I want to apologize for spamming your FList with Twits instead of real posts... this semester was so time-consuming that Twit was so much more convenient. You can find some of the projects on my
blogspot. But this I have to plug here... Originally, the project merely brought back some nostalgia of the Ultraman series, but after doing
way more research than necessary, we got so into
poking fun at the characters
out of love, these two have been our muse for the whole semester. Would
never have expected to have so much fun with this project.
Brief introduction (just in case):
Ultraman Taro (タロウ): ┗(`゚Д゚´)┛ youngest of the original Six Ultra brothers as well as the only true son of Mother and Father of Ultra
(does that make him prince of M78? 8D). Depended a lot on his brothers and parents before maturing in his series. Currently the lead instructor of the Space Garrison, Ultraman Mebius'
over-protective 教官 (
kyoukan).
Ultraman Zoffy(ゾフィー兄さん): ( ○ ω ○ )) the oldest of the original Six Ultra brothers and also the commander (
taichou) of the Space Garrison. He cares for his brothers very much. There's been several scenes where he traveled all the way to Earth just to rescue if one of them is in danger.
And because of Taro, he...uh... kinda became hetare nii-san 8D;;;;;Copyrights go to Tsuburaya Productions and Shuuchishin. This is a student project only and is not affiliated with the company. No profits were made from it.Ultraman Taro by me (某Asa or TV), Ultraman Zoffy by 某S.
Song: 羞恥心 (Shuuchishin) by 羞恥心 (our team's called Team羞恥 cuz we're missing one person)
Youtube:
Complimentary Nico:
【ニコニコ動画】【3D】ウルトラマンの「羞恥心」ダンス(ゾフィーとタロウ) (It was rank 92/1000 on the first day!! The responses are SO hilarious 8DDD )
It's done! It's really done!!! !(●´Д`●)♥
The Ultraman model I mentioned 3 months ago? Not only is it done, but animated as well!! My classmate 某S and I have started working on this since Thanksgiving along with finals. Since we did not have time to animate our models as a class, Gustlin made "dancing Ultraman" one of the extra credit options for final. Dude, we so couldn't pass up the opportunity. It didn't even matter whether it was extra credit or not, for we just wanted to animate our Ultramans!
We've reached our physical limit because of the project, but after seeing Gustlin's and the class' as well as the audience's
great laughters during the A/I screening in the Washington Square Hall as the last surprise item to show (the giant screen!!!), the whole week of full-pilot animating non-stop was SO worth it!! 100% satisfactory (●´Д`●)!! I mean... from
laptop screen >>> class projector screen >>> AUDITORIUM SIZE (+ STEREO)!!!
The whole process was so surreal... I know if it's actually scrutinized for its animation, it isn't very good, but don't care! I mean, a total of 2688 frames animated, done with no instructions and zero experience on 3D animating. Plus, we started from scratch: searching for references, drawing blueprint, modeling, UV mapping, rigging, painting weight, and finally, animating... It was a miracle we finished it.
We just want to keep screaming, as words can't come close to describing our hype. I think this type of passion will be hard to come by a second time. But because of 129A, this semester was truly lots of fun.
First omake drawn by me. (Drooling corgi = me. Blue cat = 某S.)
タロウ: We did it!! ┗( ≧∇≦ )┛
某Asa+某S: Oh Yeahhhhhh-------!!!!
ゾフィー: ......(= _ = ))
(某S請原諒我都用那幾句X3;)
( OMAKE Part 2 & 3 by 某S! )Some in-progress shots of many. Preview:
( PIKAPIKA DRAMA!!!! Warning of some crack, I guess. )So sorry for the giant post... but... waah... just reflecting back on the whole process, it really feels amazing. So hard to rant the feeling to people. Honestly, I'm sad that it's really over, but I don't regret one bit of the effort, may it be editing the geometry even in rigging stage, or pulling a full 60-hours non-stop to finish, to put into making this whole project work.
Thank you 某S for putting up with me!! ♥ ;ω;)9 我們200%成功了!!!(涙)