how do you guys feel about this

[Zeinin]

hmm


yeah

i mentioned it eariler, that there should be reigonal awards for animations.

now on to something that will prolly bruise some egos:

alot of the animations are just.... bad

i watched all of last years entrys with my team on friday, and i gotta say, some of them just burned my retinas. now i have to admit, my first animation sucked hardcore. no two ways about it. our second animation was... better. but it didnt make much sence. this years animation will be perfect. absolutely perfect.

so everyone, do a good job this year! i hope i dont see people useing the default MAX textures. i hope i see better lighting. i hope i see motion blur, and DoF, and good IK.... individually, these are not hard to do, but you have to be aware of all aspects of the animation at once

you need a PLAN before all. you need to know exactly what you are doing at all times
you need good models.
you need better textures and surfaces
you need GOOD LIGHTING. that is the #2 problem with the bad animations last year.
you need GOOD MOTION. that is the #1 problem with most animations.

render your animation out to a low res file just to check the motion. that is key.