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[Goosfraba]

[Adridos]

Scoots, on 19 June 2014 - 11:11 AM, said:

Newest piece.
Adept V-epsilon Whirly Breeze, Word of Luna

[Coralld]

I found this pic very ammusing because my brother and I have similer work schedual.

[Adridos]

Another possibly great video game to keep track of, yay!



We seriously need more pony mech/a artists... aside from a thing or two once a few moons, Foxi's art (which is also on hold as he's working on a non-pony mech project of his) and the work of our fellows from ERG and ELP, we hardly get any pony mech goodness at all.

Edited by Adridos, 25 June 2014 - 10:07 AM.

[Egomane]

The meme thread got ahead of us in the page count? How could we let that happen?

Time to strike back

[wanderer]

Giant robots! Ponies! Guns! Spoiler Warning for new Transformers: Age of Extinction movie!

Spoiler

[Adridos]

Care for a walk?

[CandidAstrius]

I've done a thing I'm really proud of...

They took her voice.

[Adridos]

Thanks, now I feel bad for doing nothing productive for the past week...

Really nice picture, Candid.

[juxstapo]

uh hoofbump?

[wanderer]

A classic.

[Adridos]

... do I even need to comment this one?

[Alaskan Nobody]

Adridos, on 11 July 2014 - 08:57 AM, said:

... do I even need to comment this one?

Yes?

[Adridos]

Shar Wolf, on 11 July 2014 - 09:43 AM, said:

Yes?

What if the answer is no.... or maybe it is yes? I'm confused.



Expressive 3D models, FTW.

Edited by Adridos, 11 July 2014 - 11:14 PM.

[wanderer]

Yeah, that's gonna keep marching along, given how well the 3D models are taking off for fanwork. You've got adequate show-assets out there, and that means modelers have plenty of ammo to tinker with and put on stuff like Fluttershy above.

[Adridos]

Pulling off great 3D animation takes a lot of time, effort and experience, though.

Even the model above isn't perfect (it's still missing wings and it would need modifications to actually show more emotions, nor could it talk) and it's already a next bunch after the author deleted the original attempts, because they simply weren't good enough. It is practically the hardest possible thing to get right, as 2D animation itself is a pretty rare trade, now 3D animation is a bit easier, depending on the level, but when you have to perfectly emulate 2D animation, it ranks up in difficulty by a few notches.

This is, simply put, similar kind of effort animators put into 3D blockbusters of today and get salaries that dwarf most professions imaginable, while having full team of people behind them and all the time in the world.

Fan animation will never have this kind of quality as standard, although it's always nice to see someone go above and beyond the call of duty on such effort. Being pre-rendered, though, even 10 minutes of footage maintaining the same level of detail with more actors would take months to render on the hardware fandom has access to...



... screw it, we'll find a way.

[Alaskan Nobody]

Adridos, on 11 July 2014 - 08:15 PM, said:

What if the answer is no.... or maybe it is yes? I'm confused.

I am still curious about whether or not you actually had a comment for that one, or if you were just saying that to fill space.

[Coralld]

Shar Wolf, on 12 July 2014 - 11:04 AM, said:

I am still curious about whether or not you actually had a comment for that one, or if you were just saying that to fill space.

I too am curious.

[Adridos]

Truth to say, I don't know, either...



Will y'all forgive me if I bring some good stuff? One very fabulous pony was missing a fabulous machine to go with her for a bit too long now. Today seems to be the day Foxi corrected that, 'ehm... crime against GSPR.



Also, that one looongish animation of all the S1-4 episodes with stickponies has had a slight upgrade and is now a perfect tool to test your knowledge skills about FIM (or just, you know, click through a few times ).



MegaMare X has also seen some movement on its front. It could be a pretty fun game once it comes out.





Oh, and for the fans of Derpy, another fan-episode has came out today.

Edited by Adridos, 13 July 2014 - 02:14 AM.

[Stahlseele]

@Adridos
JanAnimations ist sehr wohl auf derselben Augenhöhe wie die offizielle MLP Animation.
As well as the Children of the Night Pony Music Video.

and then, though not pony, there is this:


it goes up to UHD, sadly i don't have one of these screens as of yet <.<