I feel like any fps 12 and up starts making your animation smoother but the most important thing is the way you animate. You'd be suprised how fast you can get things to look if you eas in and out properly. I myself like 15 fps and have been practicing using it to make things look as smooth as possible but still be fast and intertaining. example

Yes, but I'm defenently planning to enter this challenge you should too.

I'm struggling to enter, but I'm going to enter.

I think the camera should be further away from the subject and make the shot wider so you can show the car driving into the wall at a greater speed. Right now it seems as if you wanted to give the car enough to screen time for the audience to be able to recognise that it's a car (there's nothing wrong with that) but it doesn't have enough space to make it look like it's fast. A slow drive and a massive crash doesn't suit the laws of physics. The fame rate isn't too big of a problem though, just the position of the camera.

For most animations I make (except for character animation) I change the frame rate to see if it looks better. Sometimes a kick looks better at 16 FPS and a punch looks better at 19 FPS. Usually I resort to 15 FPS. 24 FPS walk cycles are really good when they're done well but they same walk style can't be achieved at 15 FPS.

Looks like there's only two entries this time. Slightly disappointing compared to the last few rounds but hey, at least there was still some competition. Thus, without further ado, the winner of this round is...

rioforce! I liked your entry. The way you waited till after the collision to make the car fully fall apart gave the clip a somewhat cartoony feel (which matches rather well with your other animations, IMO). I must say though, the reality defying physics at the end weirded me out a bit...

Tim, your entry was OK. Unfortunately, the way it hit the wall and fell apart was rather unrealistic. Also, as others pointed out, it was rather short. I understand that you're getting used to a new framerate, but I'd definitely suggest making your test animations longer in the future. That way, they'd not only be more enjoyable to watch, but would give you a better idea of what you need to improve on as well as give you more practice animating (which is really what this thread is all about, after all). You'll definitely learn a lot more making a 5-10 second clip than you would a 3 second clip.

Take it away rio! I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

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I wanted to enter this one - my idea was to have a car falling off the back of a transporter lorry (inspired by Bad Boys 2) and because I happen to have the Lego City Car Transporter set but I simply did not have time this week, good effort from Tim and rioforce to keep it going though:)

What's the deadline? I'd love to enter but I'll be away until September 18th.

"Nothing goes down 'less I'm involved. No nuggets. No onion rings. No nothin'. A cheeseburger gets sold in the park, I want in! You got fat while we starved on the streets...now it's my turn!" -Harley Morenstein

That's a shame well, best of luck to everyone who enters. This seems like a cool challenge.

"Nothing goes down 'less I'm involved. No nuggets. No onion rings. No nothin'. A cheeseburger gets sold in the park, I want in! You got fat while we starved on the streets...now it's my turn!" -Harley Morenstein

Gonna get started on this right away. Hopefully I can get it finished before the deadline.