Animation Vs Illustration: Layer Tennis Match

UPDATE: I just finished the match and I had a blast! You can check out all the volleys here.

I will be battling awesome designer and illustrator, Aaron Scamihorn to start the new season of Layer Tennis. I played a match of Layer Tennis last year when I was at Digital Kitchen and had a blast. Hope to see you all there today. Talk trash or give my hi fives on twitter by adding the #lyt hash tag to your tweets.

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43 people have commented on this post. You should too!

  1. Aaron says:

    A legitimate “cross process” ;)

  2. mike says:

    can we watch it?

  3. mike says:

    like online?

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  5. ryanfyffe says:

    GO NICK! Kick his ass!

  6. This sounds like the coolest thing ever, can’t wait!

  7. niko says:

    does anybody knows how to watch this thing, i don´t get it at all!

  8. Ryan says:

    Nick. Hands down you were the clear winner in my opinion. You played like a true boss.

  9. A3 says:

    great designs nick! LOL at your song “I am more than an accessory” hahahahah

  10. Colortrails says:

    A heavily politicized battle. ;) Saved the best for last Nick. Well played.

  11. danny says:

    wtf that site has no live stream or videos at all or any links to one ?

  12. danny says:

    nvm i read the comments above =)

  13. Jeff says:

    haha, the digital kitchen gang sign at the end of your old one was amazing

  14. Si says:

    Epic last punch Nick! Great work from each side, though I think the gorilla takes the win :) Loved it!

  15. Great match.
    Close one but imo you’re the winner

  16. i really liked that 8th layer :) “i’m more than an accessory”

  17. Juan says:

    Well played there nick! epic match!

  18. RJ says:

    Im all for new was of using new media in entertaining ways but guys come on seriously have we struck a whole new level of geekyness with this?… the commentary just had me getting embarrassed…im sure its fun and cool and I would love to attend… i just hope you know how much of geeks we really are… wow… good thing geek sheek is in LOL

  19. AW says:

    Great session Nick. Did you model that button? I’d love to get my hands on it. Or a tutorial.

  20. Henk Visser says:

    great match ,beautiful stuff

  21. Zachary O'Connor says:

    Seriously Nick, quit your job and become a singer, that was brilliant!

  22. Flo says:

    Hey Nick, awesome job on the last layer, would be great to have some tut’ on your process, nice job !

  23. Constantine says:

    Nick, here you look like Gordon Freeman :)

  24. Tobi says:

    OFF TOPIC QUESTIONS:
    maybe someone can answer…

    is it possible to get a soundfile into mograph dynamics? can c4d play a sound at collision events?

    and: can a soundfile be modified by c4d while related to objects that have different distances? example: an explosion in the front is louder than an explosion in the back …

    are there any tutorials? would be great!

  25. chetan says:

    When is the results?

    • chetan says:

      I guess you will have to use a spline mask on the sphere which is above an inside I dont know :) Just guessing.
      Good one though.

    • The Gorilla says:

      Looks like just wrapped up spheres for the first one. And some deformed spheres for the abstract looking stuff. I have an “abstract” tutorial from last year that might be helpful.

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