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Rabbit Walk Cycles

Danny Kneip — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:31:30 +0000

I’ve definitely had a bit of fun over the past few holiday weekends. But always, regardless of everything else, I always try to keep things simple and silly. You know me too well. This process of creating a “walk cycle” is basically animating two steps and then looping the action. If you took two steps [...]

Rabbit and a Balloon

Danny Kneip — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:33:01 +0000

The good people at Matica.com answered one of my prayers just recently by posting a tutorial on animating a balloon tied to a string. Interesting result. I modeled this rabbit last year but, as with most things, hated it’s functionality. Finally today, I made a few changes to his rig and put him in a [...]

An Incomplete Man – a Flash Animation

Danny Kneip — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:27:01 +0000

Now before you go diving into this animation, I want you to know this: no man is ever complete and some men are not men at all. Some men control their destinies, others are controlled. Whatever. This is already too deep for me to understand. This animation, drawn using Flash [...]

New Project preview

Danny Kneip — Sun, 29 May 2011 02:04:52 +0000

So it’s the end of May and you are thinking, “where’s Danny?!” You are thinking, “We miss him and we love him!! He is the greatest!! We want to give him money!!! Danny Danny Danny!!!” I have been terribly sick last week, and had strep throat or something prior to that and nothing got done. [...]