The most hotly anticipated motion comic of the season continues today! The ASTONISHING X-MEN Motion Comic Episode 2 is now available on iTunes!
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Writer: Joss Whedon
Artist: John Cassaday
The Story:
Joss Whedon and John Cassaday’s Eisner award-winning take on Marvel’s Mightiest Mutants comes to life with the help of comics legend Neal Adams in the ASTONISHING X-MEN motion comic, adapting the acclaimed “Gifted” storyline!
In this second episode, the X-Men confront a deadly new enemy when they face the alien Ord! But will going up against this new foe be as dangerous as…meeting the press? Plus: Kitty Pryde confronts Emma Frost, the X-Men get a surprise assist from an old friend and the supposed mutant cure divides the team as one member makes a shocking move! Marvel Motion comics: watch and hear your favorite comics, authors and artists come alive. You've never seen Marvel move like this.
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I think a bit more attention to keyframe interpolation is due. The character movements stop cold at keyframes, instead of easing (and out) of them, so it looks mechanical instead of organic. This is a fairly consistent problem in this series, and fixing it will go a long way towards helping the viewer not "see" the animation, but instead just see the story.In AE it can be tricky (every ...
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I think a bit more attention to keyframe interpolation is due. The character movements stop cold at keyframes, instead of easing (and out) of them, so it looks mechanical instead of organic. This is a fairly consistent problem in this series, and fixing it will go a long way towards helping the viewer not "see" the animation, but instead just see the story.In AE it can be tricky (every software package does it differently), but it is doable, and it can be done after the moves have been established, but it will also help feel the character moves if it it is done as the keyframes are created.Good luck with the series!
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