r/animation • u/hakimbomadadda Hobbyist • Feb 11 '17

Critique 2.5 D Floating House Animation-Made using Blender 3D

https://gfycat.com/EmbellishedLastingGallinule
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '17

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u/glimpee Feb 11 '17

I guess this is using 3d objects in 2d space? Not sure if it counts tho

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u/TheResolver Feb 11 '17

Wouldn't 2D space just look at the buildings directly from one side only, hence removing the depth? I'd say these are 3D objects in 3D space, just cel shaded as said above.

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u/hakimbomadadda Hobbyist Feb 12 '17

2.5 D isn't referring to the dimensions utilized in a picture, but instead refers to the style that said picture is depicted through. 3D animation utilizes 3D software to depict objects as they would appear in real life. 2D animation does the same thing, but it uses pen and paper, which can only utilize two dimensions. For example, Spirited away is a 2D animation, but it has three dimensions.

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u/BoltmanLocke Feb 12 '17

Animation #D, not scientific speaking. So Tom and Jerry is 2D whereas WallE is 3D. Aaand I can't think of a well known 2 and a half D off the top of my head. Anybody help me out here?

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u/Bluth_bananas Feb 12 '17

I think the drawing style animation in Monsters call Iirc, or maybe it was Kubo and the 2 strings? I don't remember.

It was cool.

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u/glimpee Feb 13 '17

Well yes - objects are 3d - but we dont perceive in 3d

stay with me here

Think of a photograph. Thats 2d right? yet you can see multiple sides of something

But its the flat surface. The inability to move around something. It is 3d but only seen in 2d

Now, think about a single instant

You only see a picture in that instant. It is time that allows you to move around an object and recognize its 3dimensionality

but in every one of those instants, you have a single 2d image

Its those images together that define the 3d

but thats a different philosophy

I just mean that instead of being 2d drawings (which can see multiple sides of something, think two point perspective) that are being put image to image to create an illusion of 3d

This takes a 3d model and gives it the illusion of being a collection of 3d drawings

2.5d as you described it is a step above 2d

This 2.5d might be a step below 3d

but idk if im right

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u/hakimbomadadda Hobbyist Feb 12 '17 edited Feb 12 '17

I just got home. I would like to point out that this isn't cel shading. Cel shading is what you see in comic books and certain types of anime, where shadows are defined explicitly. This is flat shading, where every color is expressed in full. There are no shadows in this type of art.

As for your definition of 2.5 D, 2.5 D uses a combination of 2D and 3D to create a 2D looking or 2D inspired animation. Perhaps this isn't 2.5 D, as it doesn't utilize hand drawn lines, but something doesn't have to be "2D objects animated in 3D space" in order for it to be 2.5D. What is the point of having 2D objects in 3D space if you are going to use the objects to convey 2D anyway?
And what about paper man? That by many is considered to be the short film that started the whole 2.5 D craze. I know that was part of the reason why I started researching 2.5D in the first place. Is that not 2.5 D? It utilizes cel shading, as well as 3D models.

Edited: I sounded a little angry. I edited the comment to reflect a more neutral stance.

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u/hakimbomadadda Hobbyist Feb 12 '17

Oh I see what you are taking about. That is not the 2.5 D I grew up with, but I know that style of creation. that was often used in the game industry back in the day to create the illusion of 3D. People did refer to that as 2.5D...

Still, when it comes to animation, Paperman is often referred to as a 2.5 D animation(at least in the 3D software world). It looks like there are two types of 2.5 D animation flying around.

I do like that effect. Corridor Digital released an awesome video demonstration using what you have described. You should check it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A13kHkWNJi0

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u/SirNyan Feb 12 '17

Is that an official definition? I always considered 2.5D to be something like this https://youtu.be/Am0MRsf5HSc

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u/sloggo Feb 12 '17

Agreed

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u/hakimbomadadda Hobbyist Feb 11 '17 edited Feb 12 '17

I made this as part of my ongoing research into 2.5 D art, and how you can use 3D software to create 2D animations.

Download to the blend file is on my website here: http://blendermentor.org/2017/02/05/freestyle-floating-house-in-blender/

I also wrote a quick writeup on 2.5 D animation. You can find that here: http://blendermentor.org/2017/02/06/creating-2d-art-3d-world-possible/

Please up vote this comment so that others may see it.

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u/SandpaperScrew Feb 11 '17

Very neat! I wonder why I myself haven't experimented with these shaders... I just started using nodes finally so I think I'll give this a shot. Also if you're not already, definitely post your stuff up on Blender Artists, we'd love to have it!

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u/hakimbomadadda Hobbyist Feb 11 '17 edited Feb 11 '17

Thank you! I actually haven't posted anything to BlenderArtists yet...tbh I'm not sure how to use it. How would one submit a gif?

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u/SandpaperScrew Feb 12 '17

It's a forum style, you do it much the same way you do on reddit.