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Animator: Marco Palmieri

Description: Who needs arms and legs to function properly when you're driving a school bus full of kids? Obviously this guy thinks he doesn't! I'm sure the Moms agree!

Experience: 12 years in commercial animation

Time taken: Nights, weekends, lunch breaks...any free moment I had .About 40 hours total

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Sergey B.:

Very nice characters and animation

Jr Prez:

nice job

Ismael Ontiveros:

I think you miss an anticipation pose before he falls of and if the left arm "GO TO SLEEP" it supose release the bus more smooth!!

Kris Staber:

nice man !

really nice to look at

Nate Lane:

Wow man .I'll be surprised if this isn't the clear winner. As far as I'm concerned this is a get step above most other entries here, not to put down other entries, it's just that you have done a fabulous job! Top notch stuff man, really nothing to crit :D

Zachariah Mathew:

Really good quality animation there.the paper showing 'failed 'could maybe have been thrust more into the camera.

Pete Shand:

Haha great idea and execution, my only comment would be on his lip sync, looks a little out at the start.

Daniel Huertas:

nice concept and secondary characters.. I would polish a bit more the facial animation and check your lipsync... it seems a bit off..

very good job! :D

Andrion Becker:

pay a bit more attention to those background characters!

Manuel Bover:

nice acting and nice idea. Good job

Shannon:

Nice approach to this dialogue. Lots of great moments, especially with the background characters. Gestures are clean and you have some great facial expressions.

Ryan Lowe:

Great! All around! I love the "english gent" character about him. With the tip of his hat. Hahah!

Chris Peters:

Wow, nice Work! The entire lipsync feels slightly ahead of the dialogue. Great context. Nice mouth shapes and acting choices. (love green beanie kid =D)

Brad Jacobson:

The gesture of him tipping his hat (frame 358) was great! Great choices throughout!

cayle ward:

nice! really nice. hmm some of the acting choices are.... well, cliche. In the search for originality, you actually ask yourself some important question about the character! Its nice animation with a nice concept. I can tell your not a lazy animator, but for me, you gotta do more acting preplanning. maybe Im losing it, I dunno. a small note, his hand when he is stopping the guy from helping....too flat, it stuck out to me as feeling unnatural

Senthilnathan D:

very nice...

Kaspar Guyaux:

Great effort, only the lipsync in "..sleep" is a little to early and could also be more emphasized.

Srdan:

Great work on this animation. Love how u even took the time to animate the very last frames. The part when he gets on the buss and grabs hold of his back and the expression on his face. Its great becouse it shows the inpact the fall had on him. Keep up the great work!

Nicolas Fourcroy:

Great sens of details !!!

Mike Mele:

That was great! Love the expressions, especially at the end right after he stops talking, keep it up!!

Sean Hannon:

I can really see this guy's unique character and thought. Well done! I would just push the beat before the fall with some attempt at retaining balance before falling.

douglas anderson:

I love the situation, and the acting is great. It feels really well timed out also.

David Trudel:

Good acting choice, even for background characters. You've put a lot of details on that and everything works perfectly... keep going!

Matt Tovar:

great stuff, u have my vote. one thing, he feels like he lets go of the bus a few frames to early.

Omri Navot:

great work!

Angelo Sta. Catalina:

cool..

James Fearn-Wannan:

Brilliant !

Javier Vazquez:

Wow, great acting. Nice job. Congrazt.

Mike Courtney:

good job

Ben Crouse:

Good stuff. No critiques.

Christopher Salamat:

Very nice piece! Acting is solid, only suggestion is to bring the camera down a little when he falls so we can see him talking when he says "no i can get up myself"

Gene Blakefield:

love the kids...

David Andrade:

Awesome stuff, to nit pick, his hips do move because he changes the center of gravity and leans forward so he will adjut for that, and his standing leg will take the weight
Good work ;)

YiKai:

This is really great! Not much critique for me. The only thing I'd picky about is that I didn't get the failed driving test results at the first time. It might be better if you have it closer to the camera. Overall you did a great job! =D

Kevin Adams:

Fantastic :) love the subtle stuff going on with the background characters

Cole Higgins:

yeah this is really good. I would like to see his lower body effected more by his upeer body in the beggining. His facial anims are so animated but his torse and hips are kind of uneffected. even though hes rested against the bus I think he would have more wieght in his body. Great set up, funny Idea and some really nice stuff!!!

Bruce Spike:

Every sound explained, lots of overlapping actions. Really great work.

JAEHYUN PARK:

Wow!!! Pretty Cool!!! I like your Lip Sync...

Marcio Bukowski:

Good. Best 3d entry.
Lipsynch could be better.

Paul Naas:

Best one I've seen yet. Great scenario, and excellent acting. Good work!

Amdbcg:

lip sync is off
like the 212 part of the kid helping him up :)

Virgil Tanasa:

very good :) the only thing that bothers me (as in most animations i've seen this month) is that i don't think there's any need to point to the arm/legs when he's saying that line. you could have done just as well delivering the line, maybe just glancing at the left arm.
the old lady coming in to rescue should have spent more time in the frame, it doesnt feel right that she is going off so quickly, and maybe lose the gesture of her fixing the eyeglasses.
but very good work anyway! i really like the way you put life into the character and gave him emotions.
i hope you win :)

pratik virash:

u did great job .

Mark Persson:

Very good idea, acting and movement. It actually feels everything is alive, even the bus!D

One small thing thats grabs me when i see it and thats it looks like the driver letting go the handle instead of the hand sliding off softly!?

Best!D

Giuseppe:

Very nice! But there is not enought time to read about the test.

vince gorman:

nice job

DIEGO COLLELL:

VERY NICE!!. I LIKE IT

David Thornfield:

should have a little more moving hold animtion in the kids in the background...love how he talks out of the side of his mouth

Harry G:

very good timing and posing. Theonly thing i felt was that the camera was a bit too tight.

Janarthanan:

HAHA..good idea...lovd all th secondary chars..they add more to the scene..

adolfo:

too meny poses. The first part was starting well. but after that the man was using too many poses to comunicate.

Emmanuel Vergne:

i like the fall in 2 times : first he slips but try to stand and finally falls.
The "no thank you, i don't need your help" part is really good

Erik Westlund:

Great concept for using this audio clip. Great set up for the punchline. Background characters are a nice touch. I don't think you need the "failed exam" prop... just the fact that he drives children around in a bus, and is obviously impaired is enough. I personally feel putting a 'sign' in the animation is a crutch, and with the quality of your concept, you don't need it.

Jarrod Anderson:

This is fantastic, I love the way he's so dismissive and carries on as if it's all part of getting on the bus. Nice work!