Saturday, April 22, 2006

The Rival

This is one of my favorite Vooz episodes of Pucca. It was a big inspiration for the series. A lot of episodes revolve around Garu and Tobe's rivalry (Tobe is the blue ninja and his name is pronounced toh-bay) he's one of my favorite characters on the show. Pucca of course always gets in the way and ends up beating the crap out of the bad guy. We really tried to stay true to the Vooz style, but we also pushed it in a lot of ways. Its a bit more western as you will see when it finally airs... but it may help give it a wider appeal (thats the plan anyways) I personally would have liked to stay closer to the original style, it has such a charm, and it's very unique and cute, but i think we captured at least some of that original feeling.
I think the series will be a big hit, and I'm very proud and excited that i'm a part of it, as should everyone on the crew. They have put in a ton of hard work, time and energy to make it happen. we couldn't have done it without them.

Posted by goldenrusset at Saturday, April 22, 2006

4 comments:

Piotr said...

Wow, really fun to watch. Was this a blend of After Effects and Flash? The SFX really bring so much more out of the animation. Great stuff.

12:39 PM, April 22, 2006
goldenrusset said...

this was done completely in flash. Vooz sent us the FLA. file to reference fromfor the show... we were amazed. they built the lens flares in flash using radial gradients and symbols and created camera moves, multiplaning, motion blurs (impoted from photoshop) and multiplane camera moves with very smart leveling and symbols. in the series we use after effects, but for the most part we are able to achieve the same look without it.. AFX is mostly for glowing fire and focus pulls or added lighting effects. flash is quite a good program when used properly.

1:57 PM, April 22, 2006
Piotr said...

Wow, hard work pays off! I have to start working more intensely with flash!

11:32 PM, April 22, 2006
Mark Ackland said...

I totally dig your stuff man!!!

9:55 PM, April 25, 2006

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