Halloween short animation - The Kingdom of Witches

**Nocturnaloner** · 11-01-2008,02:02 AM

Hello!

This year I created a 3 minute animation to send to my friends as a Halloween greeting card. It's based on the artwork of Jan Pienkowski, who is known for his silhouette illustrations. It involved scanning and manipulating the images, and cutting out the figures paper doll style. Even though it appears 2D, it was done in 3D Studio MAX. There's a lot of fine detail in the picture that couldn't survive compression for web, since it was made for a DVD, but you can get the gist.

The Kingdom of Witches

**jfiffick** · 11-01-2008,10:41 PM

Enjoyed your video. Great Job! Gave me some ideas to add to my display:

1. Pumpkins on spears.
2. Pumpkins hanging from overhang.
3. Skeletons carrying pumpkin spears as lights.

**Glyphen** · 11-02-2008,12:37 AM

Wow! Amazing! Very nice!

**Terra** · 11-02-2008,02:41 AM

Beautiful!

**BATFLY** · 11-02-2008,04:44 AM

wonderful! that was great. i also LOVE 3d studio max! haven't dabbled in it for almost 2 years though =(

**Nocturnaloner** · 11-02-2008,07:40 AM

Thanks all for the comments! Most people around me wouldn't understand why I would put effort into something like that. Jfiffick, if you ever make those additions to your display, I'd love to see pics.