The Haiku Menace

[technochook]

wow this is awesome

[Pivotmaster582]

松雄芭蕉

[sidmjam]

sorry for another question, but how did you animate the paper?

because that wouldnt stay in its origanal position?

did you use rigging or something, then edit it out?

[SlothPaladin]

it's computer paper which is really quite thick when you realize how small the pages are, so I took it from her hand, pre-bent it a bit put it back in her hand and made sure it was the same angle with my frame grabber each frame. No rigging required.

[sidmjam]

thanks

[sidmjam]

you know their legs are so thin?

how do you keep them standing while animating?

[SlothPaladin]

I have some thicker aluminum wire (1/8 inch I think), thick enough so I don't need a twisted pair, keeping them standing is easer then to keep the clay sticking to the legs.

[sidmjam]

yea but even if they have small feet but strong legs, won't they still topple over?

[SlothPaladin]

90% of the time you don't even see the feet, however the feet are somewhat large, and are just part of the wire that makes up the leg, if you look at the scenes where you can see the feet they are long but thin, much like Bugs Bunny's feet. But I usually avoid showing feet like the plague, a great trick is not showing what you don't have to.

[bridouth]

Loved this! One of the best vids I've seen on here.

[Pointerfilms]

very good

[Dewfilms]

I enjoyed the voice acting for Dr. Haiku. Great work overall! Keep it up!

[drcello]

Man, I bet the writer of this was one sexy man. Also this is the greatest video that has ever been made, in the history of all film.

[SlothPaladin]

I'll be sure to let you know if I see him around

[silverstein13]

This is pretty cool...but did I hear her say "AP Wire"?

[SlothPaladin]

Yes you did, "AP Wire" is "Associated Press Wire"

[silverstein13]

Thanks.

[SlothPaladin]

I've been sidetracked making some money to the side (using stuff I've learned while animating) which looks like it will create a slow but steady income.

[jaredk51]

thats really good work. Watched your prod vids, quite the setup. What type of medium are your models made from? Please comment on my clamations. Critiques welcome.

[SlothPaladin]

The puppets just have standard aluminum wire armatures covered in Van Aken clay. Set objects are usually made from wood with some parts made out of Sculpy (diner benches, plates, mugs...) you posted this message 3 times so I got rid of the other two, I'll take a peek at Bo Bob and the Brain Worm

[Sander79]

Wow! Awesome animation. I love the small details in the movements. Lighting, puppets and sets also look amazing. Great job!!

[SlothPaladin]

Thanks a bunch!