BuffaloBULL & BuffaloBELL/Sky Dance
http://vimeo.com/30785176
A little Blender 2.59 motion tracking/animation gem by Tomo (see his homepage) that I found while surfing. More information in Japanese, or translated by our Google Overlords.
Danbo Exploring
At first I was waiting for the CG elements until I realized those mascots are the elements. VERY impressive.
That’s amazing. I wasn’t sure or not for about 30 seconds if the costume characters were CG. It was the little hops and some of the movement of the skirt that convinced me (and even then I wasn’t sure) that it was CG. The lighting and blending into the environment is spot on! Very impressive. What renderer did he/she use?
the video description says 100% blender so maybe blender internal
Just checked his work. It’s all hand keyed animation. No mo cap. Her little clapping (wrist and finger movements) is really good. Totally convincing body gestures.
I have to admit, I found a few little flaws in the motion where it becomes a bit robotic. The funny thing is that it matches the sort of mime actions you see from people in costume, so it mostly works.
That’s just me nitpicking though, it’s a great piece of work overall.
Excellent work here
Great rendering but weird otherwise. I like it.
GO ORYX!!! I saw a game in that stadium. :)
what the heck is the other CG character doing at 1:52? (crawling on the ground looking up her skirt???)
but pretty good overall. The reflections, lighting, and shadows are done really well.
LOL!! Yea, that was pretty suspicious, wasn’t it?
Surprised no one else commented on this, that freaked me out big time!
And the fact that 90% of the shots focus on the female mascot character… the male seems like just an afterthot (or a perv?). Must be a Japanese thing?
It’s definitely a Japanese thing…
The perv Character is a rival team’s (Yakult Swallows) mascot. So they are slagging off their opposition implying they are perverts.
nah he actually does that.
http://youtu.be/hbGkp5w69lI
http://youtu.be/syH3Bbb4sFc
Here’s the perv! LOL!! Those Japs…!
http://tinyurl.com/68v4wdy
Nice reflections off the train and floor inside the station, added nicely to the illusion.
catchy tune as well
Great animation and matchmoving ! Well done !
No mo-cap??? Seriously???? Now that’s impressive.
cool, but some bad animation here and there in the jumps, cloth movement is pretty good though
Fantastic lighting above all!
I checked an actual recording of Belle and that bull, the animation is pretty spot on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eNdwHgXDrU