Update November 2021
I love to see what people create with my products. Please please please upload your creations to the product page so I can see!
September 2021
I've been playing with Poser since the day 5 came out. Poser immediately got me interested in doing animation. I bought some books and started learning. Sometime when Poser 8 was around I released my first animated pose set for Millennium Horse. Since then I have learned Blender and started creating prop packages.
I have lots of freebies here at Renderosity: https://www.renderosity.com/search/freestuff?keyword=anniemation
There's a Big Wheel, a tricycle, a pontoon, several scanned leaf textures which can be used for anything except redistribution as an unaltered texture. Merchant resource? Sure!
I have some freebies for the HiveWire House Cat here also, Quarantine Cats which includes a cape, a Roman helmet, a medical mask, and a carriage for the cat that has everything: https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/85008/quarantine-cats
A tub of kitty litter: https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/84766/kitty-litter-with-free-catnip-mouse
A morphing pillow: https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/87930/wmorphing-pillow-for-the-hivewire-3d-house-cat
And a Rainbow Bridge: https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/88168/the-rainbow-bridge
Anyways if you create anything with one of my freebies or products I would love to see! Hit me up here via site mail.
May 2003
BIO
I've been playing in Poser and Vue for a few years now. In May of 2005 I joined the Cartoon Team here with a vague idea of a comic strip. This has taken me in a lot of new directions artistically. Due to computer failure, I started drawing *by hand* again after many years. Most recently I became Lead Cartoonist on the Team. A link to the Comics page can be found from the Front Page here. If you are interested in joining the Cartoon Team, there is contact information there. The vegetable leaf textures in my freestuff area were grown from "heritage" seeds in a backyard garden. If you like them, want more, or have any questions, drop me a line. An overview with thumbnails: http://www.anniemation.com/textures/texture_overview.html
Comments (13)
Dragonluna1
It looks great!! A bit jerky, but a great effort!! Can't wait to see more!
Irish
He looks wonderful Janet - but if he is like my Siamese, she'd be meowing with each step LOL...they do love to talk. Bravo! Excellent job on the walk.
comixnut
That's a great start man! Cats being the flexible things they are, there probably should be some more shoulder action visible. And they walk on their toes so there should be a lot of tension and spring on his back legs, similar to what you have on the front ones. Awesome stuff!
butterfly_fish
I think it's awesome, considering the limitations of the model. IIRC, none of the DAZ animals actually have shoulders that move. :-(
Burpee
Cute :)
Mousson
Wonderful! Very natural movent!
jerr3d
hehe thats pretty cool !
Digimon
Looking good! The leg motion is great! If you need help, Google Edward Muybridge,you should find some great frame-by-frame examples of big, and little cats moving. I used his images to animate my big kitty. Great start!!! Happy holidays!!
amota99517
This is good, but I think the feet in the front seem to flip and almost bend. I would think that the leg and shoulder moves but the paw has a slight bend that would make it almost parallel to the ground. But I could be wrong. Other than that, I think this is a really great start.
alltheoriginalnames
Lol pretty cool man. Its a bit choppy but you get the point. I would sway the torso from left to right slightly when he/shes steps. And the shoulder blades need movement petruding up with each step as well. And I agree with amota99517 about the feet flicking back into place. But all in all your getting there, hell of alot better then what I could do with animation lol. It'd probably look like it was having a seizure if I tried it lol.
sparkyjones
it looks fine only..well...the thing is, over the years my family has had a bunch of cats, prolly in the thirties, and i can't recall EVER seeing a cat actually just walk. i've seen them crawl and run and dangle, i've seen them lunge and chase and flee, i've seen them balance and stumble and dance, i've seen them jump, skip and pounce...i've seen cats strut their stuff, nonchalont and lazy and i've seen them powerstroll like the royalty they are, i've seen them twist and swirl and spin and explode - i've seen them do everything but i've never seen them just walk. This being said, i feel unqualified to feedback on this particular animated cycle :)
LilyHawk
Wow! You certainly put a lot of work into that animation. Well done. There were some small refinements that could be made, such as mentioned with the shoulder action, swaying of the torso and walking more on the toes with the hind feet. But, these are minor adjustments, as you have the major action working very well. Great job! And for anyone that hasn't seen the latest editions of The Cat Pack, you don't know what you're missing: http://www.gothicblend.net/index.php?name=News&catid=&topic=6
fractalartist01
SO cute!