The Alcoholic Frog
Need something to laugh about – do you like 3D bar jokes? This might be worth watching then. David Ward a Blender certified trainer is the creator of those animations which. While hanging out with his friends at the bar or wherever, sometimes he likes to slip into a rough British accent (namely taken from Ralph Brown’s character “Del Preston” on Wayne’s World 2), always starting the conversation out with “So there I was at the pub, right…” and going on into some ridiculous nonsense story. He liked this “character” so he figured he’d put him into the CG world as an Alcoholic Frog. He is not sure why he has choosen a frog, but it works great.
2D version:
3D version:
David was so nice to also talk a little about the project and show different versions of it generated over the years.
He wrote:
I originally created the “Alcoholic Frog” way back in late 2006 and uploaded to Youtube as a test animation. For some reason, it became pretty popular (amongst High Schoolers, I’ve gathered), so I’ve been inclined to create further “episodes” as the years have gone by. The first two “episodes” (and the “Taking a Breather”) were created in 3D Studio Max; but I learned Blender later on in 2007, and it became my only 3D tool thereafter.
Part 3 was my attempt at a photo-realistic frog, but my “audience” liked the cartoonish feel better, so in Part 4, imported the original frog model into Blender, and gave it a basic rig.
I never was quite satisfied with how the re-imported frog looked, so with Part 5, I finally decided to redo the whole shebang, and came up with a new (and better, IMHO) design and rig to better display my better techniques I’ve learned over the past 4 years.
Part 1 / Original:
Part 2:
“Taking a Breather”:
Part 3:
Part 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i9wbXHJQYk
Part 5 is the current version.
Davids Website:
http://www.davidallenward.com/about.html
Love how well the animation is done. Really great stuff, the stories made me lol.
L'amour à quel point l'animation est faite. Trucs sympas, les histoires me fait lol.
Classic :)
Classique:)
i love the second one!
J'aime le second!
It’s so cool this was made in Blender! I keep debating about getting Maya, but then I see stuff like this and it revitalizes my hope. Great stuff, I hope he keeps doing more.
C'est tellement cool cela a été rendu dans Blender! Je continue à se débattre sur Maya, mais ensuite je vois des trucs comme ça et il revitalise mon espoir. Great stuff, j'espère qu'il continue à faire plus.
I love the feel and the humor of this animation.
Good work!
J'aime la sensation et l'humour de cette animation. Beau travail!
Alexis, I feel your pain.
Just remember, the main reason things in Maya look so good is because professionals use it. You are seeing work done for profit by professionals. There is no reason Blender can’t currently match most of what you see in Maya. I’ve used both Maya and Max, and while I’ll admit they are more feature complete, it’s the talent of the people using them that makes the material produced by them look so good. Concentrate on your skills first. Spending thousands of dollars on those programs won’t improve your work unless you have truly maxed out all of the tools Blender has to offer. I doubt that very many people are at that point with Blender. Blender does offer a lot!
Alexis, je ressens votre douleur. Rappelez-vous, les choses raison principale en Maya l'air si bon c'est parce que les professionnels de l'utiliser. Vous voyez le travail effectué dans un but lucratif par des professionnels. Il n'ya aucune raison Blender ne peut pas ne correspond actuellement à la plupart de ce que vous voyez dans Maya. J'ai utilisé deux Maya et Max, et même si je dois admettre qu'ils sont plus complète des fonctionnalités, c'est le talent des personnes qui les utilisent qui rend le matériel produit par les regarder si bon. Concentrez-vous sur vos compétences d'abord. Dépenses des milliers de dollars à ces programmes ne va pas améliorer votre travail, sauf si vous avez vraiment maxed tous les outils de Blender a à offrir. Je doute que beaucoup de gens sont à ce point avec Blender. Blender offre beaucoup!
Funny :)
cekuhnen, I’d suggest re-reading your posts for errors.
Drôle:) cekuhnen, je vous suggère de relire vos messages d'erreurs.
Pawel
thx for the hint – more helpful would be to also point out what you mean.
Pawel thx pour le tuyau – plus utile serait également à souligner ce que vous entendez.
cekuhnen
I like how you split your sentences in. Two without an actual change in structure.
cekuhnen j'aime la façon dont vous divisez vos phrases po deux sans un changement réel dans la structure.
@cekuhnen:
“David Ward a Blender certified trainer is the creator of those animations which.” – is that a correct English sentence, or one that makes sense?
‘chosen’ not ‘choosen’ (actually this last word is being underlined as I type, so I guess you don’t use a spell-checker, or else you would have noticed)
@ Cekuhnen: "David Ward d'un entraîneur certifié Blender est le créateur de ces animations qui." – Est-ce une phrase correcte en anglais, ou celui qui fait du sens? «Choisie» et non «choisi» (en réalité ce dernier mot est souligné que je tape, donc je suppose que vous n'utilisez pas un correcteur orthographique, ou bien vous auriez remarqué)
Two men walk into a bar…
…the third one ducks.
Deux hommes entrent dans un bar … … Le tiers des canards.
Really nice visuals, but I feel like the lip sync could use some work…
Great job, though!
Visuels vraiment sympa, mais je me sens comme la synchronisation des lèvres pourraient utiliser une partie du travail … Great job, si!
I dont like it at all… only the first video has a nice render.. that’s it… Animation is very amateur…I see everybody amazed with this.. :S
Good try but not good enough as everybody says…
Sorry guys… I love Blender, but I still see everybody saying everything is wonrderfull just because is made with blender….
Je ne l'aime pas du tout … que la première vidéo a un rendu agréable .. c'est tout … L'animation est très amateur … Je vois que tout le monde étonné avec ce .. : Essayer Bonne S mais pas assez bon que tout le monde dit … Désolé les gars … J'aime Blender, mais je vois encore tout le monde en disant que tout est juste parce que wonrderfull est faite avec Blender ….