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Working on a new animation. Will of course post it once it's finished but it could take a while.

In the sandbox where I grew up, they said that if you mix the Sun, Moon, a person and a leaf of the ginkgo biloba tree correctly, you will definitely get something wonderful ..)
 

  On 11/19/2021 at 12:47 AM, adirandak said:

 

 

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These are my favorites

I messed up my arm while animating this. It hurts like hell. I've had this kind of problem with carpal tunnel + all kinds of painful stuff in my hand before and it took more than a year to heal. So I'm not sure if I'll ever finish this. Until then, here's what I made so far. It is supposed to be a love story, narrated by dreams. Maybe you'll se what I mean some day.

First attempt at Spider-man 2099 mk II

  On 2/16/2022 at 11:53 AM, Dpek said:

I messed up my arm while animating this. It hurts like hell. I've had this kind of problem with carpal tunnel + all kinds of painful stuff in my hand before and it took more than a year to heal. So I'm not sure if I'll ever finish this. Until then, here's what I made so far. It is supposed to be a love story, narrated by dreams. Maybe you'll se what I mean some day.

 

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Reminds me of samorost

quite proud of this one 

Did the sound design, some chanting, and mix

Been shopping politicians lately. They're such awesome source material, because HD pics are readily available, but unlike actors/singers, they're not cute.

This one is entitled "Clay Higgins & Goons". The moon man on the left is packing a Glock. He may be a goon, but he's chill af. The ogre on the right obviously wields a club. You're in good hands, Clay.

Sound design

  On 3/24/2022 at 5:45 PM, Squee said:

Sound design

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Good stuff 

post-modernism

  On 3/24/2022 at 5:45 PM, Squee said:

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hey I was always wondering why is sound design in modern games (and some movies), especially when it comes to big explosions -- instead being loud af, deafening, etc, they are immensely compressed (or not?), like soft, plastic sounds, like plastic rocks falling on plastic surface...(sorry I don't know how to properly describe it)

  On 3/25/2022 at 8:35 PM, cichlisuite said:

hey I was always wondering why is sound design in modern games (and some movies), especially when it comes to big explosions -- instead being loud af, deafening, etc, they are immensely compressed (or not?), like soft, plastic sounds, like plastic rocks falling on plastic surface...(sorry I don't know how to properly describe it)

Do you mean the sound of the rocks and debris during the last explosion? Or is the transient in the far-away explosions?

  On 3/26/2022 at 7:11 PM, Squee said:

Do you mean the sound of the rocks and debris during the last explosion? Or is the transient in the far-away explosions?

at 1:37, 1:45

  On 3/27/2022 at 3:59 PM, cichlisuite said:

at 1:37, 1:45

Ok, so there are multiple reasons for the way these sound
The ones at 1:37 are distant explosions and if you listen to actual explosions recorded from a distance you'll hear that the majority of what you can hear is the transient and some late echoes from the surroundings. So it's way more realistic this way. I've uploaded a recording of an actual explosion for you.

Also, your ears actually compress loud noises such as explosions. When an incoming sound gets too loud a muscle in your ear tightens up and skews the levers reducing their efficiency, and therefore the level entering the inner ear. So it's also a way of reproducing what it would sound like if you were actually there.

Back to the transient...  the transient is super important for the sound to cut through the mix, because if all you have is a boomy and subby explosion it'll simply drown under the music and the rest of the sound design and you'll end up with a muddy mix. The same goes for video games. 10-15 years ago you would probably have made a distant explosion by applying a high cut/low pass and bob's your uncle, but that doesn't really sound good. And since sound design has become more and more complex and there's more stuff going on you need to approach this in a different way.

I hope that makes sense

  On 3/27/2022 at 4:52 PM, Squee said:

Ok, so there are multiple reasons for the way these sound...

yeah, makes sense from a technical, sound mixing point of view, when you have so many sounds coming through the mix. Thanks for the explanation. If it was made to be 100% realistic you'd probably just hear ear ringing all the time

Haha exactly

  On 3/11/2022 at 2:41 PM, Squee said:

Did the sound design, some chanting, and mix

 

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Amazing video!!!

My son-in-law's obsessed with Warhammer!

Made a music video for someone else's song:

Not usually into design contests at all, but entered one for Run The Jewels and Brooklyn Brewery. I liked these better than the actual label that came out of it. It was definitely a fun exercise though…