nice!
great models too...
...I can't wait to join!
(so much work right now though... maybe this fall/winter)

Wow. As JKR said you REALLY made use of the clinking background noises in this one. Those modifications look fantastic too. You should email them to iAnimate to see if they'd be interested including them in their rig downloads. I know I'd use the Batman one for sure!
Awesome stuff

thanks for the feedback guys!
I think I may have made a composition error by having both characters backs facing to begin...I'm thinking about putting batman in a rotating chair or something so that he can start partially rotated to camera and we can see his face for a moment.
also...I'm going to just remove the "two-finger" pose and do something else instead because it is just too literal and he should be acting a bit more dramatically i think.
...i will post an update once i make some changes.
oh and wellings...i'm not at ianimate anymore, but that skyscraper college jock mod is one of my mods...Jason Ryan straight up asked me for it to share with the community, so i gave it to him...I would give the school these mods if I could get my hands on some of the new rigs I don't have access to anymore in return.
thanks again!

Last edited by heymikey (06-08-2012 3:16 pm)

Very keen ear, you made me realize the voice sounds like Mark Hamill on the 90's Batman cartoon series. great stuff!

hey guys, thanks for the feedback!
here's an update with some changes...including putting batman on a rotating/rising chair to show his front a bit in the beginning. also changed joker's boring "2 finger" pose into a different hand gesture...along with some other tweaks.
any comments are appreciated!

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Everything is looking great. The only thing that bugs me for some reason is the way Batman turns on that chair. Maybe it's because I've seen the previous version and I know what you're trying to do so I'm not looking at it objectively. For some reason it doesn't look like he's on a rotating chair though. It looks like he's forcing the chair to rotate himself, which he might be, but I think it would be nicer if we got the sense that the chair was rotating and he had no control...if you know what I mean. Looks awesome though. And that Batman mod is so great. Even the face looks like Batman!!

I agree with wellings it looks really good but the chair just doesn't look right. Maybe if it turns a bit faster and stops more abruptly. The models just great though they really do look like batman and joker.

It's looking absolutely great.
I too had the same feelings as some with the chair.

Perhaps using the rope to your advantage? - Batman's been tied up. So it's possible that the rope could be extended to the ceiling making him dangle like a piñata... (as many would see hero's dangling over a pool of sharks)

I just think that will allow you to mess around a little more with the timing/easing of the turn and give you a chance to add a little motion/sway on Batman.

Hopefully that makes sense!

Last edited by nethstar (06-15-2012 9:33 am)

I think it works quite well with this latest one, making him look knocked out makes it more apparent that it's the chair moving :]

I would pull the antenna on "NOW", to hit that accent higher. Keep working on it, you're doing a great job ;D

hey guys...i think i solved the issue...
i went back to the original idea with batman stationary and facing away, but this time i kept joker turned to camera more so that his face is visible at the start...i don't know why i went through that whole rotating chair thing when i could have just done this. I also have batman give a mean glare to joker at the end...I like how you never really see batman's face...it keeps him mysterious
I'm honestly pretty happy with it at this stage, but we have some time left, so comments and feedback are welcome!

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I much prefer this heymikey, great job! There is ONE part that I noticed though. When Joker says "Now" his hands and the device move rather awkwardly and abrupt. I know that his torso and head snap up when he says it, but I feel like his hands shouldn't. I would either make that move more subtle, or even see if a slight opposing action works. It just feels a little jerky in that part. Other than that it looks really good