For Small Job, the title would have been, but that's apparently too long. I already posted this on IndieGamer so apologies if you read it there, but not everyone frequents multiple forums, I guess.
I need an animator with Character Studio for 3dsMax to create a few very small animations for me. You will need Character Studio because I'll be supplying initial poses for each animation in BIP format and I will need the completed animations back in BIP format too. I'm working in 3dsMax 9, though I don't know if BIP I export will work in previous versions of Character Studio, as supplied with Max7 or 8. Probably they will. I'm using BIP format because it's completely independent of the figure, so you don't have to deal with the character and I can apply the completed animations to any character I want.
I require ten animations in total. The character has been animated holding five different weapons. The type of weapon beind held is fairly obvious from the position of the hands, but I've called them pistol, SMG, shotgun, heavy weapon and rocket launcher. I need two animations for each weapon, one standing and one crouched.
For each animation, I will supply a reference pose ( BIP format ) which MUST be the start and end frame of the animation. The animation should run as follows. From the start pose, the character should ready themselves to fire the weapon. Then the character should fire the weapon and return to the weapon-readied position ( so that the firing animation can be looped to let the character fire multiple times without unreadying and readying the weapon each time ) and finally the character should return from the weapon-readied position to the reference pose I supply.
I'll leave it to to judgement of the artist how many frames this will require. I'm not proficient enough with Character Studio and Max animation in general to know if it's possible to save yourself time with some animations by reusing poses or partial poses from one of the animations I require in order to save time on another. If that works for you, it's fine with me. I also assume that going from weapon-readied back to reference pose will be the inverse of going from reference pose to weapon-readied so if you want to save time by reversing those or reversing and tweaking, that's fine too. My only stipulation is that the first and last frames of each animation must be the one I supply so that it can be easily blended with existing animations.
The style of the animations needs to match what I already have, so it needs to be realistic. Cartoon-style animation wouldn't work for me.
I've had a go at doing these myself so I know it's a pretty short job, but I hope that won't put anyone off. I initially thought to do them myself because an animator might not be interested in a small job, but I wasn't particularly happy with my efforts, so I thought I would see if I can find someone prepared to do a professional job for me. I can honestly say that there are more animations I would like to do and if these animations are good quality and a good price, it's very likely I will come back to you for more animations later. For now, I'd just like to get the absolutely essential animations out of the way, particularly since this game is unfunded ( IE: this is coming out of my beer money :P )
I'd like a quote for the work, so if you generally quote by time taken then quote for the maximum amount of time this work will take. If you need more information for a definite quote, or if you need to examine the reference poses first, then just get in touch and I'll provide it. If you're not prepared to quote a definite price at all, then I'm sorry but I'll have to pass. Since this is coming out of my own wallet ( the project is completely unconnected with Glimmer Games ) then I have to know exactly what it's going to cost.
Payment would ideally be by PayPal. If you need an alternative payment method then please mention that when quoting.
You can email me with quotes, questions or requests for information
sybixsus@...
I need an animator with Character Studio for 3dsMax to create a few very small animations for me. You will need Character Studio because I'll be supplying initial poses for each animation in BIP format and I will need the completed animations back in BIP format too. I'm working in 3dsMax 9, though I don't know if BIP I export will work in previous versions of Character Studio, as supplied with Max7 or 8. Probably they will. I'm using BIP format because it's completely independent of the figure, so you don't have to deal with the character and I can apply the completed animations to any character I want.
I require ten animations in total. The character has been animated holding five different weapons. The type of weapon beind held is fairly obvious from the position of the hands, but I've called them pistol, SMG, shotgun, heavy weapon and rocket launcher. I need two animations for each weapon, one standing and one crouched.
For each animation, I will supply a reference pose ( BIP format ) which MUST be the start and end frame of the animation. The animation should run as follows. From the start pose, the character should ready themselves to fire the weapon. Then the character should fire the weapon and return to the weapon-readied position ( so that the firing animation can be looped to let the character fire multiple times without unreadying and readying the weapon each time ) and finally the character should return from the weapon-readied position to the reference pose I supply.
I'll leave it to to judgement of the artist how many frames this will require. I'm not proficient enough with Character Studio and Max animation in general to know if it's possible to save yourself time with some animations by reusing poses or partial poses from one of the animations I require in order to save time on another. If that works for you, it's fine with me. I also assume that going from weapon-readied back to reference pose will be the inverse of going from reference pose to weapon-readied so if you want to save time by reversing those or reversing and tweaking, that's fine too. My only stipulation is that the first and last frames of each animation must be the one I supply so that it can be easily blended with existing animations.
The style of the animations needs to match what I already have, so it needs to be realistic. Cartoon-style animation wouldn't work for me.
I've had a go at doing these myself so I know it's a pretty short job, but I hope that won't put anyone off. I initially thought to do them myself because an animator might not be interested in a small job, but I wasn't particularly happy with my efforts, so I thought I would see if I can find someone prepared to do a professional job for me. I can honestly say that there are more animations I would like to do and if these animations are good quality and a good price, it's very likely I will come back to you for more animations later. For now, I'd just like to get the absolutely essential animations out of the way, particularly since this game is unfunded ( IE: this is coming out of my beer money :P )
I'd like a quote for the work, so if you generally quote by time taken then quote for the maximum amount of time this work will take. If you need more information for a definite quote, or if you need to examine the reference poses first, then just get in touch and I'll provide it. If you're not prepared to quote a definite price at all, then I'm sorry but I'll have to pass. Since this is coming out of my own wallet ( the project is completely unconnected with Glimmer Games ) then I have to know exactly what it's going to cost.
Payment would ideally be by PayPal. If you need an alternative payment method then please mention that when quoting.
You can email me with quotes, questions or requests for information
sybixsus@...