Living in a town
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Dwarakanath Jnaneswar Ekkirala:
head bobbing for "life" and "wish" seemed a bit repetitive.. other than that.. this looks pretty good! Rock on!
Deanna Bishop:
Nice! Simple posing, good facial gesturing. The only thing that throws me off is the lip sync seems to be off around the end ("I have no wish to live").
Adam Levin:
I'm not sure this rig has the facial capabilities to get this line across. You used acting within a pose well, but I think the main pose is too relaxed for the line.
Kai Huai:
Not quite sure about the double bounces when she says "a life I have" the head kind of bounce back and fore.
Brad Bradbury:
She seems angry almost like yelling at the end. it doesn't match the breathy sound...
nick vona:
acting doesn't feel like the dialouge
Hector Lopez:
The one thing that stands out is the head shakes. I think it does it one too many times throughout the animation. Try cutting it down a bit and it should look fine.
Frank Collazo:
good
John T. Coomey:
good Job.. Just maybe add some more time to the begining because she starts moving very quickly the few extra frames will allow the viewer to take in whats happen better..
Ryan King:
The animation is good. Now my only gripe might have to do with the model. But the mouth seems to have only two positions open close wide and narrow. (I know thats four) But it is quite noticable with some of the words. The other issue is the leg. there is alot of crashing going on with the leg and the body. Now this is some model but looking at the pose I notice she is vertical with a slight slouch in the forward direction (z?) but the way her legs are propped like they are there should be a bigger x curve in the upper body making a bowl if you will for the raise leg. I have heard this and I beleive it to be true but everyone moves in every axis all of the time. Most studios you can get away with not doing this but but strong posing will have some sort of curve in every thing. I think I am rambling now. I'm just saying an x curve might stop some of the crashing.
Aaron Clement:
Cool, not too bad. Lip sync feels a little off
Gregory Marlow:
the first half is pretty good. The second half is a little jerky.
Alex Zemke:
The timing and acting choices are strong! But the root pose is held too rigidly. There needs to be some movement in that bent leg as she moves her torso around to keep her pose natural throughout.
Virgil Mihailescu:
not bad, I like the pose, the head movement, but the lipsync is off and the animation could be more detailed. the right hand should probably move a little different towards the end of the shot, not just slide back and forth. also, the upper body movement on "a life I have no wish" is stiff, some overlap might help there. (the hair is also a little stiff) it basically feels like the motion is generate from outside the body. but overall, it looks quite good. if it wasn't for the lipsync I would have probably added 2 more stars.
Taber Dunipace:
The mouth is just opening and closing without phoneme shapes and appears unnatural. The body movements are very sharp and sudden which doesn't match the audio.
Pascal Immerzeel:
The body doesn't really speak the desperation. I like the eye animation, especially when she looks off screen.
Robert Tighe:
Nice character. Need to be broken up in the torso.
Alonso Soriano:
pretty good. The acting choices are decent. The arms and hips feel IK locked and not dealt with enough, I think with more attention to the entire body reacting to the movement it would help with the believability by making the character feel completely alive.
Mike Courtney:
Try to find some stronger poses. Her bent leg on the ledge is very stagnant.
Carlos Fins:
Needs some smoothing on those accent moves..looking good.
David Humphreys:
the mouth shapes on "a life i dont wish to live" dont seem to sync up right, something to do with the with the amount of wide shapes. the beginning is great though and the eye movement really works well i think.
Kyle Mohr:
I like her sitting pose, but maybe try to get some variation in there to help express her feelings better. Maybe she should change her pose when she starts whispering?
Eric Stirpe:
The body animation is fantastic, I must say, but the lip-syncing didn't seem to quite match up... I especially love the motion on "...have no wish to live in." You got FANTASTIC weight for that. Focus a little more on the lipsync and face next time, and you'll have a winner for sure!
luis veiga pumar:
the body language is good at the begining, and so is the eye movements, but the lipsync really let's it down. Also even though she's sitting down the her left leg feels frozon.
Erik Griott:
her hair kind of flips up at the beginning for no reason it looks like.
it seems like she is barking at the screen when she says "a life..."
when she looks to the side during "..no wish.." i feel like her head should follow a little.
Christiaan Moleman:
I would tone down the quick lean in "life" and "no". You could probably have just one accent here. Now it seems a bit much.
Dylan Maxwell:
she doesn't seem sad about it.
Jett Atwood:
Doesn't feel like you're hitting the right beats. There is nothing to distinguish the beat "a town" from anything else at the beginning. Listening to the dialogue it sounds like she is almost amused at her situation and I don't get that feel at all from the animation.
The pose/beat at "a life" feels very poppy since there was nothing to set it up.









Animator: Mariella
Description: Animated with Maya 7.0
this animation isn't perfect, I know I can do better! ;)
Experience: 1 year
Time taken: 10 hours