Miku - 180 degree turn (animation)

This little animation is the first two cuts of the introductory scene of Append7, which will serve as a teaser of sorts to get people curious (as well as draw people to my auditions, which I will talk more about later). But although I don't plan to release the clip to the general public (ie. youtube, etc) until it is finished, I just had to show this off to my blog visitors!

Despite it being short, I can't help but be proud of this animation. After all, I took a 2d vector model and made her appear to do a 180 degree turn in space. What do you all think? Comments and critiques desired.

Flash Model - Miku Append

You can expect a lot of Flash stuff in the near future from me. That's because I have two projects going atm: The first is "Append 7," which I will explain more about later, and the second is bringing the MousePaw characters (Remmie & the Lab Rats) into Flash for animated/lip sync sequences.
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Needless to say, this Miku Append, which is the new design for Miku which appears on the box-art of the newly released add-on program of the same name, is for "Append 7." She will be interesting to animate because unlike Miku Prime, she does not walk, rather she "floats" using the hover devise around her waist. :)
Vocaloid fans will know that there are 6 different "appends" for Miku - Soft, Dark, Sweet, Solid, Vivid, and Light. But what's this Append 7...? Hmmmm...
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I have lots of cool ideas in my head for this...hopefully I will be able to bring them all to life once I get better adapted with Flash CS4. Keep coming back! ^^

Test Animation: Miku Walks

Just to get the hang of animating complex models in flash, I decided to start with a basic walk animation. And here it is! It isn't nearly perfect - but that's why it's just practice ;)

Flash Models - Miku & Izaya

I'm starting a new animation project.
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The first step (well, after getting the storyline down) is making the character models. And so I made these in Flash:
Anime fans may recognize these two very popular characters. They are:
- Miku Hatsune from Vocaloid
- Izaya Orihara from Durarara!!
So why have I made modes of them and what do they have to do with one another? That's still going to be a secret...for now. But both characters are major players in my next project...
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I made a version of Izaya with and without his jacket:

The cool thing about building characters in flash is that they are vectors, which means no matter how close up I zoom, they don't get fuzzy!
Close-up of Miku:

Close-up of Izaya:

But the most important part about these models is they're completely animatable. Both are ready to become players in the original storyline which I will tell you about later! Keep watching. :) First I have to model a few other characters...