I was out taking some photos Saturday morning and came across a construction zone that had this sewer pipe and when I looked close I noticed this logo. It was just begging for an animated Piranha Plant 
Here’s the animation I made over the weekend and composited on Monday. How’s it look? C&C appreciated.
http://home.comcast.net/~jonathan.reynolds/tmp/PiranhaTest.wmv
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And a few shots from the video…
--Jon
That looks great man, the mattes catch the shadows nicely.
… yeah very cool..
:shock: wow nice work.
I think some Super Mario Bros sound would complete the animation
:shock: Nice, Jon. It will be even more disturbing if you put a biped next to the pipe and this creatures eats him - think about it! :lol:
hehe awesome… Feeeeeed Meeeeee!!!
yeah. some mario music would be lovely hehe. good composits
Hmm, maybe make it your avatar (animated ofcourse) and link a loop of the Mario theme to it, that would be super gosu :lol: 
Wow, very nice work Jon!
Will look great in your demoreel… (ah yes i wanted to write something about it… :roll:)
Very nice lighting and mat’ls. Fits very well.
Thanks all
I was going for a combination of realistic and cartoony looking. I was happy with the lighting which was an HDRI I took there. The materials are all reflective and the bulb has a slight displacement on it. For now, the background is a still that I’m just scaling up in coordination with the camera move.
I went through a few renditions of animation and this is the final test. My roommate and I went back on Sunday and shot some good resolution/ very noisy MPEGs with my Sony DSC-V3 still camera and I’ll try compositing into those as well. I’ll post it when I get around to doing it, may take a while since I’ll have to reanimate him.
Anyone know where I can a get a copy of the SMB soundtrack or even better just the sound efects??
SUPER GOSO Eric :!: I might just do that :lol: If you look close though there is an problem with the matte ground. I didn’t make it big enough and the shadows extend beyond when he swipes.
Whenever you can Sascha, I know your busy with your own 
I was thinking I may put this at the end if it comes out comical enough.
--Jon
LMAO I love it, great job :lol:
-dave
:lol: excellent !
Very cool !
Good idea !
Gael
Thanks
--Jon
Heheh thats pretty damn cool.
Well done 
Now all you need to do is have him duck back into the pipe and have a little mario character run along and jump into the pipe as well.
With mario sounds of course 8)
Here you go !
8)
I’ll play with them. My friend said he may have some orchestral versions. The midi sound effects would be really great too :!:
Not sure if I’ll use it in the video comp as it may give away the surprise but if I can edit it in when the plant pops up I will definitely.
--Jon
Jon, how did you do your HDRI map? You said you shot it on site, I would be interested in finding out how you did it.
Sure, it’s not the best but I’ll post some info on it when I get a chance. I’m in a rush to get a demo to a few people currently. If I forget remind me before the end of this week.
--Jon