Mastodawn

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Starting a thread with short animations I made through the years. 🎞️

Here's a logo intro for a client (2009). Mastodon’s Web UI doesn't show the pause at the end. 🙂

#animation #animated #GIF #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #sculpture #3DArt #3DModeling #3DArtist #illustration #illustrator #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #3D #3DRendering #CGI #Blender3D #B3D #blender #DigitalArt #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨Nov 6

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Rocket McDonald (2019) 🤡🚀

#animation #animated #GIF #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #sculpture #3DArt #3DModeling #3DArtist #illustration #illustrator #fun #cute #cartoon #picture #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #3D #3DRendering #CGI #Blender3D #B3D #blender #DigitalArt #ArtLovers #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨Nov 7

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A little experiment, animating the arm in a photo of movie maestro David Lynch by hand-painting a Z-depth map for 3D displacement in Blender (2019).

These days this is probably a piece of cake using "AI", but I like to create, not to command.

#animation #animated #GIF #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #photo #3DArt #3DArtist #films #movies #digital #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #3D #CGI #Blender3D #B3D #DigitalArt #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #DavidLynch #film

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Metin Seven 🎨Nov 7

🧵 4/x

Logo design and animation I made for @jan's Blender Secrets (2020).

As GIFs can only have 256 colors, there's some visible dithering here.

#intro #3DAnimation #animation #animated #GIF #LogoDesign #logo #vector #box #design #artwork #sculpture #3DArt #3DModeling #3DArtist #illustration #illustrator #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #3D #3DRendering #CGI #Blender3D #B3D #blender #DigitalArt #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨Nov 8

🧵 Animation thread, 5/x

Animated infographic test in an isometric style (2018).

#animation #animated #GIF #isometric #3DArt #graphic #design #artwork #2D #3D #vector #cartoon #illustration #illustrator #cute #picture #DigitalArt #digital #experimental #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #minimalism #ArtLovers #FineArt #painting #drawing #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨Nov 9

🧵 Animation thread, 6/x

Snippet from a series of game-themed voxel-style animations for the Italian Marni fashion brand, announcing a series of woven bags (2019).

#animation #animated #GIF #VoxelArt #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #sculpture #3DArt #3DModeling #3DArtist #illustration #illustrator #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #3D #3DRendering #CGI #Blender3D #B3D #blender #DigitalArt #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨Nov 10

🧵 Animation thread, 7/x

Sine hall (2017). An experiment in fluid movement of a solid structure.

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Metin Seven 🎨Nov 10

🧵 Animation thread, 8/x

A 2017 tribute to the Commodore Amiga's iconic early Bouncing Ball demo.

#commodore #amiga #demo #animation #animated #GIF #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #3DArt #3DArtist #illustration #illustrator #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #3D #3DRendering #CGI #Blender3D #B3D #blender #DigitalArt #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨Nov 11

🧵 Animation thread, 9/x

Gears (2013). A little experiment in using an isometric perspective to play with distances.

#gears #animation #animated #GIF #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #3DArt #3DArtist #illustration #illustrator #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #3D #3DRendering #CGI #Blender3D #B3D #blender #DigitalArt #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨Nov 11

🧵 Animation thread, 10/x

Duo flight (2013).

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Metin Seven 🎨Nov 12

🧵 Animation thread, 11/x

Childhood game nostalgia (2017).

#animation #animated #GIF #TeamHoi #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #8bit #computers #computing #1980s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨Nov 13

🧵 Animation thread, 12/x

They come out at night (2017).

#animals #night #tree #animation #animated #GIF #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #3DArt #3DArtist #illustration #illustrator #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #3D #3DRendering #CGI #Blender3D #B3D #blender #DigitalArt #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨Nov 13

🧵 Animation thread, 13/x

Off to work we go (2016).

#VoxelArt #business #walk #walking #animation #animated #GIF #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #3DArt #3DArtist #illustration #illustrator #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #3D #3DRendering #CGI #Blender3D #B3D #blender #DigitalArt #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨Nov 14

🧵 Animation thread, 14/x

Night type (2017).

#computing #computer #night #animation #animated #GIF #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #3DArt #3DArtist #illustration #illustrator #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #3D #3DRendering #CGI #Blender3D #B3D #blender #DigitalArt #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨Nov 15

🧵 Animation thread, 15/x

Gaming memories (2016).

#VoxelArt #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #8bit #commodore #computers #computing #1980s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨Nov 16

🧵 Animation thread, 16/x

Traffic anxiety (2017).

#traffic #cars #street #streets #animation #animated #GIF #CharacterDesign #graphic #design #artwork #2D #vector #cartoon #illustration #illustrator #picture #DigitalArt #digital #experimental #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #minimalism #ArtLovers #FineArt #painting #drawing #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨Nov 17

🧵 Animation thread, 17/x

The moon is riding along (2017).

#moon #night #traffic #car #cars #street #animation #animated #GIF #CharacterDesign #graphic #design #artwork #2D #vector #cartoon #illustration #illustrator #picture #DigitalArt #digital #experimental #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #minimalism #ArtLovers #FineArt #painting #drawing #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨Nov 17

🧵 Animation thread, 18/x

Machine Learning (2017).

Disclaimer: I made this years before "AI" became widespread and annoying, otherwise it would contain sarcasm. 😏

#MachineLearning #ML #computer #computers #animation #animated #GIF #CharacterDesign #graphic #design #artwork #2D #vector #cartoon #illustration #illustrator #picture #DigitalArt #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #minimalism #drawing #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨Nov 18

🧵 Animation thread, 19/x

Growth (2017).

#plant #flora #growth #animation #animated #GIF #CharacterDesign #graphic #design #artwork #2D #vector #cartoon #illustration #illustrator #picture #DigitalArt #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #minimalism #drawing #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨

🧵 Animation thread, 20/x

Blah blah (2017).

#TV #television #media #news #animation #animated #GIF #CharacterDesign #graphic #design #artwork #2D #vector #cartoon #illustration #illustrator #picture #DigitalArt #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #minimalism #drawing #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨6d ago

🧵 Animation thread, 21/x

Procedural animation test of 3 characters for an interactive TV series I worked on in 2000 and 2001.

The characters reflected digital subjects. They were named Bug, Emil (📧) and MP3. 🙂

Kids could influence the story development via internet, which was novel at the time. The production won an EMMA award in Cannes, and was covered in Time magazine.

#TV #television #animation #GIF #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #art #artist #arts #3D #DigitalArt #MastoArt #FediArt

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Metin Seven 🎨5d ago

🧵 Animation thread, 22/x

Another procedural animation test of a character from the Tattletoons TV series (2000-2001). See previous post in this thread for more info.

The movement of the legs was driven by the position of the body. I was experimenting a lot with animation automation at the time.

#TV #television #animation #GIF #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #3DArt #cartoon #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #3D #DigitalArt #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots

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Metin Seven 🎨5d ago

🧵 Animation thread, 23/x

Mtv logo walk cycle test for an animated advertisement in a CD-ROM magazine I worked on in 1999.

#MTV #logo #TV #music #retro #television #CDROM #magazine #media #animation #animated #GIF #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #3DArt #3DModeling #3DArtist #illustration #illustrator #fun #cute #cartoon #picture #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #3D #3DRendering #CGI #DigitalArt #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨4d ago

🧵 Animation thread, 24/x

A short animation cycle, made for a Dutch CD-ROM game called Snail Race (1998).

I used a 3ds Max plug-in called Clay Studio Pro to model the snails. It was one of the earliest SDF tools, back then still called Metaballs.

#animation #animated #GIF #animal #animals #GameDev #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #3DArt #3DArtist #fun #cute #cartoon #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #3D #DigitalArt #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots

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Metin Seven 🎨3d ago

🧵 Animation thread, 25/x

Animation test of Miss JPeggy, an image viewer window character from the computer-themed Tattletoons TV series I worked on in 2000-2001.

https://graphics.social/@metin/115581493115544261

and

https://graphics.social/@metin/115583526663410821

#TV #television #animation #GIF #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #sculpture #3DArt #3DModeling #3DArtist #fun #cartoon #digital #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #3D #3DRendering #DigitalArt #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Metin Seven 🎨3d ago

🧵 Animation thread, 26/x

A scene from the 1992 Hoi Amiga game, level 2. I co-designed the game and made all graphics.

Downloads and info in the Team Hoi section of https://linksta.cc/@seven

#TeamHoi #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #VintageComputing #retro #history #16bit #commodore #amiga #animation #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots

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Metin Seven 🎨2d ago

🧵 Animation thread, 27/x

Scene from the 1997 Moon Child Windows game, demo level. I co-designed the game and made all graphics.

Play Moon Child online here (increase page zoom to enlarge game frame):

https://proofofconcept.nl/portfolio/moonchild

#TeamHoi #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #retro #history #16bit #windows #PC #animation #digital #DigitalArt #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots

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Metin Seven 🎨2d ago

🧵 Animation thread, 28/x

Scene from the 1997 Moon Child Windows game, world 2. I co-designed the game and made all graphics.

Play Moon Child online here (increase page zoom to enlarge game frame):

https://proofofconcept.nl/portfolio/moonchild

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Metin Seven 🎨1d ago

🧵 Animation thread, 29/x

Scene from the 1997 Moon Child Windows game, world 3. I co-designed the game and made all graphics.

Play Moon Child online here (increase page zoom to enlarge game frame):

https://proofofconcept.nl/portfolio/moonchild

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Metin Seven 🎨7h ago

🧵 Animation thread, 30/x

Effect patterns for our 1997 Moon Child game's abstract finale. I pixeled these in DPaint on an Amiga, using color-cycling for the motion effects.

Play Moon Child online here (increase page zoom to enlarge game frame):

https://proofofconcept.nl/portfolio/moonchild

#TeamHoi #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #retro #windows #animation #digital #DigitalArt #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots

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Chris Hayes 1d ago

@metin
"Are ya winning, son?"
Me: I think I'm about to discover the answer to everything.

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Metin Seven 🎨1d ago

@chris Hahaha! Yeah, Moon Child world 4 was a tribute to our psychedelic, “epileptic” final level of Hoi (Amiga, 1992). 😁

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Stefan Ihringer 3d ago

@metin This is cute! The walk cycle with the rolling eyes is more elaborate than I would have thought from that era. But what's the guy doing with the wrench it picked up when it doesn't have any arms? ;-)

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Metin Seven 🎨3d ago

@compfu Thanks! Hahaha, yeah, we (the dev team) made so many jokes about the things you can't do without arms. 😆

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Cam 3d ago

@metin I got Hoi on an Amiga demo disk (Possibly Amiga Format) and loved it. Unfortunately, my pocket money at 7 years old was too limited for me to get the full game 😅

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Metin Seven 🎨3d ago

@bitflipped Cool to read that you remember that. A Hoi demo was indeed included on one or more magazines. 🙂

The full game was pretty expensive, and we never got paid by the publisher, so it's good you didn't buy it, even if you would've had the cash. 😉

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Luke Miller 4d ago

@metin Pretty good! You can't fake this aesthetic today... I see people try but they can't help but add filters or "improve" on it

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Metin Seven 🎨4d ago

@upmultimedia Thanks! Yeah, back then there was no global illumination yet, so shadow areas were often simply black. 🙂 You could fake bounced light with strategically placed lights, but often the deadline didn't allow for such refinements, because of the extra work and rendering time.

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Jim Postier 5d ago

@metin This is impressive yet today Metin!

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Metin Seven 🎨5d ago

@JimPostier Thanks a lot Jim! I made the Mtv walk using modifiers in 3ds Max: Bend and Twist.

I don't know why I still remember such details from decades ago, but can never find my keys. 😅

Enjoy your weekend!

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Flaki 5d ago

@metin this needs a "does the MTV logo wear pants like *this*, orrr..." meme :D

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Mark B Tomlinson 6d ago

@metin Great animation, all of them move so nicely.

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Metin Seven 🎨6d ago

@mbt3d Thanks Mark! I challenged myself to use only procedural animation in everything you see here. Lots of sine and cosine waves driven by changing positions.

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Mark B Tomlinson 6d ago

@metin Works well!

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Mark B Tomlinson Nov 19

@metin Very clever 😂