A Gift...
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Corey McDaniel:
I like your acting choices here
Amdbcg:
like that animation :)
good arcs!
Matt Hirengen:
Smooth! nice job! the only thing I can nit pick is the lipsynch, which is a little off.
Ed Lucas:
I love the animation on the kid, nice overlapping and follow through. It feels as the animation goes dead at "Once you acknowledge that." But good job bro.
Tim Roberts:
lovely ragdoll with the boy
colus havenga:
very good, hes mouth shapes need a bit attention though
Stewart:
watch the weight. Especially the hips the main character.
David Colacioppo:
Excellent secondary animation, great Job!
Paul Fuller:
Seems like a loving father. The big thing that bugged me was that I got confused as to how I should feel about the situation. Also, the lip synch and how the left side of the mouth moved outward starting at around 215.
Shon Stewart:
Love how he is picking up his son! So good! many of the acting choices feel fake to me. it feels like you didn't get into the head of this character enough. The more you empathies with the character the more genuine the acting will be.
"My son has a gift" (155) that pose feel unnatural to me. I like his Left hand on his sons head the rest of the pose feels weired to me though. Maybe try something els or hold 117's pose longer that is a great pose!
Really nice stuff though!
Gary Whitton:
haha! i like how his kid is like a ragdoll! only thing id say is the pose from 290 onwards doesnt look quite right. Maybe you could bring his right leg back in and stand him up a little more.
Daniel Morgan Walsh:
Wow. The body animation is great! The weight is so good, the gestures are so good. The lip sync is almost there. It didn't seem quite right after he says the second "gift". But still are really great job.
Erik Griott:
i think it would have been funny if he grabbed the boy singlehandedly by the head and shook him. otherwise theres a little bit of technical problems, particularly in his leg it looks like. a few times it pops, and it looks like his foot doesnt move at all.
David Higgins:
I would have rated this higher if the lip synch was better.
Daniel Erwin:
fun stuff... very playful idea... never would've thought of interacting this way.... i love how you go into the pose on frame 115.
Timothy Yeo:
Wow nice fluid movements there. He picked his son up like a rag doll LOL. i like that. Maybe some parts like he picked his son his pelvis need to move alittle bit up and down and stuff. Great stuff.
Andre de Villiers:
You're breaking the rig... have a look at his hips when he grabs his son. Great job on the son's limbs when he's being held up! The lipsync doesn't read very clearly.
Barnabas Boehler:
Decent, but the kid's flailing arms need to be toned down a bit because they are a bit distracting.
chakravarma:
awesome followthrogh
Ronny:
WOW, that was pretty neat, the movements are there as well as the poses great job you probably are gonna be one of the finalist
Martin Silfvast:
nice work!
Rick Benz:
nice body language, and I'm not sure if the the rig but the lipsync seems wrong in a few spots
Andy Hass:
Nice. Looks like you're going for interesting mouth shapes which is great, but they get a little strange in the second half.
Clayton:
good tangling
Florent Perrin:
Cool job here!!
Felipe Castanhari:
good interaction with the child
But, in the "my sun has a gift", the arm needs more work on it
But Great Animation
Keep working
Raasi N:
..son shaking in father's hands is nicely done.....good animation overall...suggestion-i think father's leg are more stretched apart in the end...
Frank G:
Some strong physical acting going on here.









Animator: Curtis
Description: Father has a lot of faith in his son.
Experience: 2 years professionally
Time taken: 6-8 hours a day for just a little over a week