Rioforce won the previous challenge, so he is this week's host. Take it away, Rio!

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I'm glad we have a new Animation Challenge topic so we don't have to stay in the old bloated one. Thanks for creating it, Nathan.

The new challenge is going to be Diving! Your character (which doesn't have to be a minifigure, it can be something else if you want) has to dive off something into water below. The deadline is April 20th. Good luck!

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"Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." - 1 Corinthians 10:31b

Does the subject have to be diving into water?

My entry is done, watch it here.
https://youtu.be/QqUJHDHX_dk

This is my entery : https://youtu.be/sdmrvt0XlZI

NoodleBrick  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6o33_ … 8DiJG6gE1w

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I know I am late. My excuse is that I took a while to type this post. You can disqualify me and I won't mind because I have doubts about myself. If I am disqualified, can the judge (mod/Rioforce) give me feedback?

The first test is the dive. https://youtu.be/lv67AvLcVO0

I chose to participate in this because of some water splashes I've seen in Robot Chicken, using wrap/film as water and cotton as foams of water, and I thought I could recreate them. It was hard for me the move the minifig, and everything around it to keep the wrap/film from moving. Another problem I also had was the amount of wrap/film and cotton I should use, lego minifigs are very small compared to Robot Chicken's puppets so I had to scale down my materials (you can tell that I didn't) or else the splash would have been too big.
My opinion on my test was that two steps was enough and I over-animated the foot. The jump didn't look like a jump because it didn't go high enough and more like a fall. The stuff in mid-air was satisfactory but could have more frames in between and needed a better rig. The splash was too fast and needed to be a bit more smoother and the plastic-wrap /cling-film moved too much and the light set up made reflections which didn't look pleasant.
If I took my time to animate everything again, it would be 25% better than what it is right now.

I like your entry N0odleBrick. I contemplate whether or not to use a board for mine, and I chose not t because: a) I would waste some time finding flat bricks; and b) I didn't have a good idea how I can make the board bouncy the way I wanted it to be, it would have ended up like a see-saw. Your technique is new to me and inspiring. That is quite a fancy rig you have got, and the brick-built splash was very good.

Thanks for all the entries!

The winner of this challenge is.... N0odleBrick! Congratulations. I really liked your entry for the diving board, the exaggeration, and the cartoon-feel of the entire thing. However, if wish you would have removed the rig. IMO, the dive isn't practical to animate unless the rig is removable, but I feel as if you could probably mask that out with a little work, so that's ok.

@Harborlight, your entry was nice. The minifig dove from a not-so-high place, but it still looked nice, I like the flip and the water splashes. Subtle, but effective.

@Randomboaz, your entry was unique. It showed the minifigure diving into solid ground, not water. I liked it. I like how the minifig defied gravity for a split second there, then fell on down. The ground-hitting was nice, I like the bounce when he hit his head.

@Aiwha, your animation was very smooth, but the dive wasn't the best. It looked like he was being grabbed by a magical force and thrown into the water. He had no real physics, he just launched off the platform at high speed and fell straight into the water without moving. Though, the water effects were good (I really like the ripple), and I like the paper water.

@Kd2000, Don't worry, you weren't disqualified. You showed us a diving animation, and it worked. I like how he walked, and jumped, but the air-flipping looked strange, I couldn't tell if he was defying gravity and showing off, or if he was falling uncontrollably. The splash was great, very unique. I like the water he splashed off of his face too.

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I thought you did a great job with your entry, the cartoonish feel along with the smooth movements made it a fun little piece. Now it's your turn to pick the challenge, I look forward to what you are going to pick.

I might just enter the next one...

"Bless you for making this." -Sloth 2016 * on "Chicken Shaped Lighthouse Attacks Police"

Ephesians 4:29 -"Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers."

Showing off. It was all improvised and fairly unprofessional. My theory for it looking like it was defying gravity was because the background behind it wasn't moving at all.

I am not a judge nor a mod, but I guess you could.