Chris Georgenes

Animator - Adobe Community Expert - Author - Photographer - Drummer - Husband - Father - Expert Napper

[Chris Georgenes @keyframer]

"Book!" has started to garner laurels from various film festivals and we couldn't be any more grateful! Looking forward to what's in store for little "Pio" but for now, we hope you enjoy this animated short.
The voice over was performed by my daughter at age 6 back in 2009. The files were kept on a hard drive that spent the next 13 years in a desk drawer. In 2022 I accidentally found them during an unrelated file search and promised myself to finish what I had started.
With the help of @munkduane (musical score) and @MarisaTorresArt (background art) I was able to complete the animation on March 25, 2024.

The moral to this story; go search your old hard drives! You never know what you'll find!

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WIP
Character design and rigging - plenty still left to do. More "smart bones" to control facial features and body movements. @MohoAnimation is pretty amazing software that allows you to be as simple or as complicated as you want to be. Everything is vector - even that soft raster-looking blue cloud behind "Nurse Jenn".

#animation #2d #vector #bones #rigging #motion

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@DeeSadler I use InDesign and Photoshop & Premiere Pro more than anything these days since moving on to a non-Adobe animation application. Love InDesign but only use it when there's a book in production.

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First time I've ever noticed Flash/Animate not being included in the initial list of Adobe applications. Animate is now exiled to the "Other" manual-entry text field.

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@modernhistory Everyone's trolling you. It's called When Harry Met Sally

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@Adobe In the very least Adobe could have used Express to add some pop to these error messages

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Had to launch @Adobe Animate (Flash) for the first time in weeks just now. Imported a PNG file, right-clicked over it and SCREECH-CRUNCH-CRASH-POOF it was gone. Oh how the mighty have fallen. Even the "Send issue" returned an error.
That 3rd option "Ignore" couldn't say it any better. RIP Flash. Thanks for good ole days.

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@Adobe You're welcome

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@DeeSadler @Lauriesteinart Thanks Dee! Hope all is well with you!

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Inspired by @Lauriesteinart this week to compare Ai to "Hi" (Human Intelligence). On the left is my Ai prompt "Side view of a cartoon baby chicken that is yellow and drawn in a vector flat style and walking with a cute bounce"

On the right is my hand drawn animated character "Pio" from a prompt inside the right hemisphere of my brain.

Full disclaimer: I'm not against Ai but there's a time and place for it and I hope, for humanity and all things art, we don't let it replace Human Intelligence.

#ai #hi #humanintelligence #artificialintelligence #chicken #prompt #walk

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@TrumpDailyPosts Well, that didn't take long...

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@RapidResponse47 Well, that didn't take long...

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@AdobeFireflyAI Video!

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@ASK_Animator @peterhreynolds @MohoAnimation You should! Moho totally allows you to create very unique art styles while maintaining vector quality. It's quite amazing. The rigging tools are amazing also. So many other features I haven't even tried yet.

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Moho Walk Cycle Time Lapse
https://t.co/5zaBlekm1D
Here's 4 hours of work reduced to 5 minutes!
Original Illustration by @peterhreynolds who graciously let me bring his characters to life using my favorite animation application; @MohoAnimation
All the brushes you see here are vector based. Moho provides the option to add a line boil effect as well as control the width of each vector point individually. There's also a Magnet tool that allows you to manipulate multiple vector points with the strokes of your stylus.
Best part of working with Moho vectors is, they are predictable and stable - unlike the previous competing software I have been using.
Moho's rigging system is also very powerful and stable. At no point during the process of this animation did Moho feel slow or sluggish. In fact, the application felt light and nimble the entire time!
Moho is fun!
#moho #vector #animation #character #rigging via @YouTube

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@VerdaRunner @peterhreynolds @MohoAnimation Yeah Josh! Moho has really become an amazing tool recently - loving everything about it!

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This is a painting by the wonderful @peterhreynolds who graciously allowed me to reproduce using the amazing vector brushes in Moho Animation Software before animating it using the @MohoAnimation bone tool system. Stay tuned for a time-lapse of the process!
#animation #vector #watercolor #painting #moho #drawing

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I come back here after a few months of taking a break and my inbox is FILLED with spam, porn and scams - not saying I'm that surprised but I've never had that happen back when it was Twitter

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Pio spotted entering a Cape Cod book store! Must still be looking for a book that frog hasn't read yet!

https://t.co/6aRL8cWJTU

[Moho Animation Software @MohoAnimation]

Did you know animating facial expressions could be this quick using Moho? No need for complex rigs, deformers or redrawings. Our talented friend @macagilart drew some expressions for us to demonstrate it!
#mohoanimation #moho #2danimation #2drigging

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Ton Boom Harmony, yes, I was testing it. That's another great program - but the learning curve is a bit steeper. The differentiator with @MohoAnimation is the amazing vector brushes that allow for artists to be very expressive. There's also something about Moho that is just way more fun then Harmony. Also, Harmony is VERY expensive and requires a monthly subscription. Moho is very affordable and it's a ONE TIME PURCHASE!

Also, there just might be a book deal announcement 😎

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Baby steps - getting more and more comfortable with the @MohoAnimation rigging system and I have to say, my only regret is not having adopted Moho sooner!

#moho #rigging #vector #animation #pig