The Thief and The Fighter (animation)

[davlin2]

just came acros this one....cool work and I assume your music too.

[jweinrub]

@davlin2 yep, i used loops and mixed it along with the video.

[JayShah3D]

Hey man! Instead of making a REMAKE of your short here, I'm going to just produce a 5-10 minute short inspired by it, The Ninja Guardians, which I'm glad you saw the posted preview of it. I will use this video + MOCAP/pre-setup martial arts moves for the characters in it. I'll animate some fight scenes by hand, but I would like my movie to look like Ninja, Ninja Gaiden + Ninja Blade! Cheers!

[jweinrub]

MOCAP is good, I can't wait to see how it's used for your animations man. pre-Setup isn't bad also.

[JayShah3D]

@jweinrub - YES, I will buy some pre-made fight poses at 3D sites, and tweak them for my movie. There are some PRO pose sets out in the market for just $5-10 each set. Will boost the realism of my work and the movements will look more realistic. I need the HELP - Manual animating by hand takes WEEKS! ~ haha

[jweinrub]

Yeah, manual animating by hand can take weeks, depending how much time you are investing in it. That doesn't mean it's bad cause it took me three months to do forty something seconds on the fight scene alone on the third part of The Face Off.

[JayShah3D]

@jweinrub - Uh, yep, animating can be made quickly, OR, in my CASE, made in a couple months. HAHA - Simple scenes are created very fast, but, complex and huge scenes take weeks to create. However I animate today, I'm trying to get it made fast and make it look the BEST I CAN. We'll see. ;-}

[roco6699]

Very good, some nice anims here, I used AM long ago but moved to Poser.

[jweinrub]

I've used Poser before, but nothing artistic. I never got into it cause I was more into creating my own models and sets and what not. Right now, I need to make some animation corrections on my Heroes of Action short cause doing a walk cycle in a slant isn't going well and I'm going to use other measures to finish up the animation. how's your work coming along?

[roco6699]

@jweinrub I have quite a few projects underway but finding the time to get them finished is always a problem. I often build props etc but building my own characters is not my thing, I much prefer to use ready made models. Good luck with walk cycle.

[jweinrub]

@roco6699 The Heroes of Action animation is done roughly, but now I'm re-rendering scenes so I can see how it looks fully before anything else has to be changed. I agree that ready made models are a lot easier to use cause you can get to the animation a lot faster. the reason why I don't use ready made models is that they cost money to get the ones I really like, so i create my own. i like building my props and sets as well.

[JayShah3D]

I always love watching this. I'd like to see the movies you could create IF you had more time and ideas. I'm planning my short inspired by THIS dude. It will be FUN ;-}

[jweinrub]

Awesome, I can't wait to see it!

[JayShah3D]

I'm having faith, that my short will take less than a year to make. hahah - Hopefully just 2-3 weeks or less. Stay tuned! ;-D

[jweinrub]

Cool! I can't wait to see what you have done! :)

[takeitonemoretime123]

this took you a year to create ? really nice btw

[jweinrub]

Somewhat. I say that cause at the time I was working on another animation called THe FaceOff at the time. I worked on it off and on during my spare time due to work and school.

[mikezx2]

nice job jweinrub good style and the kicks are really smooth

[jweinrub]

Thanks. I'm working on another animation project called Heroes of Action. That should come out next year.

[Samsfashi0n]

Superb. Great choice of music too. It really heightens the over all quality. 5 stars.

[jweinrub]

Thanks very much man.

[SirJohnsStatement]

Do use Poser or Maya and the figures are more real.

[jweinrub]

I usually don't go for realism when it comes to my animations. I like to make my characters a bit more stylized. :)

[abadkitty808]

cool video.

[jweinrub]

Thanks.

[Spleengene]

good job

[jweinrub]

Thanks.

[ka06059]

Haha... nice tactic 0:41.never thought of that. Drown your opponent by hurting their foot 1st, then attack them while they lying on ground. I'll remember that.. LOL. Nice animation!

[jweinrub]

Thanks. Originally the green guy was going to get his throat slashed, but I had this idea that the green guy should just get knocked out.

[Daveoramma]

Your work is really coming along nicely. Kudos!

[jweinrub]

Thanks Dave!  How's your animations coming along?

[JZInnerTube]

Hey dude! I comment too much, but could I take this movie IDEA here, and go a BIT further??? Instead of a pre-quel or sequel to THIS or FACE-OFF, how'z a bout I come up with a larger story based on THIS movie? HIGH END also. I could make it IF I plan it right. That would be fun, and I could make a short like this in less than a month. Time and budget willing. U OK with that? This short is awesome. Entertaining ;-D

[jweinrub]

Sure, that is a great idea. I didn't think about it at all. Take your time man!

[JZInnerTube]

Haha - I just watched yer video, enjoyed IT, then that idea popped in my tiny but creative HEAD. This short can be just 2 minutes or even 5. I'll get back to you when I come up with something. Cool! I'd like to use your music and even voice, if you can ever get a microphone. They are like $20 at BestBuy or Wal-Mart. I may use my voice 2 ;-P

[jweinrub]

That's cool. As a matter of fact, I think this will be better than doing a prequel to the FaceOff.  I may get new computer in the near future. This means that I may get a high end graphics card and get more RAM!

[PeachInTheValley]

Nice work! I couldn't animate something that long my mind would float off somewhere into Neverland and then play with Tinker Bell. But over all dude this is look fancy!

[jweinrub]

Thanks. My mind tends to float off at times as well cause I have so many ideas that I want to create next with 3D animation.

[NowThatsJustGreat]

Good job =)

[jweinrub]

Thanks.

[Greasegirl]

Your basic movements are good.

What you could try to do is add subtle movements as the characters walk or run.

For example, you can have the torso sway just a little.

[jweinrub]

I'll keep that in mind in the next animation. Thanks. :)

[maggieman]

Very Cool!

[jweinrub]

Thanks man!

[Aaronpowellfilms]

That was awesome.

[jweinrub]

Thanks. I'll be getting another started this Sunday or next Saturday, depending what I'm doing.

[Ninja187Rules]

that was awesome

[jweinrub]

Thanks.

[jweinrub]

Thanks.

[regisor94]

Nice, Jay! Definitely showing a lot of progress! Keep it up.

Using Animation Master? I've always wanted to try that program. But Maya is still the one for me.

[jweinrub]

I want to go back to Maya, but there isn't a PLE version for 9 at all, just a trial version. Are you still still doing animation and videos or are you taking a break from it?

[regisor94]

Hey Jay! I have a few more things with Maya in the works, but I have many other projects in line before them.

You'll see in the coming months.

[jweinrub]

Cool! I can't wait to see them man!

[fel7000]

nice work j

[jweinrub]

Thanks.

[jeandfilms]

you did a great job! 5 stars.

[jweinrub]

Thanks. The next animation that I'll be doing in Animation Master will have facial animation this time and hopefully a lot more action.

[RenderingGlintFilms]

Great jweinrub!

[jweinrub]

Thanks.

[elliott7130]

5*all around great job J.

[jweinrub]

Thanks.

[mysticanimation22]

ha ha ha!! Love the knock out punch!

Nice Job!

[jweinrub]

Thanks. I plan on not having a bad guy get killed in most of my future 3D animations.

[mysticanimation22]

Thats not a bad thing! Keep it up.

[serria12]

cool 4 stars!

[jweinrub]

Thanks.

[Jashan17]

Nice work!

[jweinrub]

Thanks.

[ChasingProductions1]

not bad

[jweinrub]

Thanks.

[JZInnerTube]

Did you just post this Jay? Wow - LOL! At 0:46. EPIC! This is pretty good. I like the look and the animating. Let's see if I can EVER come UP with a movie this good ;-P Nice! I likez it

[jweinrub]

Thanks. I hope to do another one in Animation Master that will have a futuristic car chase and gunfight. I'm going to try to make it at least four minutes to seven minutes long.

[jakebonne]

a bit rough around the edges, but quite good. the lighting and the music is also quite good.

[jweinrub]

Thanks. I'll be doing another project in a week with Animation Master. I'm taking a break from animation for right now.

[jakebonne]

enjoy your break.looking forward to the new project.

[jweinrub]

Thanks. I decided it's going ot be a gunfight with a car chase.

[jakebonne]

really... i bet i could find you a few videos on something like that if you want some references.

[jweinrub]

That's the plan there.

[jakebonne]

alright,by tommorow, i should have few stuff for you.

[jweinrub]

Thanks man. I gunfights are going to be inspired by Max Payne and various action movies as well.