

12-03-2005, 12:36 PM

Christooooooooooph!!! Heeeeey, nice to hear something of you!!!! We should phone again in the next days, wanna tell you about my visit to Ludwigsburg.
So, about the body language: Very, very good argument! Soooo, what do you assume what's going on in this scene if you see it without sound?? Guess, and I'm sure you'll give me an (almost) right answer....

Jabberwocky

12-03-2005, 12:59 PM

I would say it's about a teacher who's really had it with his student's poor attempts. The rooster is pretty clear but the chick is a little on the vaguely twitchy side, as others have already pointed out.

Bandita

12-03-2005, 01:49 PM

Very good about the rooster. so, and in what kind of situations do you twitch while speaking? It's when you stutter. More, I' wouldn't let out, because the story should be a suprise ;)

the chick is a little on the vaguely twitchy side, as others have already pointed out.

Jabberwocky

12-03-2005, 02:05 PM

Animating stutters? Five words: eeh-biddy, eeh-biddy, puh, P-Porky Pig!

Bandita

12-03-2005, 02:07 PM

Animating stutters? Five words: eeh-biddy, eeh-biddy, puh, P-Porky Pig!

Häääääää???????? *blickichnich*

Jabberwocky

12-03-2005, 03:54 PM

HA! Ach du heiliger ... das kommt von den seltsamen deutschen Übersetzungen der Loony Tunes! Im Original stottert Porky furchtbar rum. Ist eigentlich sogar sein Markenzeichen. Mir ist bis heute nicht klar, wie man sich beim Synchronisieren da herumdrücken konnte.

cartuneman

12-08-2005, 08:24 PM

Howdy over there in Germany!

Thanks for visiting my gallery again. I would love to see some of your santa's I love Santa's myself. I create and self publish a christmas coloring book every year. Then by chance (haha) I dress up in my very own Santa suit every year and I go to the childrens wards at various hospitals and at the Childrens cancer clinic and visit the kids and give them my coloring books as gifts. Last year I went to a nursing home for the elderly and I was a big hit even with the coloring books. So no matter how old we get, We all still love Santa and coloring Books!. So back to you....I wanna see more of your stuff too....please:)

Cartuneman

Bandita

12-10-2005, 10:42 PM

Dear Catuneman,
your yearly visit to childrens hospitals is great!!! That's so wonderful, wanna do this too!!!
Sorry, I'm not allowed to post the Santa, because it was not on TV yet (will be on Christmas:))), and I don't wanna get in trouble because of the rights... Anyway, I just did the compositing and the 3D backgrounds/items and 3Danimations for it... just few 2d inbetweens and things our animators forgot :(

Here are two very short new ruff scenes for my film

http://media.putfile.com/Scene15
http://media.putfile.com/Scene-16

bupaje

12-11-2005, 12:23 AM

@Bandita - I'm still getting the basics down, I imagine animating convincing expressions must take a lot of practice. You do nice work.

@cartuneman - that sounds great. I know this is off topic but if Bandita doesn't can you tell us how you publish these -do you run copies yourself or use some sort of publisher? If it is more appropriate a PM or in one of the other forums.

brien

12-11-2005, 04:12 AM

i love that roosters expressions!

Thunderobot

12-11-2005, 10:39 AM

your doing great bandita! :D

Bandita

12-12-2005, 05:07 PM

Thank you so much again for the comments.
On this ruff scene a few inbetweens for the drag elements and some blinks are missing in the end...
Also, he's too tall in the first part; which I'll change in the clean up.
Hope the expression is clear nevertheless... ;)
http://media.putfile.com/sc13-teacher

Greetz

Ok, I just realized. It's very hard to see :(

cartuneman

12-12-2005, 05:42 PM

Hello Ms Bandita,

I love watching your work in progress. I can't wait to see it in color. Oh I could see the rooster just fine in your last post. Are these animated chickens your own film? I love drawing animals, well, at least cartoon animals haha. The only thing left to say is....."More Please"

Cartuneman

PS: I did the Santa gig Sunday. There's nothing more fullfilling than to see a childs eyes light up with wonder and the unconditional love they have for Santa Claus. It's the greatist gift anyone could ever ask for.

Danimation

12-14-2005, 01:01 AM

Cool animation B! Love the toes movin like that, look forward to seeing more soon! Cheers

Jabberwocky

12-14-2005, 02:22 AM

I can make out the toes, but I'm afraid I'll have to wait for the finished scene to be able to interpret the rest of the poses better.

Graphiteman

12-14-2005, 02:29 AM

Good gag, the strumming his toes. Never seen that b4.

Thunderobot

12-14-2005, 07:09 PM

i left a comment via the comment section on the putfile link. :D

motion sickness

12-15-2005, 06:44 PM

hey bandita! very nice :D i enjoy watching your linetests. the whole thing is slowly taking shape.

moe

damage

12-16-2005, 09:41 AM

Hey Bandita awsome animations tests and finals u have here on ur thread. I look forward to seeing more.:D

Bandita

12-16-2005, 08:15 PM

Thank you all for your comments. It really means a lot to me, that you like it!
The public-pictures are out, so I'm allowed to send some pics of our Christmas animation. As I wrote before, I did the compositing and 3D stuff and things like the electrical 2D Christmastree, and 2D itmes like the presents, sledge, calendar etc.
I'm looking forward to see my work on TV!! :)

http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/elviswerbung.jpg

http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/Baum

http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/Kueche.jpg

Bandita

12-16-2005, 08:17 PM

http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/Lenkrad.jpg

http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/Mast.jpg

http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/Schlitten.jpg

Jabberwocky

12-17-2005, 01:03 AM

NEAT! I thought it was going to be all 3D. It's got style, it's got class, (I won't have to get up in the wee hours to see it), it's got the perfect time slot for its target audience - I don't see how this could fail.

Thunderobot

12-17-2005, 09:24 AM

WOW Bandita those are amazing!!!! :eek:

I really like how the shadows look on th characters and everything looks so vibrant and colorfull.The cell shading looks really good too and its kinda hard to notice if your not looking for it which makes it blend well with the 2d.

So whats the name of this?
whens it airing?
what time?
what channel?

Bandita

12-17-2005, 09:34 AM

Thank you. It has become pretty nice, we have famous sync-speakers (Oli P.- a German TV star, and Wolfgang Dräger, the German voice of Woody Allen).
The film is called "Elvis und der Mann mit dem roten Mantel" (Elvis and the man with the red coat) and will be screened on Christmas day on the German Kids-TV-station "Kinderkanal" at 1:30 pm.
I guess the most of you won't be able to see it. :(

cartuneman

12-17-2005, 10:49 AM

Hi Bandita,

WOW!!! these are great! Awsome and all those other cool words. It gives me a tingle to see your work. I wish we could see it here in the U.S. Maybe someday it will be on DVD? I love the Santa ..........Congrats and more!!!:)

Cartuneman

Bandita

12-17-2005, 06:34 PM

:) :) :)

Maybe, our company has the DVD rights....
Here is the clean up linetest of the toe scene....
http://media.putfile.com/scene13linetestNET

Jabberwocky

12-18-2005, 11:13 AM

Aah, much better! I can make out everything now. Yup, I think the tapping toes are really good! Love the drag in the rooster's belly, too, although -
[nit-picking] it comes to a halt in an up-kind-of-position. Making it bounce down one more time might make it look as though it has more weight. Plus, the shock anticipation is "only" two frames. I think you could've gone as far as making it five frames (on 1s) with a slow out. Or mabe something like this: (1), 2, 3 (5). And one last thing, when the chick snaps back from his exaggerated shock key pose, the head could follow an arc a bit more on its way back.[/nit-picking]

bupaje

12-18-2005, 11:41 AM

Wow! That looks really great. I want to see it. They'd better dub an english track and try to see if Cartoon Network or someone would show it here -very nice.

cartuneman

12-21-2005, 09:37 PM

Hi Bandita,

First off, I wanted to say thank you for visiting my gallery. You also mentioned the quality of my work. Again I blush:rolleyes: and appreciate what you think of my work. I can't wait till I can afford better software and all the fun animation software. I too, like all of your work. I can speak for everyone here. We wanna see more! Merry christmas and happy holidays!

Cartuneman

Jabberwocky

12-26-2005, 09:26 AM

I saw the "Elvis" today (after only being able to catch the end on December 24th because they made me stay at work so long) - very, very nicely done, and congrats on making the credits as 3D scene planner and compositor. Did you really do all the layouts and camera moves?

Bandita

12-26-2005, 10:34 AM

Thank you Christoph! yeah, that was my work (including camera movements ;)) I had help from our postpro assistent but the major part was my work...
Maybe you'll recieve a DVD with an embarassing Making of....... :o

Bandita

01-02-2006, 11:57 AM

No post for a long time, but I'm under time pressure. Did a lot of compositing stuff recently, and I'm busy with animating in XSI. But my application film has to be finished too, so here one of my latest scenes:

http://media.putfile.com/Scene14Net

Doctor Daman

01-02-2006, 12:36 PM

Please draw less attractive cartoon women. You're making some of us feel like perverts.
Joke. Hehe.

Anyway, VERY nice work.
Can I have your contact details for future reference (I write animation, not proffesionally)?

Bandita

01-02-2006, 12:38 PM

;)
Sure, just send an E-Mail: Viola[at]madbox.de

Please draw less attractive cartoon women. You're making some of us feel like perverts.
Joke. Hehe.

Anyway, VERY nice work.
Can I have your contact details for future reference (I write animation, not proffesionally)?

Doctor Daman

01-02-2006, 02:08 PM

Oh dear god you're a Nazi.
Cheap joke, sorry.

powerglove

01-02-2006, 02:14 PM

great stuff bandita! i really look up to you as a animator/artest, keep up the great work! peace ;)

Bandita

01-02-2006, 06:30 PM

Hehe, they aren't yelling "Heil"... ;)
Thank you so much Powerglove! I'm glad you like it!!!!

And here is another linetest I did yesterday night... http://media.putfile.com/Sc3Test
Greetz

motion sickness

01-06-2006, 03:28 PM

hi bandita,

nice linetest! I had to zoom it, since it was hard to see. looks interesting. I really dig the splitscreen-action. good idea and very stylistic. It certainly goes well with the story.

good job!

ps: elvis war sehr schön gemacht. habs auf vhs aufgenommen :D hoffe du hattest nen guten start ins neue jahr. werd mich bald mal wieder melden.

greetz

ernest

Jabberwocky

01-07-2006, 02:58 AM

Wie? Watt? Noch mehr Deutsche? Dat issene Invasion, is dat!

Sachema, Viola, ich hoff' ja ma, dat die Post heut' da war. Dann gibbet watt auffe Ohr'n.

(Dat war gez Niederrheinisch gewesen, abba original.)

cartuneman

01-11-2006, 09:21 PM

Hi young lady!,

I've been curious as to why you haven't posted of late? I love your work and would like to see more. Or are you in that "Gotta get it finished mode no matter what and all else can just go pound sand till I'm done" mode? hehe hope to see more soon.

Cartuneman:D

Bandita

01-16-2006, 03:29 AM

;) Okok, Cartuneman, this is just for you ;)
http://media.putfile.com/Scene370

cartuneman

01-16-2006, 06:12 AM

Morning Bandita,

Wow just for me!
I looked and I likey very much. I bet you are having an absolute blast watching your creation come to life. I know I am. I love the lil chic's expressions when it is imbarassed, hahaha. I applaud you and your achievments.:D

Cartuneman

Bandita

01-16-2006, 03:21 PM

gillianseed84

01-16-2006, 05:00 PM

Love the work man! Keep it up!

Jabberwocky

01-17-2006, 01:33 AM

I agree. Clever use of the dolly-in in combination with the background blur. Oh wait, I wasn't even supposed to see that as it's really cartuneman's scene. (Things I need: hole punch and/or life supply of pre-punched animation paper and a better compositing program. If anyone wants to generously tip the dragon dork, now is the time!)

Bandita

01-17-2006, 03:26 PM

Thank you!! Glad you like it... This is a new ruff linetest. I'm personally really satisfied with the walkcycle: It's exactly how i wanted it to be....and that's rarely the case...;)

http://media.putfile.com/Scene7_K

cartuneman

01-18-2006, 06:17 AM

Wow!,

Thats really cool ....I love the walk cycle too and when he turns to look up at the teacher ...teehee...to hand him his disgraceful work hahaha the look in the lil chicks face. (well, thats how I was imagining it). Love it ....Love it ...Love it! By the way, how do you or what do you film this with to get it to your computer?

Cartuneman:D

Bandita

01-20-2006, 07:28 PM

Here's the other part of my recent linetest. :rolleyes:
http://media.putfile.com/sc7test

cartuneman

01-20-2006, 09:37 PM

I love these line test. So how do you finish these? are you going to hand paint each cell or are you doing it on the computer? I'm real curious and for your voice track and timing what are you using or going to use?

cartuneman:D

Bandita

01-21-2006, 12:25 PM

Oh, I use a scanner and Monkey Jam to do my linetest. Then I clean up the ruffs and scann em again. The Ink and Paint I do with Animo on my computer.
The sync we'll record in our studio....
Only 4 ruff scenes left.... I have to hurry up... here's the next

http://media.putfile.com/scene9

damage

01-21-2006, 01:57 PM

Looking good Bandita, u said on 4 ruf sc left, is that to finish all the ruf of the project or just ur workload?

powerglove

01-21-2006, 08:37 PM

i have no clue what damage just said haha...me = knows nothing about animation,im learning though... but ya i like the chicken, dragging the video ball unit thing helps me see your steps nice...anyways once again your the best, love your work, and even though your busy you WILL join the next theme challenge ;)

Bandita

01-21-2006, 10:07 PM

@ damage: Thanks!!! Yeah, I'm doing the project all alone, so it's all my workload, and the (now only 3!!!) remaining ruff scenes are the rest of the film.

@ powerglove: Thank you, too!!! Of course I like to join the challange team! It'll be a load of fun! I can join at the end of february, when my project is finished.

Here is scene 17... I had to rotoscope the 3D animation.

http://media.putfile.com/Scene17

Countdown: 3 scenes remaining.
But now I've got to go to bed. I've been working all night long, and here in germany it's 6 a.m.... :/

powerglove

01-21-2006, 10:27 PM

sweet..hey how do you come up with these motions? do you just think, yes of course his body would move like this during a run..or do you work with a real life motion first then just copy the moves on to your chicken?..sorry if my question is stupid but seriously..i know nothing

Thunderobot

01-21-2006, 11:33 PM

Bandita,These test's are KILLER!!!!

they keep getting better (that last one you posted is my favorite).Im just really amazed by how fluent the characters are. :)

Bandita

01-22-2006, 08:45 AM

Thank you soooo much guys!
Powerglove, i don't work with a real life motion, I animate it, like I imagine it would look right. It helped a lot, that I was animating a 3D (!! normally you think you could copy experiences from 2 to 3D) character at work during the last month, who played soccer, and I had to animate a lot of runs there... ;)

Jabberwocky

01-22-2006, 01:05 PM

Neat-o.
(Whoof, I was a little worried at first - reading your post, I thought you'd CG modelled the character and traced it.)
Say, soccer-playing characters? Does that mean Madbox got that next project?

Bandita

01-22-2006, 01:25 PM

oh you mean the series project? No, that was just a Siebenstein-ZDF thing...

Yeah, and just movement of the door was rotoscoped....

Hunter D

01-22-2006, 02:14 PM

Siebenstein?

That's the series with that crow and the talking suitcase isn't it?

Btw nice animations you've created so far...

Bandita

01-22-2006, 02:39 PM

Exactly! ;) Do they show it in the netherlands too???

Bandita

01-23-2006, 02:15 AM

Only 2 and a half scene to go
http://media.putfile.com/Sc19Part1

Jabberwocky

01-23-2006, 02:42 AM

Also neat, but I find it looks a bit static because there's so little movement in the shoulders and hips, and there's only the tiniest of bounces in it. Since the character is walking towards the camera, will you scale the character or pan the background?

Bandita

01-23-2006, 02:48 AM

Yeah, I know, it's static :/ *heul*
But Maybe I can fix it a lil bit in the compositing.... hmmmm.... :((((((
I'll scale him, the camera stands still in this scene.

Hunter D

01-23-2006, 06:01 AM

Exactly! ;) Do they show it in the netherlands too???

Nope, but I can watch German Fernsehen...

Learned most of my german by watching cartoons...
...KRTL was my favourite on saturday mornings.

Mighty Ducks, Alladin, Spiderman, Gargoyles...etc. :D

brien

01-24-2006, 01:08 AM

haha i like that walk! even though it is bordering on being too static, i think it works. it's kind of a goofy looking walk, just for the sake of being goofy. i'm sure you're excited only having a few more scenes to finish!

Bandita

01-24-2006, 12:22 PM

Thanks brien, that's giving me hope, that it'll work nevertheless :))
For a change, here's no linetest, but a charater in three different versions for an animated hip hop music clip pitch of my old company. Just scribbeled cause I have no time. Priority: Chicken School!!!

http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/Afrob1.jpg
http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/Afrob2.jpg
http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/Afrob3.jpg

Bandita

01-24-2006, 04:17 PM

And another thing...surprise!!!! linetest.
The hand is on an extra layer, I'll resize and place it right in the compositing.

Only 2 Scenes to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://media.putfile.com/2s2go

Bioptix

01-24-2006, 04:42 PM

Hey Bandita!

Those guys have got style, I love the gigantic afros! :D
They'd look brilliant animated bobbing along to some hiphop beats, definate potential there.

I've only had a chance to watch a couple of your clips so far coz the computers at work won't play media files, but I liked what I saw, good luck with the final two.You'll deserve a big bottle of champagne when it's over!

Bandita

01-27-2006, 05:44 PM

Thanks Bioptix! Yeah, Champagner, only 2 and a half week; then it's gonna be finished.
Here's my last ruff linetest I'm posting. I did one other, but it's a very compositing-intenvive one, so I don't post it now.
http://media.putfile.com/LastRufftest

Currently I'm doing the clean up. I don't like cleaning very much.... :/

cartuneman

01-27-2006, 05:55 PM

Howdy!

Just looked at your last post! It's totally Great. Chicken musta been running from Colonial Sanders, hahaha You are so good.......you are a natural!

Cartuneman:D

Jabberwocky

01-28-2006, 03:57 AM

Yes, I like the attention you pay to secondary animation.

DIEMERAS Dark Angel

02-01-2006, 11:36 AM

Bandita

02-06-2006, 07:34 PM

I just finished my first own animation short. Tomorrow we'll record the synchro and foleys. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ADVICES AND SUPPORT.
Hope, to put it online soon.
http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/CoverVorschlag1.jpg

cartuneman

02-06-2006, 07:44 PM

Wow!

Goody, goody, goody:D I can't wait, my whiddle heart is pounding!!!!!!!!!! wiff antisipation!

No Really I am very anxious to see it...... I'll be waiting
I bet your full of butterflies too. I'm excited for you.

Cartuneman:D

Jabberwocky

02-07-2006, 12:59 AM

I live in Germany - I'll get a copy on disk! Good for me!

londonbridge

02-07-2006, 08:17 AM

sooo awesome! lisa and patrick, and the first lady after the mouse are my favorites. i love it, soo awesome!

bupaje

02-08-2006, 03:31 PM

Looks great Bandita. All the best with your new short. Hope we can see some of it.

Thunderobot

02-09-2006, 04:02 PM

Glad its finished. :D

I WANT TO SEE IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

Bandita

04-02-2006, 05:32 PM

That is a DJ Characterdesign; if everything will work well, he'll be the protagonist of a monthly comic.
http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/Checker1.jpg

Jabberwocky

04-03-2006, 07:47 AM

My, he sure is wearing baggy clothes.
Back in Frankfurt again? How are work and applications coming?

Bandita

06-16-2006, 02:51 PM

Sorry, haven't been around here often the last weeks.
But I'm busy with mainly 3D at the moment. For those, who don't know yet: I'm accepted at my favorite animation school, the animation institute at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (www.animationsinstitut.de) and my biggest dream will become reality: I will work as a professional animator!!
so, here a scribble I just did while rendering, just as a plea for telling my news ;)))))

http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/RenderScribble.jpg

Haredevil_Hare

06-29-2006, 05:27 AM

Bandita, do you have a blog anywhere?

Bandita

08-24-2006, 09:45 PM

Bandita, do you have a blog anywhere?

No, unfortunately not.

Here's something I did for my chief's wedding.

http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/Chief.jpg

pixelmech

08-25-2006, 11:17 AM

That's some nice work, I love the clean lines. Man, if only I could get clean lines!

Jabberwocky

08-27-2006, 11:21 AM

Now I'm interested! Could I get a photo comparison?

cartuneman

08-27-2006, 06:33 PM

Howdy Ms. Bandita,

Long time no talk too how goes everything? your work is as lovely as ever.
I'm producing a sketch book for next years comiccon in sandiego and have my sites set high hahahaha. well I can dream anyway. Are you working on anything fun?

cart:D

thee_nethken

08-29-2006, 07:49 AM

Nice work u have Bandita, cool style :D

nonsense

09-05-2006, 09:25 PM

always nice to see your work bandita...big fan here. ;)

Heather Kilber

02-16-2007, 03:42 PM

I gotta say, some great work here. ;) Love to see more!

Bandita

03-16-2007, 07:47 PM

Thank you soooooooo much!
I've a blog now!!! :)
Check it out!
http://violabaier.blogspot.com/

Bandita

03-20-2007, 11:16 PM

I'm finally training digital paintig with my wacom. It helps very much for getting a better sense for colors. This is a portrait of my big sister Jasmin.

http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/Jasmin_fornet.jpg

nonsense

03-21-2007, 07:05 PM

nice!, good job on the blending of colors...i get too confused having to go through so many, black and white makes more sense to me ha... how do you start your paintings? darkest flats first?, i saw one way of doing it black and white, then use the adjust tool to create the color you want...i duno, whatever works.

Bandita

03-25-2007, 10:35 PM

Thank you nonsense! Yes I saw that too, beginning the pictures in black and white. I start by the main colors though. Then I draw the shadows and then the highlights. I try to find the right colors by myself, that's the main thing about my speedpaintings. I don't use the color-picker...
Here some sketches... non-digital :))
Greetz, Viola

http://mitglied.lycos.de/bandita/Girl_sketches_march.jpg