All Creative Content Submitted Will Be Used In This Animation.
As some of you may or may not know I'm a freelance animator and video editor. I choose to freelance as it gives me the time and freedom to be creative and express myself in many different ways. I've recently created this account to share with the community some of my creative work and to support others in the creative community by upvoting and sharing their creative content.
I came up with the idea for a collaborative community animation a while back before I even signed up to Steemit. I never really took it any further as I didn't feel there was a platform this project would work on. But I recently came to the realization that Steemit would be the perfect platform to try this project out on. So here we are.
How It Will Work
I would like to involve as many Steemit users work as possible from all different creative and non-creative backgrounds so I intend to use every single piece of content submitted to this project. I purposely haven't used the words drawings or pictures as an animation needs more than just artwork. All creative content should be made specifically for this project. Below is a list of the kind creative content that can be submitted.
Artwork
Any medium: pencil, pen, paint, graffiti, digital, etc.
Photography
Photographs of landscapes, portraits, objects, etc.
Audio
Music, sfx, samples, etc.
Story
This is the glue that'll bring the whole animation together. As there can only be one story this will need to go to a vote. I thought the best way to do this would be to leave a comment below outlining your story idea and we'll let Steemit vote for the best one. It doesn't have to be a fully scripted story, just an outline of the story idea or theme will do. I'd like to keep the animation to under 2 minutes max so it's best to keep your story ideas simple. There will be no actual speaking in it.
EDIT: I've removed the story submission part of this project for now. As it is a new project I think it'll get complicated trying bind all the random images and audio together with a story.
The Technical Stuff
Images
Ideally what we'll need for this project are single object such as cars, trees, spaceships, whisks, street lamps, signs, buildings, planets, glasses, doors, microphones, food items, clouds, market stalls, animals, people, aliens, landscapes, etc. These can be of anything in any medium, styles or format you choose, the more random things the better. I put together animations in layers so each object or picture will be its own layer in the 3D environment. Images submitted should consist of one item or object on a white or transparent background in either .jpg or .png format and in as larger format and as higher quality as possible. Photos submitted should also be as big as possible to maintain quality.
Audio
Audio can be submitted in either mp3 or wav. you can either upload it to soundcloud and turn on the download function or upload it to https://instaud.io/, and post the link to it in either a post and link the post in he comments or directly in the comments below.
Summary
The content should be an original piece created by you.
The content should be created specifically for this project.
One submission per person of either a graphic, image, photo or audio clip.
Please include your Steemit name somewhere in your submission when naming it.
To have your content upvoted and included in this project please upvote and resteem this post to give it maximum visibility.
You can either post your submission directly in the comments below or create a separate post for your submission using animate-steemit in the title, and as one of your tags. Feel free to link your submission post below as well.
Each post submission will get resteemed and upvoted.
Submission period will close 7 days from the date of this post (08/25/2017).
This is a chance to showcase some of your great content and creative skills and will ultimately help to give your work even more exposure.
This is a brand new project idea so I'm really unsure about how it will be received. Depending on how many submissions it gets this week I shall either start putting the animation together in 7 days time or I'll put a second call out next week requesting further content.
Once the animation is complete I'll upload it and create a post which will include every persons name alongside their piece of content. I'll also include a breakdown of how I created it. The finished animation post will get a resteem from my main account @fortified which has 62 rep and nearly a 1000 followers.
I've rented 2500SP delegation for 2 weeks especially for this project so each comment or post submission received will get between 50 - 100% upvote from me depending on the amount of submissions I receive per day. This works out at between 0.18-0.36 $SBD per submission.
Previous animation posts
ANIMATE IT | New Custom Animated Steemit Gifs For Your Steemit Posts
H.U.D. TALKING EYE | An Animation Tutorial
Been talking about this with people and recommending they invest in upgraded branding from @animate!
Keep up the good work. I see lots of success for you!
That's very kind of you. Thank you for your support. I have a nice simple idea for your footer/sign off graphic actually if you are interested in upgrading also.
Yes I am very interested, I was wanting to make one my self because I just like to do everything my self hahaha but I haven't got around to it yet and I would like an upgrade.
aah yes i know exactly what you mean. No worries pal. :)
sure il take it ;-)>
Cool project. Sounds exciting and I am sure if your involved it will be awesome!
I am a little confused on the entry rules. So I can submit one of either a photo, story, audio or graphic? One of each or what exactly?
Thank you for your feedback.
It was a little confusing for me to figure out all the submission rules and how it will all work as this is a new project and is still being refined. But yes one submission of either an audio clip or a graphic, per person. I've also removed the story submissions as i feel it would get a little confusing for now.
I've updated the post to reflect all this.
Thanks
@animate
ok will re check the post.
SteemON!
This looks amazing, sent a bunch of attention towards this project. I hope it kicks off in a big way! <3
Thanks pal. Yes Id like that too. I thought it would be an interesting way of bringing the creative community together and sharing their work.
This sounds like an awesome idea. So many creative people on Steemit. I have a couple of questions. Can we submit a photo taken as just a single photo, or do we need more than one at different angles? Thanks and good luck.
Hey. Thanks for you interest.
Yep just one photo or picture for now. I'd like to try and keep it to one piece of creative work per person for the time being.
Looking forward to your submission.
Thanks
@animate
Ok thank you. I will get to work on it. Not sure what I am going to do just yet.
Excellent. Look forward to it.
Dont forget to include animate-steemit in you the title and as one of your tags in your submission post so I can easily find it.
Thanks
@animate
Ok will do. Thank you.
Awesome project! I can't wait for the final animation!
look forward to your submission
Keep up the good work and may you achieve all the success in life :)
Hmmmmm...this sounds right up my alley!! I can't wait to see what you do with all the content. Seems quite a magical feat that will bring great rewards. I'll see what I come up with. Thanks for the invite!
hey. no problem. It's a very new idea so I hope it'll work out ok. Thanks for your interest.
Look forward to your submission.
Thanks
@animate
I'm not really sure what to submit. I think a few example would be good. I took a few photos of objects with a white background, though I don't feel there is really all that much artistic expression about it. I could use something a little more concrete to know what it is you're looking for, or what the outcome might be so I know what direction to go.
Hey thanks for engaging with this project. Yes I see your point about objects on white backgrounds. I think this would be more suited to drawings as opposed to photography.
As for the kind of images/photos I'm looking for, it is really up to you. I'll animate anything that gets submitted. I don't really have a vision of the final outcome. I'd like the creative content that has been submitted to really dictate that.
As I've only had a few submissions so far I think this will be an ongoing project. So no need to rush. I shall put out another call for submissions in a couple of days. Once I get around 20-30 submissions I'll make a start on the animation.
I hope this helps a little bit.
Thanks
@animate
Yeah that helps. So basically, just about anything--perhaps turning into a collage kind of animation. I'm very intrigued. Do you have any examples of something you have done you can share here?
Hi. Ive updated the project in this new post. I realized, in part thanks to you and some others :), that it was a little complicated and confusing. So I have hopefully simplified it for everyone.
https://steemit.com/art/@animate/steemit-community-animation-week-2-or-submit-your-own-creative-content-to-be-used-in-the-first-steemit-collaborative-animation
Here is some of the other animation stuff Ive done on Steemit so far.
https://steemit.com/animation/@animate/h-u-d-blue-gaze-or-an-illustrator-and-after-effects-tutorial
https://steemit.com/animation/@animate/h-u-d-talking-eye-or-an-animation-tutorial
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@animate/animate-it-or-new-custom-animated-steemit-gifs-for-your-steemit-posts
https://steemit.com/creativity/@fortified/animate-or-introducing-my-alt-account-dedicated-to-customized-gif-animations-for-your-steemit-posts
These are some of the things I have done for steemit. Most of my IRL work is corporate idents, reveals and intro stuff.
Hope this all helps.
thanks
@animate.
Oh yes---thanks for the links and making it easy! I'm on my way to animation land!
Thank you @infinitifrank to support me
I've heard about this system, investigated about it, and I find to be a good idea with a bright future and for that reason I will recomand to people to invest in upgraded branding from @animate.
Hope this will develop the way it deserves! 😊 Keep up the great work!! ✌️✌️👍
Thank you kindly.
@animate
where are the winners? ... and there submissions?? ty
Hi @clumsysilverdad. The project is ongoing until it receives around 30 submissions. Here is my new post calling for submissions with all the details.
STEEMIT COMMUNITY ANIMATION WEEK 2 | Submit Your Own Creative Content To Be Used In The First Steemit collaborative Animation
Thanks for your interest.
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