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Stezza · June 29

she might be thinking the same thing..

WendyLuvsCatz · July 4

I love this ad (not the product, the 3D animation)

I need a tail chasing animation for my 3D pets

Stezza · July 4

same with these ones

WendyLuvsCatz · July 4

ah yes, those Telstra Ads awesome

unlike Telstra

Stezza · July 8

ooops... did we cause the nationwide Telstra outage today?

WendyLuvsCatz · July 8

Stezza said:

ooops... did we cause the nationwide Telstra outage today?

I was blissfully unaware on Optus

I saw the news stories afterwards

Stezza · July 8

I'm with Woolies who use the Telstra network and it didn't effect my phone... not that I would notice anyways

WendyLuvsCatz · July 8

my internet Optus 5G, that's gone down a few times, specifically the tower near my house

4G still works but my modem is like dialup on it

Hermit Crab · July 12

For Steve K who, elswhere, mentioned taking up cel animation.

In the last week I took delivery of my first pen and drawing display. I chose the XPpen Artist 15.6 pro version 2 and am delighted with its performance as a drawing/painting device. I sometimes used a Wacom pen and tablet but the XPpen has features that have won me over. Earlier in the year I bought a mini pc and I use this with the display. I don't need a monitor with this set up and it just feels like using a table easel at a low angle. I bought Clip Studio paint also. Apart from being able to record live drawings, there are 2d animation features. I haven't explored these yet and it may be that most features are with the more expensive version of the program.

Clip Studio comes with tons of assets to download for free. The program has its own morphable 3d figures of all kinds and a huge number of poses. The figures are poseable just as in Poser etc. 3d objects can be imported. This allows an artist to build scenes either for reference or to trace onto another layer.

Hope it helps.

Steve K · July 12

Hermit Crab said:

For Steve K who, elswhere, mentioned taking up cel animation.

In the last week I took delivery of my first pen and drawing display. I chose the XPpen Artist 15.6 pro version 2 and am delighted with its performance as a drawing/painting device. I sometimes used a Wacom pen and tablet but the XPpen has features that have won me over. Earlier in the year I bought a mini pc and I use this with the display. I don't need a monitor with this set up and it just feels like using a table easel at a low angle. I bought Clip Studio paint also. Apart from being able to record live drawings, there are 2d animation features. I haven't explored these yet and it may be that most features are with the more expensive version of the program.

Clip Studio comes with tons of assets to download for free. The program has its own morphable 3d figures of all kinds and a huge number of poses. The figures are poseable just as in Poser etc. 3d objects can be imported. This allows an artist to build scenes either for reference or to trace onto another layer.

Hope it helps.

Wow! I was of course joking about the cost of 3D animation vs 2D, but you make a good point. There are some great products out there that make 2D attractive. And some great 2D animations, also (think "King Of The Hill").

Thanks. And BTW, I own a large (currently dusty) Wacom tablet I won in an animation contest.

Hermit Crab · July 12

Thanks for your reply, Steve. Earlier in the year I was recovering from a bone removal operation on my wrist. For a long time before that I could hardly do anything with my hands due to pain. Now that I can use my right hand again, I would like to get back into real drawing and painting. Much as I would like to set up a studio to walk into and work most days, I'm currently spending most of my days with someone close who is receiving end-of-life care. That isn't mentioned for sympathy - the commitment generally means that I'm not good at keeping up forum discussions. (once a day or two has passed, I feel I shouldn't have people click on a thread just to see a brief thank you or whatever -which is probably wrong.)

The set-up I described, though, is all I could ask for in the meantime. The screen size and pen combination just feels perfect. As for Clip Studio, there are many great alternative drawing packages but not all have animation tools.

Best regards.

Steve K · July 13

Hermit Crab said:

... there are many great alternative drawing packages but not all have animation tools.

Sounds like you're getting back to 2D animation, great. Yes, if the package has no animation tools, I'm not interested. BTW, today I completed my 48 Hour Film contest here in Houston, two days to make a 5 minute video with a given genre, prop, character and line of dialogue. My entry is a 3D animation titled "ErgoSum" about an AI run amok, using Carrara and Daz Studio. I can't link to the video until after the contest judging in a month or so, and I have not finished the 48 second trailer, which I can link when it's done. A movie poster is attached.

Hermit Crab · July 13

You have just finished 48 hours of creating under high pressure and are still able to post here? You must have great stamina. The poster is a highly accomplished work IMO. Hope you get to relax and feel refreshed. Good luck with it all.

Steve K · July 14

Hermit Crab said:

You have just finished 48 hours of creating under high pressure and are still able to post here? You must have great stamina. The poster is a highly accomplished work IMO. Hope you get to relax and feel refreshed. Good luck with it all.

Thanks. The rules allow still images created before the contest so I can use those great iRay renders as backgrounds for animation in Carrara. And of course Carrara has become second nature for me after all these years, especially my large collection of Carrara clips (mocaps) which I used for several long key scenes. Only one short scene has hand posed key frames. The result is less than Pixar level, but I've read they take more than two days.

Steve K · July 14

Hermit Crab said:

The poster is a highly accomplished work IMO. Hope you get to relax and feel refreshed.

Thanks again. forgot to mention the poster was done with the free poster creation tool at Big Huge Labs:

https://tinyurl.com/47ekwe6e

Bunyip02 · July 14

Diomede said:

@Bunyip02, wishing best of health.

@WendyLuvsCatz, sorry for your little friend.

Thanks !!!

Bunyip02 · July 14

Headwax said:

Diomede said:

@Bunyip02, wishing best of health.

@WendyLuvsCatz, sorry for your little friend.

SAme from me, gee cant turn my back for one second and you are in the wars !

seriously, stay safe

Thanks !!!

Bunyip02 · July 14

Steve K said:

Headwax said:

Diomede said:

@Bunyip02, wishing best of health.

@WendyLuvsCatz, sorry for your little friend.

SAme from me, gee cant turn my back for one second and you are in the wars !

seriously, stay safe

Same from me, too. One of our two cats had a serious eye condition (iris melanoma), but the vets seem to have it under control. Hopefully they've got yours healing, also.

Thanks !!!

Bunyip02 · July 14

Health update:-

Blood test, including PSA for Prostrate Cancer - all good !

ECG - all good !

Chest X-ray - all good !

Stress Echocardiagram - Cardiologist said everything looking good, heart working well under stress, no signs of any blockages. However there was some extra fat behind the heart that he wants to get checked out, has recommended to my Doc that I get a CT scan done.

Gastroscopy - Doc has done referral, now on hospital waiting list.

Hopefully all keeps going well !!!

Stezza · July 15

it's like ticking off your Daz wishlist

good news

now just a 6 to 12 month hospital wait!

Diomede · July 16

Bunyip02 said:

Health update:-

....

Hopefully all keeps going well !!!

Wishing you the very best!

WendyLuvsCatz · July 18

do any of you feel the guilt I do eating food and drinking drinks in the food court in the mall you didn't buy there?

my main sins being a pizza hut pizza, bits of a supermarket rotisserie chicken with a supermarket bought drink

(the latter 2 at least bought in the same building)

I also bring my supermarket bought Monster energy drink with me into Hungry Jacks to have with my burger

I mean, it's not like I strolled there to use their luxury surroundings

I am there only because I was shopping there

my pizza and chicken are still hot

if I drove (I no longer do) I would eat in my car obviously

Steve K · July 19

WendyLuvsCatz said:

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I am there only because I was shopping there

No problem, then IMHO.

WendyLuvsCatz · July 19

is facebook down for everyone else or did I get kicked off for reading too many hidden comments on a 7News article?

OK not me, phew

Hermit Crab · July 22

@Bunyip02 also wishing you the very best.

WendyLuvsCatz · July 27

I forgot to turn my phone on and missed the National Alert Test

Bunyip02 · July 27

WendyLuvsCatz said:

I forgot to turn my phone on and missed the National Alert Test

Had a mate visiting for a chat and a cuppa. Mum yelled out a bit before that the alarm was about to go off. My mate asked "What?" - he had not heard about it, so I filled him in about the details, including the claims by the tin-hats-brigade that it was going to signal the hidden computer chips in everyones heads that they were about to be overtaken for mind control, he had a laugh - he has a PhD in Law. He put his phone on the table waiting for it to go off. The moment the time arrived all our phones went off. No sign yet of mind control ......

Bunyip02 · July 27

Stezza said:

it's like ticking off your Daz wishlist

good news

now just a 6 to 12 month hospital wait!

Qld Health organised for a private hospital to carry out the procedure with all costs paid by Qld Health and bumped me up the waiting list. Monday 10th of August !!!

Bunyip02 · July 27

Diomede said:

Bunyip02 said:

Health update:-

....

Hopefully all keeps going well !!!

Wishing you the very best!

Thanks !!! Fingers and toes all crossed !

Bunyip02 · July 27

Hermit Crab said:

@Bunyip02 also wishing you the very best.

Thanks !!!

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