Contest The Great Triathlon Challenge #3: Build a World!

Goldy Modlies... the time link is for 2011 You guys must be exhausted with everything you are organizing for these events and we LOVE you for it!!

 

Thank goodness for a whole 7 days to build a world....if you believe certain tales it's been done before

Irreverence and kidding aside, I'm seriously thrilled it wasn't due the 25th as I'd feared!! We got this!!
It IS going to be a fun challenge!

 

8D We're on the same page as everyone else for sleep deprivation! XDDDD I've fixed the clock link, thanks whitewings!

 

...well, I'm out. No idea how I'd even begin to do this.

 

^u^ Where there's a will, there's a way! If you have any technical questions that the staff might be able to help out with, please post here or drop us a line in Ask the Mods. You've come so far, just try!

 

Dear me this is going to be difficult. I just had to make my prop what it is -_-

May we only use the one doll or may we incorporate another interacting with them?

 

Give the gif maker links a read at least before you decide, maybe?
It isn't as hard as it sounds to dip your toe in and learn to do this on a basic hobby level...jus' sayin'.

 

Oh my poor brain is sizzled out but I do love this idea. I look forward to brain storming for this thing when I have enough braincells awake to rub together.

 

You're not alone.
I read all the instructions...I've never done anything like this before...time to do some quick learning...

We CAN do this!

 

That's the spirit!!! XD See what I mean by fun?! XDDD Hahaha I've spent a bit of time in animation, so that's why this is my favorite trial~

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! YOU'RE ALMOST AT THE FINISH LINE!

 

As long as it's edited out of the final product, can we use wire or fishing line as a support?

 

"...you may add special effects, but all of these elements must be incorporated directly into your scene using only your white paper and black marker."

Does this mean gif maker/program special effects? I'm a little hazy on it since it says 'using only the paper/marker' but then yes to 'special effects'. Could you please clarify this part a little more about what's allowed/not regarding FX? Examples of allowed/not allowed effects maybe?

Thank you!

 

I think special effects means like...if you want to animate sparkles or explosions or the doll suddenly growing wings or something you can do that, but it's gotta be animated using the marker and paper?

 

I....I.....*dies* Congrats mods, this is a very, very, very excellent challenge. I think I will end up using all 24 frames too with the idea I have. GUH. I so can't wait for this, but it is going to be hellish to get done!

 

Well me and my partner is fighting over this hehehe,,,,, what I understand is.. we need yo create a setting in 3D... like making furnitures out of paper with a little help from supports like cardboard and wires .... what my partner understood...is everything will be 2D .. simply drawing on the background with some sketching and drawings from the marker ..no props out of the white paper



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Oh good lord... x_x'

So does this mean that we can also build set pieces as long as it's white paper and black marker? Or can we only make background items if they'll be used? At first I was excited for my prop... now I am kicking myself royally. lol

Edit: Oops posted after the question was just asked. Like a royal derp. New question however! If we, maybe by small chance, perhaps "lost" the foot coverings from challenge one because they're ugly as sin and magically jumped into the trash... Will the rest of the outfit do? I maybe, might have, thrown away the foot covers because... I cannot find them. (I hate my outfit with a burning passion.)

 

Oh my gosh this sounds like SO MUCH FUN!!! Seriously regretting not being able to wedge in doing the triathlon this year.

 

Yep, it does, no post production splodeys, sparkles or glow trails...it's an inky paper world! I'm curious about the 2D/3D question as well, though...I'm glad I wasn't the only one wondering.
*edit* answered!

 

XDDDD I would like that, because I desperately wanted to play in this 8^8..

 

Ooooh, that sounds like a lovely idea. ^_^

 

Well good news is, I found the lost bits of outfit while removing all the trash from the last challenge off of my table. (I'm a messy worker. D: ) And knowing I can make as much or as little as I want... Well I'm off to Wal-Mart! I don't work until 2 tomorrow right and who really needs sleep???

 

XD Well, at least the staff will have good company while sorting entries ~

 

I'm stoked to see what everyone made and jealous that you guys already get to see! Gah so many fun ideas for this contest though! I think I'm more excited for this one now than I was the last one since I realize my prop could be epically fun in the long run.

 

Great googly-moogly! Time to bust out the sketchbook and get planning.... I've got a basic idea, but this is going to take some developmental planning for sure.

Hang tough everyone - we can do this!

 

That would be fantastic. I've had a really busy month so I knew I wouldn't be able to do the triathlon, but the challenges have been wonderfully creative and I'd love to play later in the year. (Plus, seeing even more interpretations from other people would be great)

 

AaAAaAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!
Just sayin'.

 

I cannot WAIT to see the entries for this. O__O This is going to be magnificent! Awesome idea mods!

 

While I was crafting my item, I was sorta thinking that this would be the last challenge, so I was actually thinking up a story while finishing up. Now to get starting on the actual world. Good luck!

 

So. Uhm. For those of us new to the GIF world, does anybody have a good site that collects examples of the form? I mean *good* examples. Like, not people sticking their tongues out and such, but people actually trying to tell stories this way? I've wasted the better part of my morning searching, and so far, everything is pretty bad.

 

Thank you for the encouragement, folks, but nothing that requires me to draw has any chance.

It's a brilliant idea though, and I'm sure cool things will be done with it. =)

 

I know what you mean--
I had this thought during the second leg: how each of these challenges was tailor-made to be a favorite of mine, and I KNEW that the third was going to be the one thing I can't do: draw.

But I've always wanted to draw, and am making all of my dolls to do storytelling just like this (sans markers), so I'm not giving up. Bad drawers of the world, unite! Do not concede the field!

(I may talk big, but really, I feel queasy inside. Why oh why drawing?)

 

X_X damnnn this is gonna be so hard...... but still 8D a fun challange~~

I have a question can we use those rolls of paper i think there called butchers block paper uhh the ones that attach to kids art boards if there white only?

 

I would think there are things you can do with this that aren't heavily drawing-based? Like if you build objects out of paper, which isn't such a different activity from challenge 2, or there are probably some interesting things a person could do with the animation just with written text on their paper. Or like...think of how you can combine lots of basic geometric shapes to make more complicated objects; you could cut out a lot of simple shapes and do some cool slightly-abstracted flat stop-motion with those.

 

Oh I have lots of non-drawing ideas....they just take a lot more work/time than drawing.

Question: Is paper mache still allowed? White paper plus glue?

 

well...yeah... I looked at the description again, and it doesn't say we have to make a backdrop, which I had assumed. So maybe there might be a way, even for those of us who can't draw so much as a circle *waves to her fellow art-challenged types*.

 

^^ please try. Think of it more as colouring if you wish. You could do this challenge entirely in pure solid black and whites there's definitely room for everyone in this challenge, and its all about applying yourself in strange or new ways!

 

Laelen,​ any verdict on the papier mache?

 

Do any of the frames have to show the doll full length? For example, can I do the whole thing only showing my doll with the prop from the waist up?

 

Im going to have to wait for St. James to weigh in on these ones, guys

 

Amazing challenge! I'm soooo excited for this one! I knew it would likely have something to do with making a backdrop, but the .gif element of making it a story is outstanding. And finally something I'm good at...drawing! I also love that we can "draw" our own special effects...omg this is going to be so fun!

I do have a question, though. In the rules it says You may tell a short story with text, you may add special effects, but all of these elements must be incorporated directly into your scene using only your white paper and black marker.

So does this mean if we want text in our story, we have to hand-write it with a marker on white paper and have it be part of the photograph we take? Thanks!

One more question! Can there be any sound in our animation? Either sound effects or music?

And one last question! (Promise!) Is there a limit to the delay between the images? Or can it be as long as we want to convey the story properly?

Thank you so much...I'm really excited about this contest!

Now to learn now to make a .gif...I'm hoping it's basically like making a stop-motion animation.

 

When you say "black marker" I picture a big chunky thing. Can we use a fine line marker or combination of markers with different widths?

 

Wow, I have no idea if I can even do this. If I do bow out it will be amazing to see what people do!

 

If we use white foam core, will we need to cover that with paper, or can we work directly onto the surface of it, since it's already white?

 

I need to brainstorm. I can give this project my full attention the rest of today and tomorrow but then it's school again, and I refuse to drop out of the competition!

 

Would it be OK to take the photos in color but then convert them to black & white? so it would look like an old movie?

 

Can my doll be wearing store bought shoes for this?

 

What about a manipulation of light sources and silhouettes. Also black cut outs? (or just white paper colored black?)

 

St. James replied earlier "...this is more about manipulating your images to create the illusion of a dimensional world than it is about actual construction like Challenge #2."

Am I understanding correctly, the purpose of the foam core is to help stage the dolls and props and is not to be used to create new props?

Instead of paper, can the foam core be used instead to create decorations for the background or is the foam too three dimensional?

Thank you for the guidance. (Sorry for my dunderhead questions.)

P.S. St. James: Thanks for the Vimeo.com link, it offers lots of food for thought!

 

I was playing with making a simple gif with both programs that were linked and was having trouble making a 450 X 450 pixel square gif. It seems to want to make a rectangle, which of course either loses me space or crops my images. This occurred even when I started with sized 450 X 450 images.