Progress: 1 min 30 done

http://home.eps.id.au/files/sample_1-30min.avi
Another 30 seconds blocked out! Things that need to be done:

• People added to platform and trains. Working on this now! Five womens' outfits are done and walking, just need the mens' and childrens' done.
• Industrial scene added above buildings at fly-up scene. I'm not sure how much people will notice they're missing right now but for accuracy it's probably best
• Ice cream man needs some tweaking. His eyes float across the screen too early and you don't get to read the phone screen for very long, so it needs to trail up towards the sky a bit.

The rest are just other small tweaks which aren't as important as getting the blocking out done now, but I'll hopefully have time to pretty it up further when the basics are done.

Mr Paranoia and Ice Cream Superhero

OMG! What we've been waiting for! Full body shots of our protagonist and antagonist! Enjoy :>


I like the small changes to Mr Paranoia: He has plaguebringer-like hands and a deathly awkward look about him. I've also decided he no longer needs feet, even though he appears to walk. It gives him a ghostly presence. Ice Cream Superhero's legs on the front shot need a bit of work... but still not bad. Eating the icecream when flying is a nice touch.

Sample animation

Well, it's not pretty yet but I can see the basics getting fleshed out there! Noted problems:

• Some buildings move too fast at the drop part
• Need more industrial business behind the buildings (cut a bit short)
• ice cream man needs a longer lead in before he messages the Ice Cream Superhero for help.

Other changes I'd like include animated people in the buildings (there's just static silhouettes right now, but it's good enough), and people getting on/off the train. Next I hope to fix the character walk cycles and drop lots of people on the platform!
http://home.eps.id.au/files/sample_1stmin.avi
(file appeared corrupt in my browser but should work fine in VLC)

Ice Cream Animatic

The animatic is done! There are terrible and obvious mistakes but oh well, the general pacing is right and gives a general impression of how it might look. When the real thing is underway, layering for parallax is going to be much more important! There's also a few things missing, like the floating misc object at the start, but it's really fluff that's not important at this point :>

http://home.eps.id.au/files/animatic2.avi