HellBoy

I decided to put in some effort this time, and color this animation. As I started to work on torch fire I recalled a scene from HellBoy, that he had this ball of fire if his horns are whole, so I thought it would be cool.

I am not that great with coloring but, I guess its good enough for this piece.

Here is the pencil test, without the cigar smoke, for whoever is interested in the making. 

I personally always like the pencil tests better, 

I guess that the raw feeling of the animation, is a bit more exciting.

Torch Fire

Two different styles for a small fire.

 Here is a better version, concerning the way flames die. 

As flames detach from the main body of fire, they should die fast. 

A version with color treatment.

water tension

This post is all about how water works in terms of energy, molecules, and physics.

Starting with simple water ripples.

And then with a small droplet splash, in pencil test.

And a different version, with color treatment.

I have to give credit to my mentor, Adam Philips, who is an incredible effects animator.

Dust Treatment

Two possible treatments for dust. dispersed dust and dissipated dust.

Disperse is a more realistic method to create dust, when a dust cloud expands and break up until it is no longer visible using morphing, blur and fade. 

As opposed to disperse, dissipate is a more classic, cartoonist method, which was used a lot in the traditional creation of dust, that is, when a dust cloud break and breaks quickly into nothing. it is a relatively exhausting way to get there, but usually, done right, looks better.

Caveman

This is a short that I, Roy Avni and Eran Mendel created for Neko Productions.