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Rotica regulars will be very familiar with stimuli’s work. His amazing animations have been a staple feature over at Renderotica for years and the animation section wouldn’t be what it is without him! His unique stylised animations feature sexy anime style characters, incredibly fluid motion and often his trade mark stimuli humor.
I did a short interview with him and we had a chat the result of which was the little idea for the contest below. Participate to win one of stiumili’s cool animation packages! The perfect start for all of you aspiring animators! Check out the contest details down below the interview!
Go to the stimuli animation one liner contest!
How did the nick stimuli come about?
I actually chose it more than 10 years ago with my first experience socializing on a computer in these chatrooms called “Excite”. I chose the name as a reference to how the brain works in response to different stimuli and how some of us can become addicted to certain stimuli. The emotional and biological responses can be good or bad but none of us can do without stimuli =). Later this name became quite fitting as I got into cgi animation…especially the “adult” stuff. Its gotten to the point where I would rather be called stimuli than my real name. It was even on my license plates for a few years. So if you run across anyone named stimuli anywhere on the web, check to see if its me =)
How did you get into creating 3DX and specifically animation?
About 6 years ago (wow..has it been that long?) while winding down from a 10 hour day of driving a forklift I ran across a program online called Poser that would allow you to pose and animate figures…..even naked female figures! My mind reeled at the possibilities. I had always been into animation from hand-drawn masters like Don Bluth, Tex Avery and Walt Disney to the animation gods of today like Pixar and Dreamworks and various animes, but I never knew I could do this stuff at home on my own computer. I “aquired” a copy of Poser 5 and just started clicking buttons to see what happened. A few days later I had created my first (really bad) animation. I was completely awestruck at the feeling of breathing life into an inanimate object making them sing and dance and run….especially when they were cute,anime style girls with a great rack =P. The following week I discovered Renderotica and posted my first animation there to see what people would think. My life would never be the same again.
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As I understand it you use a key frame technique, which means manually positioning the character on screen more or less frame by frame. What are the challenges working with technique and how do you still manage to make your animation so fluid?
Patience, patience and more patience. Did I mention patience? You’ve got to be willing to sit at a computer for hours or even days on end. My record thus far is 3 days working on a single animation without sleeping (I then slept for 29 hours). If you’re not willing to put the time in burying yourself in keyframes and spline graphs, you can always just buy my poses and make your figures move in a couple clicks =). In my opinion anyone can do what I do if they have the patience. No real skill or schooling is required. Just generate quick test animations to see if the movement looks right to you. A mirror and a video camera can also help in studying movement (though I have yet to actually use the camera I bought specificly for that purpose). Watch people….I mean REALLY watch people….how they move intentionally and unintentionally and try to imitate that on screen.
Describe the software you use and a little about your work flow. How do you get the animation looking so realistic?
I use Poser exclusively for animating. Poser 7 mostly. I’ve played around with Daz Studio, Carrarra, Bryce, Rhyno, 3DsMax and others but since Poser is where I learned, everything else feels weird. I use Photoshop and Image Ready for postwork stuff and various small programs for compiling frames and compression formats like Blaze Media, Flix and Pixflip.
As for workflow, I dont really have one. I dont write up scripts or storyboards or anything like that. It would probably help if I did. I just open Poser, load a figure I feel like playing with and just start messing around. Sometimes a nice animation comes out of it. Sometimes nothing does. I just try to make what I see in my head happen on screen. No magic technique or anything. Some people can sit down at a piano and just play. I just make cgi girls move.
Not that you seem to need it, however have you considered motion capture or do you just prefer key-framing?
If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me if I used motion capture I’d be able to buy a mocap studio and equipment. Honestly I would not even know where to start or what equipment or software I would need for mocap. It would certainly help my work and probably shorten my animation times but I suspect there’s no way I could afford such things. I refuse to even use the lipsync software that Poser and DazStudio have or Poser’s walk designer. I guess I’m just a glutton for punishment.
You also do excellent stills. How, does the work flow differ from creating animation? Do you prefer one of the other and why?
I appreciate the compliment but honestly there are legions of 3D artists who are better at stills than I am. Stills are much quicker….which might explain why I’m not that good at them. I definately prefer animation. Stills, while certainly beautiful when done by the right people, just dont tell enough of a story to me. They dont convey the emotion a certain eye blink or shrug of a shoulder can convey. I want my girls to bounce.
Your characters are usually Japanese/ Anime looking? Is it a genre you like specifically? Any artists or works you take inspiration from?
I love dancing back and forth across the anime/realistic line. Yes, I’m an anime geek. [adult swim] made a rabid anime fan for life. I get tons of inspiration from many animes, music in the animes and Japan itself. I can’t say enough good things about Japan and the creativity of its people. If I was ever actually lucky enough to go there I fear it would not live up to my lofty image of it. I actually listen to a large compilation of music from shows like Ghost in the Shell, Inuyasha, Bleach, Cowboy Bebop and others when I’m working in Poser. Yokko Kanno is a music god. Western music also inspires me. Mostly metal and industrial stuff. Pixar and Dreamworks movies are a big inspiration too.
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You’re a premier artist over at Renderotica. Tell us about your involvement over at Renderotica.
Anyway, I owe a lot to Renderotica. It was support from fans, staff and Diane herself that drasticly altared the path my life has taken. When asked what I do for a living I can proudly reply “I’m a cgi animator!” instead of making up some tongue-in-cheek coloquial title for some dead end job….like calling a fork lift operator a “vertical mass displacement technician” lol (I should copyright that title).
I’m not happy about a lot of the hardcore western stuff that seems to be favored at Renderotica. I’m more into the fun, exciting, kawaii, anime stuff, but for now at least that is my home and I’m greatful to them.
Do you have products for sale? And where can we find out more about you!
Funny you should ask! I have a ton of animated poses for sale in my Renderotica store that can be applied to poser figures and even exported to other 3D programs from Daz Studio to 3DStudioMax.
Here’s a link to my store: https://www.renderotica.com/
Here’s a link to my Renderotica gallery: https://www.renderotica.com/
Here’s a link to my Youtube page (more animations there soon) and dont forget to subscribe!: http://www.youtube.com/user/
the stimuli animation contest
Win Seckseh! the cool animation package created by stimuli featured below, where the cutie gets to play with her boobies.
Note that assembling and rendering this animation requires a 3D creation tool like Poser or DazStudio
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How to win
Think of a funny one – liner to the following hilarious animation by stimuli!
To enter just post your one liner as a comment below!
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Rules
You can enter as many times as you like before the [highlight color=”eg. yellow, black”]closing date of the 23rd of August[/highlight].
Hint: make it witty, funny, silly, inspirational, sexy, cheeky, whaterver just give it a shot and enter =)
The winner will be picked and announced by stimuli in around 7 days on the 24th of August (or thereabouts).
Ryan
August 23, 2011I was going to ”pop” the question, but this is just all wrong!!!
Ryan
August 23, 2011His fighting style was no match for her ”kung-fu grip”
Ryan
August 23, 2011Once you ”pop” you can’t stop!!!
Ryan
August 22, 2011It’s just like a girl to leave you ”hanging”
Ryan
August 22, 2011She’s a maneater!!!
Ryan
August 22, 2011”Fragile” handle with care!!!
Ryan
August 22, 2011Mr. Johnson didn’t show up for work today!!!
Ryan
August 22, 2011He could serve, but he couldn’t protect.
Ryan
August 22, 2011He was always a ”loose” cannon!!!
Ryan
August 22, 2011She got ”everything” in the divorce!!!
Ryan
August 22, 2011Sex to go!!!
Ryan
August 22, 2011She took my ”luggage”
2y29
August 22, 2011“Not sure marriage councelling is going to cut it this time”
2y29
August 22, 2011“Squeeze balls to eject”
Ryan
August 22, 2011I hope you’ve got my Urologist on speed dial. We’ve got a serious problem!!!
Ryan
August 22, 2011”Crank” Yankers. A brand new season airing this fall!!!
Ryan
August 22, 2011Final ”Masturbation”
Ryan
August 21, 2011I had no idea you were a magician!!!
Ryan
August 21, 2011Honey, you’ve been watching too much 3DX, it’s time to ”cut you off”
Ryan
August 21, 2011It was an over circumcision, honestly!!!
Ryan
August 21, 2011Take a little off the top, that’s too much!!!
Ryan
August 21, 2011What a ”rip off”
Ryan
August 21, 2011Take this cock and shove it!!!
Ryan
August 21, 2011The #1 leading cause of ”Erectile Dysfunction”
Ryan
August 21, 2011For that honey you owe me a ”Penis Pump”
Ryan
August 21, 2011Alright, alright 2y29, It’s time to grow up. We’re here for the contest and to have fun. You should be worried about your submissions, and less about mine. =^_^=
2y29
August 22, 2011Ryan, I was just messing. Had a good chuckle reading your submissions, well done. I guess stimuli will have a hard time picking. May the best submission win 🙂
Ryan
August 22, 2011No worries, Good luck!!!
2y29
August 21, 2011“That explains the rubbery after taste when I blow you!”
2y29
August 21, 2011“Dammit, I should get a real boyfriend, these Ryan model sex dolls aren’t built to last!”
2y29
August 21, 2011It appears Ryan has already run out of ideas, so let me add some more substance to this contest 🙂
“And you have the nerve to complain about my fake tits??”
Ryan
August 21, 2011She ”Cockblocked” me!!!
Ryan
August 21, 2011Honey! Your penis should have came with an instruction manual.
Ryan
August 21, 2011I’m not Mr. Potato Head
Ryan
August 21, 2011I loved a woman who wasn’t clean!!!
Ryan
August 21, 2011This message is for ”stimuli” I would really like to see the two girls that are giving the guy oral sex in the clip above in a complete video including intercourse with audio and sound effects. Your animations sets are amazing some of the best, especially this one but I think you could really unlock your true potential if your were to do so. The two girls are just too hot and cute to leave them as they are. Thanks.
Zan
August 21, 2011” Well you’re the one that wanted me to use shake weight to tone up”
Ryan
August 21, 2011Free ”Willy”
Ryan
August 21, 2011Honey, I think we should ”separate” but this isn’t exactly what I had in mind.
Ryan
August 21, 2011A night to ”dismember”
Ryan
August 21, 2011Honey? I’ve got a bone to ”pick” with you!!!
Ryan
August 21, 2011I’m ”stumped”
Ryan
August 21, 2011”Snap” into a Slim Jim!!!
Ryan
August 20, 2011They warned me this would happen if there was too much ”stimuli”
Ryan
August 20, 2011Not my fault this happened in a car accident!!!
Ryan
August 20, 2011I should have had the doctor look at that the last time I was there!!!
Ryan
August 20, 2011Well honey I’m getting older, So ”Things” don’t work like they used to!!
Ryan
August 20, 2011Any one have some duct tape???
Ryan
August 20, 2011This isn’t the ” bust a nut” I was hoping for!!!
Ryan
August 20, 2011A whole new meaning to the word ”ball breaker”
Ryan
August 20, 2011Sorry honey the effects of ”2y29” is that your penis falls off. OHHHHHHHH!!!!!
2y29
August 21, 2011OMG, that’s a low blow, I was being nothing but nice to you and supportive! 😉
Could we get Ryan disqualified please, he’s launched a desperate personal attack, because he felt threatened by the very high quality of my submissions 🙂
2y29
August 20, 2011“You won’t be needing that rubber then?”