Was finally able to get a test going for Medusa.  It's not a smooth animation.  It will take a while before I am able to learn how  to setup a loop animation for the snake hair, but it came out ok.  Either way, there is no way I would have been able to create it in any other CTA version.





                   

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Looks very  nice. I love your style
I wonder why we have not springbones in this version , for the secondary motion .
Especially for such Moption like Hair Tails Ribbon and so on   That would be easier than animate all from scratch


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Quick Dino Test.

He would need custom walk cycle and movements, However, I was able to use the bone template an assemble him correctly.



                   

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Here is a very simple prop test.





                   

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Nice!
You should use some bones for the tongues (and mouth?) to get them to move too.

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Very good!

Jeff



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Huge shout out to Janell for helping me work out what the heck I was doing wrong (and there was a lot) when I first started with CTA3. I love that you can take a simple static object and give it such life now. Also, being the fan I am of .png artwork, it now allows characters and moving props to have a level detail we haven't been able to achieve before.



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By the way, I totally agree with Vidi that spring bones would be a huge asset to CTA3. If you could add bouncing antenna to an alien character that wobbled about as he walked, that would really enhance the visual.

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The pencil motion  looks very cool 

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Nice pencil Garry!
What did you use for the the shadow?

Jeff




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