September Challenge: TRANSFORMATION

[Terro]

September Challenge: TRANSFORMATION
Challenge Ends: NOVEMBER 1, 2006 (60 days)

trans-for-ma-tion: an act, process, or instance of transforming or being transformed

Prizes:

1st Place: (Winner chooses one of the following Prize Packages)

http://www.animationforum.net/featureads/transpack1.jpg

OR

http://www.animationforum.net/featureads/transpack2.jpg

AND

2 Silver Talent Points http://www.animationforum.net/forum/images/awards/silver.gifhttp://www.animationforum.net/forum/images/awards/silver.gifRunner Up:

1 Silver Talent Point http://www.animationforum.net/forum/images/awards/silver.gifCommunity Award:

1 Silver Talent Point http://www.animationforum.net/forum/images/awards/silver.gif
Challenge Description: The theme of this challenge is TRANSFORMATION, your task should you choose to accept it is to create an animation of a character going through a physical transformation. The character can be a human or animal of your choice and design. Age, gender, species, locations, time and date are all up to you. You then have to animate the transformation of your character into a different creature/entity of your choice. The trigger of the transformation is to be a GOLDEN APPLE.

Example: "Jill bit the Golden Apple and turned into a 3 legged snake"

Task1: Create a 60 second animation of a character transformation. The Animation can be shorter but should not be any longer then 60 seconds. Use any tools at your disposal (Digital or Traditional) and be creative.

GUIDELINES:
No longer than 60 seconds
Minimum frame rate of 12 fps
Maximum frame rate of 24 fps
Please try to avoid tweens
Contest ends November 1st, 2006

Task2: This time around we've added a Community Award. This is the award that will be granted to a AF member with most community activity with in the challenge. Members don't have to take part in the challenge to be up for the Community Award, but they have to participate and give their input. Basically be helpful by giving your feedback to the contestants in their threads.

IMPORTANT: We are not looking at the amount of post you stack up, but how helpfull your post are to the comunity. Please refrain from posts such as "cool" or "I like it".

Steps:
- Go in the Challenge Entry (http://www.animationforum.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=40) forum,
- Create a new thread, with your name, and challenge name :
example : jakiloblanco - Transformation
- Use your thread to keep us updated on your animations
- When you finish your entry,edit the first post in your thread,with a link to your work.If you are using Flash you have the option of embedding your flash directly into the post, using the flash tags.

A little inspiration....

http://www.youtube.com/v/2cDC9ExkZYE

Go......

[flashcartoons]

interesting concept, ill give it a try!

what made you choose those movies as prizes?

[Sharlston]

me thinks I wantss to participatato.

[Terro]

The DVD's choices were a collabiration of the Mods.

[flashcartoons]

quick question about the graphire

does the tip of the pen retract? the one i bought doesnt so it just sticks out and doesnt go in depending on the pressure

[elephant]

the one i bought doesnt so it just sticks out and doesnt go in depending on the pressure
My Graphire3 pen does, but only a little bit (read: not more than necessary), so I can't see why this one wouldn't.

I have a friend who just bought a Graphire4, I'll ask her.
And maybe it's just exclusively your pen?

[jackhalfaprayer]

*sigh*

No time to enter this go-round. Next time.

[Terro]

My wife uses a Graphite4 , actually the same model as were giving away. I'll check it out tonight and let you know. I do believe it goes in a little, but not all the way.

[KOTK]

OH SNAP!!

How did you cop these prizes, Terro?

[Terro]

OH SNAP!!

How did you cop these prizes, Terro?

With member contributions, such as PiXelMark and DLpWIllyWonka and myself.

[Rachelrayns]

so you can only submit one animation?

[Terro]

We recomend thaty you concentrate on one submittion but you are not limited to one. If you want to submit multiples make sure to have seperate threads for each submittion. We also consider Work in Progress steps, so make sure to post those up.

[NOOB!]

just to clear up any confusion,the golden apple is what causes the transformation of the person.

Its not the actual golden apple thats transforms.So don't do an animation of a golden apple transformating into a brick etc. etc..;)

[the lunacy]

I haven't seen Vampire Hunter D.
I think I'll see if I can get it. This sounds fun. :)

[Evil Demon Creature]

just to clear up any confusion,the golden apple is what causes the transformation of the person.

Its not the actual golden apple thats transforms.So don't do an animation of a golden apple transformating into a brick etc. etc..;)

Am I allowed to do both? (It's kinda complicated, but will make sense once I get the animatic going.

[NOOB!]

hmmm go ahead demon.Lets see how it works out.!

lunacy,hope to see sumthin from ya!

[KOTK]

I'ma take a stab in the dark here. Did Noob throw in The Iron Giant? ;)

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I'ma whip up a storyboard later in the week.:cool:

[-nelson-]

how finalized does this have to be? color, background, sound, etc.

[NOOB!]

hey nelson,it needs to be final enough so that it looks finished.:D

Not everyone has the skill of good colouring,just make it *presentable* use your own judgement.

[flashcartoons]

my story board is done, and my script, now to animate

did you find out terro about the pen? if the tip pushes in?

[Ashley davison]

just to clear up any confusion,the golden apple is what causes the transformation of the person.

Its not the actual golden apple thats transforms.So don't do an animation of a golden apple transformating into a brick etc. etc..;)

Now this is probably a silly question, but are you saying that transforming the apple is out of the question?
Thanks for a great comp idea!

[NOOB!]

the apple *causes* the transformation,if you want to be clever and do both i have no objections,but..u know..."stick to the script" :p I'm sure thats what the judges are looking for.


(i'm not judging this one since i won't be available to do so,)

[Ranoka]

I'm going to try my best to do this comp. It's a bit hard to focus on animation after being in Flash all day at work. But 2 months is a good amount of time, and transformations/morphing is really fun to animate. I may sketch a few ideas together during lunch/in the evening.

Only comment is on the prizes; I've already got a better tablet, and I've already got those DVDs (accept for the Disney one). I'd enter the comp for the practice and participation rather than the prizes. If I win (IF) then the prizes can roll over to the next comp, or go to the runner up or something. :D

Good luck everyone!

[robber3000]

pixel gave me his prize. hehe :D

[Electronic-Volt]

the first question -if im from israel - and i win ,i still can get the tablet?

second question -i should write the trigger?or i just can show it ,i mean ,can i draw the character eats the golden apple?

[Darling Dimples]

For animated transformation inspiration, there's nothing better than Joanna Quinn's showreel:

http://www.berylproductions.co.uk/

Click enter and the showreel link will be on the next page.

[NOOB!]

haha joanna quin,what a talent:D

[bleupencil]

That Joanna Quinn showreel was so cool!
Thanks for posting the link!

Just for the fun of it, and something to do outside school, I'm gonna give this nifty transformation competition a shot... though I don't need the prizes, cos I have all of them bar one (the Donald dvd).

[flashcartoons]

BAM! http://www.flashcartoons.org FRONT PAGED BANNER!

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[NOOB!]

hahaha thanks allot flash,we appreciate it!

[flashcartoons]

no prob, it being right there i garentee alot of visitors :)

my hits have been up lately :rolleyes:

[NOOB!]

i added the beauty and the beast transfomation in the first post of this thread for inspiration


the coloured finished version is near the end of this vid *about 6 mins in*
http://www.youtube.com/v/HH-z0Y2WLh8

[flashcartoons]

now that was a transformation, wow

never seen that movie

[NOOB!]

u've never seen beauty and the beast WTF??!!?!?!!??! X 20!!!!:p

[Evil Demon Creature]

I say if he wins, replace Vampire Hunter D with Beauty and the Beast and force him to take the DVD prize. :D

[flashcartoons]

im going to loose on purpose now,

here is my entry http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/509/jkou4.jpg

jk, hehe

i never watched it cause i thought it was for girls, like little mermaid, dont get me wrong i am a disney fan

i saw snow white :)

[dlpwillywonka]

Beauty and the Beast was always my favorite. That is until Tarzan. And my guilty pleasure is Emperor's New Groove.

So much emotion in the characters for Beauty and the Beast.

flash are you saying that only girls can appreciate emotion? :-p

[bleupencil]

Random question for the mods: .... is there going to be a problem with cartoon-related nudity in this? Because if so, I have to change my plans D:

No, it doesn't involve gratuitous acts of carnal delight, just people without clothes on, that's all... it's a sort of biblical satire kind of thing.

[NOOB!]

as long as its *tasteful*,bleu.:) avoid fluids....

and flash,just cos a film has a little romance in it doesn't make it for girls.

next u'll be saying aladdin was for girls cos aladdin fell in love with jasmine :rolleyes: lol

[bleupencil]

as long as its *tasteful*,bleu.:) avoid fluids....l
Ahahaha!! .................. eeeeeeeewww! XD
So not what I had in mind!

[NOOB!]

i was talking about ..erm...milkshake?

*runs*

[bleupencil]

I think we better drop this before it gets outta hand O_O;;

LMAO.

So. How 'bout dem golden apples, eh?

Oh, and that reminds me, I was looking at some other disney movies for such transformation inspiration (say that ten times fast!)

They're not nearly as elaborate as Beauty and the Beast, but they might be good for some to look at anyway...

the Sword in the Stone (the wizard's duel scene mostly);
Mulan, the Fa family ghosts, specifically the big guy who doesn't like Mushu when he rises from the stone;
Brother Bear, where Kenai transforms at the beginning and the end;

There's probably a few more in other movies, but I haven't looked into that yet. Dunno if any of these scenes are on youtube or dailymotion or anything, but have a looksee if you have the dvd's or can get your hands on them.

[flashcartoons]

i own aladdin! ill watch beauty and the best my gf owns it

[NOOB!]

i prefer when mushu transforms from stone into a dragon in mulan,but thats more smokey.

if u want hardcore transfomation,watch the genie in aladdin.

http://www.youtube.com/v/Xrkkqhm9JIY

or.. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xrkkqhm9JIY
too bad the lip sync/sound is off,but if u turn the speakers off...good as gold.

[bleupencil]

Damn, forgot about that one. Haven't seen Aladdin for a while.
You're right, that is awesome. Bless Eric Goldberg's little animator heart! I love Genie X)

[dlpwillywonka]

or you could listen to it in GERMAN! :-D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMpNlm9kbOs

[Rachelrayns]

just to clear up any confusion,the golden apple is what causes the transformation of the person.

Its not the actual golden apple thats transforms.So don't do an animation of a golden apple transformating into a brick etc. etc..;)

oh no way? hmmm... so they have to eat it? hm

[Terro]

A Bite is enough to start the transformation.

[bleupencil]

Wha?! I thought merely touching it would be enough!

D:

[Evil Demon Creature]

Wha?! I thought merely touching it would be enough!

D:

Ditto. (although working with constraints is good for creativity, it's just getting more and more specific)

[NOOB!]

no one said it has to be eaten.Terro was making a suggestion.

All u guys have to do is read the rules.lol.

[bleupencil]

My mistake then. I blame it on sleep deprivation ;P

[flashcartoons]

i didnt get it at first either, so i blame it on gas :)

[Terro]

Lol, as noob has said, I was only giving out ideas. Feel free to use your imagination when it comes to the apple and how it manages to start the transformation. You could always be tricky and not reveal it till the end.

[tesher07]

Terro y arent u on the drawing 101 u alll stoped please go back on it:mad:

[Terro]

Terro y arent u on the drawing 101 u alll stoped please go back on it:mad:

Hehe, 101 is Johns baby. I know he's got some RL obligations at the moment and Vic is standing in for him for the time being. I try my best to be involved in everything but I often do not have enough time to draw. I do read all the treads. I'll try to add to it by this weekend. Deal?

[vicjperry]

Well, sort of standing in. I'm sure John has a pile of goodies in store for everyone when he gets back.

[geomeliss]

The idea of the transformation is great , also the video is quite helpfull.I m tempted to participate...

[NOOB!]

welcome mr geo,theres plently of time left to give in to your temptation :D

[flashcartoons]

well mine is finished! ya im 1st to be done! i spent alot of time on mine

im glad i entered this contest :D

[fonhteeks]

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[vicjperry]

:mad: :mad: :mad:

[winadollar]

I got an email today saying i have a month left...

[dlpwillywonka]

Yep it's over in November.

[Nth_power]

I'll definately give it a shot. soon as i get the new pen for my tablet. i wanna give one to my friend. i also suck at transformations and should practice. so count me in.

[Terro]

Enter quick, there is less then a month left till the judging begins.

[Viano]

lol 1 month left is alot. but i think some people are even done with their transformatio animation! why would they finish it so fast? i mean like..wouldnt they want more quality in it?!?!?!??!

[canissoft]

Hmmmm.

helo i was recently introduced to this forum by how 2 flash by flash zombie

can i do this in 3d?

[Terro]

Sure , we accept 3D entires as well. These days it very common to merge 3d and 2d.

[Viano]

lol, i didnt even start yet but im really excited for this. i shall have an entry!
im really new to this forum btw. Okay guys, take care! keep an eye out for my entry.

[zeonrock]

that's great

but i dont no how to participate
can anyone help me out of this

i know 3ds max