Making of the MysteryGuitarMan 3D Logo by TheAnimationEmpire

[Foodforwisdom]

awesome job- you guys did a good job in your animations

[mrblakeproduction]

me again remeber me from 2010 or 2011?

[Garfieldfan22]

I saw the lions eyes!!!!

[Lukasilvabr]

o narrador é idiota

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@Lukasilvabr If you can understand the English in the video, then you can understand this: what part didn't you like?

[iCheesicle]

Why the fuck would you put a picture of a man falling to his death in 9/11 in this video for a comedic effect? Disrespectful assholes

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@iCheesicle More like stupid and ignorant. Somebody else already mentioned that mistake.

[mrandytherockstar]

MGM was so young...

[katich5]

@mrandytherockstar That not MGM.

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@katich5 Oh, Mystery Guitar Kid at the end? Yeah, not MGM. I think Andy was talking about near the beginning. MGM looks young even in his old vids. He was also going through this hat thing where he wasn't sure what to do regularly with his head (cap VS beanie VS spiked hair). So I think there's pictures in here with him trying out all three. I think he was doing... hat, spiked hair, beanie, back to hat, and then he settled on the hair. =^)

[dariuscatinas]

Just like the Zeigeist 9/11

[Activeskies]

i love blender

[Flickyhecky]

Did this really need 5 and a half minutes to explain something that would of taken me a minute? Go die and suck!

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@Flickyhecky Okay. Go post your version. We'll see which one is better. Betterrrrr. Beeeeetteeeeeer. Bettttttttrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

[MartynMage]

@Flickyhecky i honestly doubt you had anything better to do with those wasted 4 minutes.

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@MartynMage True. Plus it is within the flickyhecky's power to stop watching at any time. =^)

[TheAnimationEmpire]

I just got a huge spike in views in one day. Where are these views coming from? Anybody know? Thanks!

- TAE

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@TheAnimationEmpire Never mind. I figured it out. There's a video called MysteryGuitarMan Plays Nintendo, and this one comes up right after it's done.

[CordyBear1]

SUE YUCK DOE GUY!

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@CordyBear1 Sue's yuck and a doe guy? How rude!!! (said in Full House mode)

[tagaratzu]

blender?

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@tagaratzu We recommend it over Anim8or, as free software. We used Anim8or for this. We normally use Maya (check out our Mike Tyson 3D animation) and 3D Studio Max (Fruits VS Bugs), but we've used about everything (including Paint on our Zelda Parody). Our Duck Hunt Parody is done in Toon Boom. Checka it out!

- TAE

[cjpitch]

I happened across your video today (even though it is like 3 years old.) I wanted to suggest to you that you remove the picture you have at 1:16. I'm guessing you just google imaged falling man and grabbed it without a second thought. The picture you have is from a series of photos taken on 9/11/01 of a man falling from the North tower of the Word Trade Center. I'm not hating on your video just asking you to reconsider the picture. Thanks

[SuperShortlife]

you suck go die

[jeremie092]

If the animation is not super amazing it's maybe because you animated at 8 or 10 frames by second...

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@jeremie092 Nopers. Our animator switched out mouths so it looks a little choppy.

Thanks for watching!

[joris001NL]

hahaha 1:26

[WindowsKingza]

Nice, MGM was younger... xD

[BrotherBagel]

This video sucks.

Go die.

[Frozenrahul]

it would be hilarious if instead of the animation, his real face appears and roars..

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@Frozenrahul That would be pretty cool. Do you want to make it from an existing MGM vid? If you make it, we'll post it to promote you and see if we can get MGM to use it!

Thanks!

- TAE

[Frozenrahul]

@TheAnimationEmpire thanks a lot for the reply. Its just a suggestion; (i'm not an animator :( ) May be MGM will like the idea.. also you will need a real clip of him roaring to make the clip..

[Frozenrahul]

@TheAnimationEmpire realy i'm planning to work on the vid now, may be i'll need almost 2 days time, thanks a lot !

[mariuart]

shitt

[DarkAssassin2259]

jesus...only 3 years and MGM looks almost totally different grom what he use to look like...slicked back hair, beanies...just not the joe we know today

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@DarkAssassin2259 Yeah, and his videos are very different. He started out doing mostly cheesy vids with YT-specific humor that featured collabs and some editing effects. He had a few small hits along the way. Guitar Impossible was a huge hit and really got him thinking. After trying a few sequels, he hit his groove and realized that he could come up with ideas for weekly vids that featured editing and music, and that's when he really took off.

[kortedfranela]

I liked the original one way better

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@kortedfranela The 2D one? Why?

[kortedfranela]

yes, I like the cartoonish style of it, and the transitions on the 3D one aren't so good.

how old is this logo?

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@kortedfranela Pretty old. =^)

As far as the transitions go, yeah, we knew that too. It was just taking awhile, and MGM gave us the thumbs up to ship it, so we did.

[Mrsuperdestroyer]

mgm owns!

[ryeabowser]

1:49!TTHHHAATTTSS  CCCRRAASSHH BANDICOOT!!!!

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@ryeabowser Yes. Yes it is. =^)

[mesuhlikemusic]

i never made the connection between mgm studios and the guitar man....

huh.

[Itsygo13]

you used blender!!! i hate blender!!!! its the worst!!!!!!!

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@Itsygo13 - We used Anim8or, but we do use Blender for other stuff. We prefer using 3D Studio Max and Maya if we can. Why do you hate Blender?

Thanks!

- TAE

[Itsygo13]

@TheAnimationEmpire I dont like blender because we used it at school, and it's an annoying program. It had a lot of bugs in it. I havent used Anim8tor or 3D studio Max. I have used Maya, I like that. But blender is just an annoying program to use. Or at least I think it is.

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@Itsygo13 Agreed. It's super difficult to use. However, it's just as powerful as Maya if you learn it. And it's free. Free is the reason to learn it if you don't have Maya or Max.

- TAE

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@Itsygo13 Yeah, Blender is difficult, but it's still powerful. 3D Studio Max is actually easier to use than Maya (and just as powerful). Maya is alittle bit easier to model with. Anim8or is easy, but it's not as powerful as the other 3.

[UzumakiItachi675]

OMG!! AWESOME!!

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@UzumakiItachi675 - Thanks Uzumaklitachi!

- TAE

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@superragon - What, you didn't like the clock?

- TAE

[EstevanMusic]

BLENDER 3d FTW

[mrblakeproduction]

i love the sharp teeth in the 2d ainmation

[mrblakeproduction]

and i don't why other YouTubers make bad comment

[TheAnimationEmpire]

@mrblakeproduction - I think he might be referring to a quote from the video, where we talk about how MGM made fun of people writing comments like "you suck go die"

Thanks!

- TAE

[mrblakeproduction]

how dare you BLAMSAMBLAM87 sayed you suck go die!!

[blamsamblam87]

you suck go die

[mrblakeproduction]

thank you

[mrblakeproduction]

How would MGM man roars in 2d i love it!

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Thanks Mr Blake!

- TAE

[qwsTaion]

ok fellows a lot of improvment can be undertaken im glad you nailed the deal but in future projects my advise would be not to take the detail at heart at first but focus on key framing and sync. my personal statment is that you have atention to detail but you are 2 eager to finish a project thuss compromising fondational elements.

Thx for reading and i know my spelling is an obsticle in understanding i appologies for which.

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Agreed. You're just not wearing those shoes until you're wearing them. Have you ever tried motivating animators to work for free? Sometimes you just do what you can. In this particular case, it was like continuing on for another month or so after waiting three months or to just ship it. MGM made the final call to ship it, since he was the "client."

- TAE

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Check out our Mike Tyson project for example. That one went better where we could focus in on the animation a lot more (and the animator could move faster on it and get it done).

This is also when I started switching over to doing 2D animations when I realized that my chances of completing anything (when recruiting 2D animators instead of 3D) go way up.

Thanks for watching!

- TAE

[TheClankMan]

LOL When I watched the responces to your mean comments, I laughed so hard!

it was--- I mean...

You suck. o_O

So. I suck too, I don't think you can respond to this now. Nanny na na boo boo..

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Hey thanks Clank!

Nanny boo boo indeed.

- TAE

[WhoopassBill]

You suck go die

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Thank you! You also tend to suck and should also probably die... or something. =^)

- TAE

[gPaHaTaTa]

that's great. bravo

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Thank you! We really appreciate it!

- TAE

[KridikJones]

I like it... but his face is green...

[MatheusFelipe2]

Blender Rulez!

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Blender rules indeed! Thanks!

- TAE

[MayarO1313]

Fantastic work, thanks for uploading this!!!

I completely geeked out on this highly detailed process, not many would share their secrets in this way, thanks again, I am subscribing and giving this one 5 stars...MORE, PLEASE!!!

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Thanks Oscar! We really apprecaite it!

- TAE

[MayarO1313]

You are welcome! I tend to lose people when I go into gory details about technical matters, nice ta know I'm not alone ;)

[Kofoed94]

rofl YOU SUCK GO DIE LMAO

[ctonotorequal]

YOU DUCK GO DIE!

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Hahahaha. I assume you watched our Duck Hunt video before this one? =^)

Thanks!

- TAE

[jacobpacekvideos]

@ctonotorequal He ducks?

[PuntaCanatv]

Good video, makes me appreciate the work you do. You guys have a really great channel. I've enjoyed your work and comments.

[JustPatrickTV]

@PuntaCanatv LOL!!!!!!

[wnkinc]

dammit mother fkrs  why dont u let mke post a video responce u flakes!

[TheAnimationEmpire]

You can post a video response. What do you mean?

- TAE

[wnkinc]

well its not letting me?

[wnkinc]

lol its ok, i liked your mgm thingy, lol, and your bug shows are awesome, great inspirations, aye! ok, lol, pbw

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Okay. They're in now. Thanks!

- TAE

[Scsam2345]

what

[sajidanwar88]

excellent

[Scsam2345]

mgm sign i blender3d oh ok

[wiggleyparty]

YOU SUCK GO DIE!

[ultrakool]

sofa king we todd did

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Todd,

This video is Sofa King Great!!!

[MLBuckProductions]

THIS SUCKED SO BAD GO DIE.

I'm kidding, good vid =P

[plebitaal100]

TE LA LONCHAS!!

[baggens55]

YES thats what i use

[touch1a]

On anim8or the quality of the 3d depends on the cg artist. Your right men.

Anim8or is made by steve glanville only.

while blender made by a company (Nearly be bankcrupt but saved by a foundation!)

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Yeah, no offense to Steve. Just a recommendation of what's the best free 3D software that's out there that peeps can use. Thanks!

- TAE

[snakexiv14]

agreed anim8tor frikin sucks. i have a friend who uses blender, and his stuff is amazing. so if ya gonna get any free 3D software, blender is the one, anim8or can go F**K itself.

[xtraman200]

i actually think the flash one he made looked sweet.but this one is slightly better. (downloading anim8or)

[poklar]

Lol! You made anim8or look terrible! That was hilarious! "If you're looking for easy 3d software to learn. . Don't use this stuff!"

[TheAnimationEmpire]

It is easy to learn, but yeah, you gotta use the stuff that looks amazing, and as far as free 3D software goes, that's Blender. Thanks!

- TAE

[HITMANCHON]

That 3d logo is really awesome. Man but that looks like some tough work you guys had to do. When I'm done with High School I don't wanna go to college but like to an art school I heard there's a really good one in Seattle where they teach you like animation. Like what you guys do.

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Art Institute of Seattle. It's okay, but not great. A better choice is DigiPen on Nintendo's property in Redmond, WA. Or Cal Arts in Cali.

- TAE

[adelvoira]

thank u

that's very good

[sydster485]

wow

it blew me away!

[TheAnimationEmpire]

LOL

Glad you liked it!

- TAE

[TheRadioCow]

This is like something I'd like to do, when I get popular... *cough* I mean, if ever I get popular! You only used Blender? Tough stuff, looks like I'm going back to the books...

:0

[TheAnimationEmpire]

This one was actually in Anim8or. =^)

Let us know when you have something you want us to take a look at!

- TAE

[AsFastAsAVIRUS]

i don't think you used the morpher modifyer to make the facial movements. did you?

btw, i'm talking about max

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Yes and No. The MGM character was made in Anim8or. We just faded objects. Dominic was the animator.

We did use the morpher modifier for the bug at the beginning though. It might look like a jawbone. That just means our animator, Aric, has mad skills. =^)

Thanks!

- TAE

[AsFastAsAVIRUS]

hey, um, do u think maybe i could hav a look at the .max file, i just wana see if i can animate better than that, then maybe i could post it on youtube and u could hav a look at it 2

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Make your own bugs. =^P

- TAE

[DjohnGod]

nice ;)

[REALGREYBLUE]

Ooops not ops

[REALGREYBLUE]

pre-approval? You Rock!!! I would have liked to see his actual face with lion teeth. but instead of a roar a meow or maybe even a bark? But either way you ideas are cool from concept to creation to completion you are great animators. :) High Five. Ops that was suppost to be a question. LOL

[DanyBaron]

nice, youre not bad

[trilogyfilm]

grrrr, YOU SUCK GO DIE!! LOL

[MidnightRayn]

you suck go die... brilliant!

[SamusFreek1]

One Phrase.......

RAGGLE BLAH >:O

[YUPchannel]

Hey what type of morph process was use here and

why not assign more light onto the fang long pointed tooths?,.. LiveWiire- :P

[TheAnimationEmpire]

I believe this was just a cross-fade between the mouth objects. =^)

Good point about the teeth. They should have been illuminated.

- TAE

[YUPchannel]

Cross-fade are you saying different heads

set?, Well would a assigned SSS shader/tone down

the skin and cause a highlight appearance for the tooths fang to show up more? Darn math co-process limits!,.. i'm not equipped to find out on my own right now. Livewire- :P

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Just fading the mouth object - separate object.

Yeah, we could have brightened up the teeth if we caught it. Thanks!

- TAE

[YUPchannel]

Hey where is a decent tutor on morphing stack setup in max ver.8? Do I really need to stay with patch editing morph if my object file isn't symmetric on both side?,.. I hate working in vertex points,.. Livewire- :P

[TVForKids]

You Suck Go Die... genius.

[bulletzz06]

you suck go die!

- jokes lol

[TheAnimationEmpire]

We had to open Photoshop to answer that!

MGMonTheNet - Bottom

Times New Roman (bevel, emboss, and gradient to get it to fade out)

Trade Joe - Sides

Cambria (85% horizontal scale)

You Suck Go Die - In the ribbon

Times New Roman (stroke to outline the edges)

- TAE

[filburt50]

What font did you use to make your MysteryGutiarMan 3D Logo?

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Fiburt50,

Mystery Guitar Man - Top

We couldn't find one!

Check out our blog for more details (we're posting it now):

_theanimationempire.blogspot.c­om_

Thanks!

- TAE

[proudtobecroatian]

booya!

[DirectorToby]

good video , interesting stuff

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Thanks, Toby! You've got some great effects that I still haven't figured out. You're a master of After Effects!

- TAE

[dsh94]

Vá þú ert að reyna að vera fyndin !  En bara að segja þér, þér MISTÓKST!!

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Probably not good. =^)

- TAE

[elmunxa]

yes!! hahaha

[TheAnimationEmpire]

ElmunXA,

Thanks for the comment! Do you know what it says?

- TAE

[elmunxa]

no !!! but your comment is funny

[TheAnimationEmpire]

I'm going to kill the joke here, but I went to dsh94's page and saw that he/she rated this video one star, so that helped prove my theory that it is a negative comment. =^)

Thanks!

- TAE

[Jwats96]

YOU SUCK GO DIE!!!! Mo, not really. I love your videos and i'm not a hater.

[Jwats96]

*no (that what i meant to say)

[TheAnimationEmpire]

LOL! Thanks, Jason!

- TAE

[Jwats96]

How'd you know my name???? that's scary

[TheAnimationEmpire]

You're Jason Wats. You're 11 years old.

[Jwats96]

Jason Watson 11 years, you looked on my channel. The thing wouldn't let me have Jwatson96

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Your channel doesn't say you're 11 years old. =^)

- TAE

[Jwats96]

Yeah, my dad signed me up and he made me 47 years old. :P So I took it down.

[machineman9]

blender is much more powerful. a render i did on anim8or took me about 7hours... on blender it could have taken up to 1minute....

the interface is horrid though, so i prefer 3ds and anim8or.

[machineman9]

also really sly to use real images and say they suck

[TheAnimationEmpire]

That's why they fly by so quickly!!! We gave much more time to the good Anim8or images. But even the good Anim8or stuff pales in comparison to the good Blender stuff. Blender is way more powerful.

[dudds6699]

Blender is my tool of preference once i learned the interface its very easy to use.

[machineman9]

use blender? it sucks. anim8or is easier to use... though 3ds max is the best out of them

[TheAnimationEmpire]

I actually agree. Blender's weakness is in its interface, not in its power, though. They need some usability experts to come give them a beating. It's very difficult to learn, but it is free and incredibly powerful (it makes stuff that looks as good as anything else does).

I agree, 3DS Max is our preferred packages, and we use it probably 80% of the time.

Thanks!

- TAE

[smurfmanser]

hey, that's cool

[Electrophill]

Wow.. Incredible. Really outstanding job.

[snorreproductions]

Eat my hat...

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Does it say MGM on it?

[snorreproductions]

No it says "give me a hamburger"

[visiblemode]

That was very cool guys. Do me next! ;)

[TheAnimationEmpire]

We love your work, visiblemode! I'll shoot you a message.

[sora887665]

i think that when mgm roars, he looks to glitchy. you should make the animation smoother

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Agree about the glitchy part. We call it "pop." It "pops" too much. Disagree about changing it. We explain that near the end of the video. Thanks!

[fpscallum]

you suck dont die

[TheAnimationEmpire]

Well, I guess it could be worse. LOL

Thanks!

[fpscallum]

i was kiddin it rocks and so does m-j-m

[harvey101107]

interesting, except the 3d was horrible.

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[ente111786]

im the 4007th viewer!!!

[TheAnimationEmpire]

I'm the 5,063rd. Oh wait, I think I've seen this one before.