Here is an animation, offered for your enjoyment
It has been my focus since the new year.

I am delighted with my character, Lin.
I will be animating her quite a bit
upcoming, and honestly one day I want to
dial out her hair even longer, and the next
I want to give her Demi Moore's GI Jane haircut!

I am also, as you might expect, newly
respectful of the craft of animation.

WHEW!

At the same time as possessing a satisfaction
and joy at the result here, I also hate every
frame. My list of grievances is a yard long,
but that's all I will say about THAT, so you
won't be influenced by my hyper-criticalness.

Constructive observations and
ideas welcome. When offering
such, please take into
consideration this context:

This is not presented as a 'release'
work, just a study. Therefore, it does
not have a big, polished 'finish' to it.
No audio. Please do not judge the low
res version on clarity; it is watchable,
but moderately grainy; I chose to retain the
frame size but reduce its resolution.

The focus was:

1. animating long hair (not dynamic)
2. low light conditions, interior
3. lighting through slats
4. render experimentation (time trials)
5. experience with the base character system

What was NOT the main focus:

1. facial animation, expression, speech
2. backgrounds or props
3. eye reflection or eyelashes

If I had gone on to improve those areas,
this clip would be dated about the time
of the baseball All-Star game. Instead,
I have decided to stop fussing with this
subject and sharpen those skills in
my next sequence, with a different character.

Since the file(s) are large, here are the stats
so you can decide if you wish to download:

Character: "Lin"
Situation: Moving in shadows, long hair down
Length: 60 seconds
Note: mild nudity **

It is highly suggested you right-click and 'save target as' to
download. Clicking will open new browser window and clip
will appear when loaded, but then you will NOT be able to
save to your desktop unless you have Quicktime Pro.**

Format: Quicktime
File size: 107 MB (high res) Link: here. Aprox 15 min, hi-speed cable modem
File size: 20 MB (low res) Link: here. Aprox 3 min, hi-speed cable modem
Image size: 500x550 pixels
Base character: Poser5female (judy)
Added morphs: EJ, by 3Dream
Texture: Selene, by Blackhearted
Texture mod: myself
Hair: Bliss Vison Hair, by danae
Lighting: three spotlights, one casting shadows thru blinds.
Lighting Prop: Morphing Venetian Blinds, by Mapps
Frames: 1800, framerate 30fps
Rendertime: 23 hours
Render Hardware: AMD Athlon 3500 XP, 4GigRam, DualRaptors in Raid-0, Windows XP Pro
RenderEngine: (surprise) Poser4 engine inside Poser5
Animation: hand-keyframed only, no walk designer or BVH

thanks maxxxmodelz, ynsaen, svdl, stewer, DaleB, DrGeep.

Please enjoy,

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