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JAM: January Animation Month - Make 31 Animations In January

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  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited January 2011
    Hey, remember that former fat guy who kept stabbing at thin air? Ever wonder what happens when he gets stabbed? It looks something like this!

    fatdie.gif
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited January 2011
    Twelve is another very easy one.

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  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited January 2011
    Here's today's animation. I tried a different set of programs to make this one rather than my usual.
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited January 2011
    Surprisingly busy for a non-work day. Still, managed to do this...

    krisdies.gif

    Yeah, take that, author insertion character!
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited January 2011
    Thirteen. Made this one because I didn't feel like making something big.

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  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited January 2011
    Today's animation is another television bumper that would work great with a future planned project of mine. :)
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited January 2011
    I was rather unexpectedly allowed to leave work early today (yay!), so I've had time to finish my work from yesterday. Behold, a completely redone 10th Doctor, walking down!

    Doc10-WalkDown.gif

    Quite happy with the hair in this one. Not sure about the arms though, may need to change those. But hey, it's done! Woo!
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited January 2011
    Here's my 14th animation. I wanted to try something a little different with this one. :)
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited January 2011
    This one's just a bit of fun.

    Doc10HeadLookRound.gif

    Thinking about making this one my avatar. Should I go for it?

    EDIT: Did it. Woo!
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited January 2011
    Darth Marsden wrote: »
    Thinking about making this one my avatar. Should I go for it?

    EDIT: Did it. Woo!
    That works great as an avatar. :)

    I remade the hamster wheel animation.

    I also made an animation that I wanted to try to make for a while, but never sat down to do it. :)
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited January 2011
    kxbossdeath.gif

    The end boss from my PoP TC. Dying. Yeah.
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited January 2011
    Here's my latest JAM animation. It's another animation, like "Snow", that started out as an animation in another medium that didn't work out, but I liked the idea so much I brought it back. :)
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited January 2011
    Oop, looks like we may have lost Gary.

    This was from the intro of my PoP hack. In the original, Jaffar (or whatever the bad guy was called) walked in and reached out to the Princess, who recoiled in horror. In my hack, instead of recoiling, the 'Princess' now does this:

    middlefinger.gif

    Quite proud of it, really.
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited January 2011
    Whoops, double post. Ignore, please!
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited January 2011
    Darth Marsden wrote: »
    Oop, looks like we may have lost Gary.

    This was from the intro of my PoP hack. In the original, Jaffar (or whatever the bad guy was called) walked in and reached out to the Princess, who recoiled in horror. In my hack, instead of recoiling, the 'Princess' now does this:

    middlefinger.gif

    Quite proud of it, really.
    Yeah, I've been sick for the past few days. I only turn on electronic equipment when it's absolutely needed, seeing as they have the potential of increasing any form of headaches I might have. I'll update later today with what I did make these past few days, but they are really short.

    EDIT:

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  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited January 2011
    Man, am I the only one who hasn't been ill this month? That does not bode well for next week!

    Feel better, G.
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited January 2011
    Thanks, I hope I'll feel better too. Right now I've got the <very fast walk, usually done during a race>s.
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited January 2011
    I also hope you feel better Gary, and I hope you don't get sick Darth Marsden. Being sick is no fun.

    Here's my latest animation. Just another short one.

    Edit: I was a bit behind because I made new animations for the days I was sick, so I made this quick little oddity to catch up. It was actually quite fun to figure out how to make all the letters of the alphabet with just one person. :)
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited January 2011
    Here's today's history lesson.

    bossplant.gif

    Incidentally, what do you guys use to animate your... well, animations? I use a free program called Gif Animator, but it's obviously rather basic.
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited January 2011
    Darth Marsden wrote: »
    Here's today's history lesson.

    bossplant.gif

    Incidentally, what do you guys use to animate your... well, animations? I use a free program called Gif Animator, but it's obviously rather basic.
    I usually use Windows Movie Maker and convert it to SWF with AVS Video Converter, but lately I've been using Easy GIF Animator. It has a 20 use limit, but it doesn't matter how many animations you make for each use. So, I've just been keeping it running every day. ;)
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited January 2011
    Eighteen.

    01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

    Flash. Obviously.
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited January 2011
    Here's my 18th animation.

    It seems that when I’m at a loss for ideas for a new animation, I keep coming back to the animation series I started in “Snow”. It’s just so much fun to figure out ways to harm the poor guy. ;)
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited January 2011
    swordinandout.gif

    I'll look into Easy GIF, thanks.

    ...wait, does my guy's shirt change colour? Wonder if it does that in game...
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited January 2011
    At first number nineteen was like...

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  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited January 2011
    I made some animated JAM logos:

    A simple animation

    An animation with a guy running on the logo

    And I combined them together. :)
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited January 2011
    See, I like that guy with the shades, but I also like that guy with the beard... but which is better? There's only one way to find out...

    FIIIIIIIIIIGHT!

    FIGHT.gif

    Not sure why their faces are white in one frame, it's not in the individual frame. I blame GIF Editor.
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited January 2011
    Here's my 20th Animation.

    I was looking up GIF animators since I'm running out of uses with Easy GIF Animator, and I found out Animation Shop 3.11 is freeware. I used to use that all the time and liked it a lot, but when my trial for Paint Shop Pro ran out I thought Animation Shop would have too. But apparently there were no limitations on Animation Shop. I definitely recommend that program, since it's the best GIF animator I have used so far. :)
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited January 2011
    I hope you appreciate this. It took me an hour to get all the individual frames just right so that they all linked together to make a smooth animation. AN HOUR. And even then GIF Animator screwed up the colours. But whatever, here it is.

    CombinedCharacters.gif

    META!

    EDIT: Wait, I have Paint Shop Pro 7. That comes with Animation Shop, doesn't it? Woo!
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited January 2011
    I like it, Darth Marsden. I like how Ten just casually looks at him when he runs by. :)

    Here's my 21st JAM animation: Trapeze.
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited January 2011
    ...and here's how it should have looked. Animation Shop is really good at this. Might play around with it some more.

    ProperRunning.gif

    And for an added bonus, here's That Guy With The Glasses(™) running really slowly. Really, really slowly.

    ProperSlow.gif

    Yeah, that's what took me an hour yesterday. Hmm.
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited January 2011
    Here's today's animation.

    I wanted to continue the "Am I crazy?" storyline in the Jenni comic. I didn't originally plan for this comic to be animated, or even to feature Humphrey the Bear, but when I thought of it, I thought it fit well. :)
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited January 2011
    Here's today's animation, which barely even counts as one at all, but I'm actually rather rushed for time today, and it's the best I could find. It was the header for my old website, which is now long dead. Hell, I hardly ever use my current site as anything other than a dumping ground for all the forum posts and Kotaku comments that I think are worth hanging on to.

    But anyway. Busy busy.
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited January 2011
    My internet was down for about 10 hours or so, but now that it's working here's my 23rd animation. I wanted to see if I could get Windows Movie Maker to do videos at 600x400 without black borders, so I made a quick compilation video of three of my JAM videos with a very random tune.
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited January 2011
    falling.gif

    Y'know... for you.
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited January 2011
    Today I made an animated banner of all of the universes I've created that I've posted here so far. :)

    Here it is.
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited January 2011
    fallsplat.gif

    Y'know, for... no, wait. This definitely isn't for you. It's for that chick you hate. Yeah, her. This is what she's driven us to. Oh yeah.
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited January 2011
    I'm out of ideas again, so it's time to bring back the "snow" man. :D

    Here it is
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited January 2011
    I may stop, but that doesn't mean I'm listening.

    bossstopandlisten.gif

    See?
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited January 2011
    Here's my 26th animation, which is a continuation of the 22nd animation.
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited January 2011
    Sorry guys, a very half-hearted one today. I'm really running out of steam.

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