Source Filmmaker - Cinematic Tests - Episode 2

More tests. Doing these have helped me improve in so many ways, some are simple lighting tests, some animation, some framing. I love doing these because it lets me work with amazing models I want to use, and I don't have to commit to a huge project.
I don't actually remember the music, sorry. I spent 20 bucks on it though.
Took 2 months and a week to make, I created as ideas came to me, I didn't want to force any of it.

[@Sebastian-cp6sh]

F u t u r e animator in our sub box

[@seb1oz]

1st reply?

[@TartanKiwi]

Dude. you have a future in the industry.

[@shellytan2123]

Watching these always makes me feel so...calm. It's like you managed to snapshot a quiet moment out of every single universe.

[@TheBoredOgremon]

So much better than the overflow of FNAF, Bendy, and Baldi stuff we find nowadays.

[@gilcagilcagilca]

That was honestly beautiful my favorite part being the knight kneeling before the giant Dragon the lighting was breath taking

[@KittybeastWhiskers]

Did I just cry from an animation test???

[@skeletonking4119]

That’s all of us man!!

[@Jokirockers5]

Freaking awesome once again dude. Also, even though it was quick, I really liked the grave keeper cameo :D

[@JojoLumi]

Can you stop making me speechless? No, it's beautiful and I hope you'll continue to make me speechless. I can't believe how much you've improved from ep. 1. *applause*

[@alacarvanvernid4003]

dude i found you because siggums voiced genji and isic zen in one of your animations.....explain me one thing.....WHY ARE YOU SO UNKNOWN IN THE INTERNET YOU NEED MORE ATTENTION BOY!!! give this man more subs...and pls stop cutting onions in those cinematic tests...i mean im not crying at all !! *cries*

[@jacxuh5873]

Honestly this is mindblowing to me, that anyone can pick this up and make such pieces of art. Ardy, you truly are talented man.

[@dylanrush7922]

You are an amazing animator my guy I love these cinematic tests and all your overwatch stuff. I know everyone always says this, but you deserve it, so keep up the good work!

[@kingcarrr7868]

1:35 holy shit new background I loved the DS3 parts, Ardy I've been watching your videos on this channel and your main channel for a good year now, I love your style.

[@topsati]

I gotta say, this is some next level art

[@ArodoraaSFM]

The goal for me, is to make it so each scene looks like it could or would be a part of its own entire animation.

[@theonlinepanda2238]

Omg this is so amazing! I cant tell you hiw many times I've watched this over. You are incredibly talented keep up the great work!

[@eon8561]

ive never seen as good animations as these man, keep up the good work

[@aarongman1909]

Wow this was phenomenal, Ardy, I love your work, your going to do great things and your going to get far

[@dienosawr]

This was absolutely beautiful. More work like this, please. The calming music, along with the small excerpts of many different games and movies, AGH! So good.

[@novadotjpg]

these look absolutely awesome dude. love how the lighting not only looks awesome but totally matches the feeling of each scene.

[@EyeOfInaros]

Ardy I can't get over how good your animations are

[@theredbrother6520]

I wonder if one day we’ll have an actual theatrical release of an animated movie done completely in Source Film Maker. The games and animations that come from it may be a little old, but it’s almost impossible to say that it will become outdated anytime soon.

[@Niker107]

I love how you used so many different games for this so that everyone would find something of interest to them. And you managed to stay true to every single game's feel and atmosphere. Fantastic job!

[@ronanbenitis7394]

It's awesome how you put a soul on characters.

[@memfai]

There is no way you made this in SFM.WOOOOW

[@aster6741]

What is this beauty within my notification box? I love it. :P

[@xray6111]

Loving what you do Ardy, can't wait to keep watching you improve

[@Coach473]

this just gave me an idea to do something like but with all the games i have enjoyed through out my life up to this point

[@FarEasternLodge]

they are all so gooooood my favorite is TF2 only because of how much you can do with it just like what you did with the medieval demoking and spy mourning scouts death (because they hate each other normally) and also scout staring at roboscout its all great. also the overwatch ones are really good especially the soldier one. (the giant robot one is a childhood friends of mine yay)

[@oni1312]

I love it so much, and more because you added full metal alchemist and dishonored

[@ChunkyAppleCider]

I guess this is one of the only acceptable time to ask if anyone recognized the music. I am always amazed at the amount of subtle emotion that can be expressed through animation. Keep up the amazing work.

[@ezr6989]

Beautiful and graceful

[@spatsula]

so amazing GOLLY GEE making me tear up at work because it's so beautiful

[@synopsis1354]

You're so talented! I love to see this type of talent it really warms my heart.

[@bibby4791]

you're a fucking animation genius, im just a guy who knows how to use you're correctly

[@neon_light5608]

😍love it. Looks amazing

[@ladyfalcia]

There is something about games... (0:22) ..that makes us feel. Some sense of place.. ..and story.. ..that touches us. And lets us connect to worlds... ..on the far side of imagination. It lets us feel their pain. (1:08) Their courage. (1:18) Their journey... (1:26) ..which we are so lucky to share. (1:34) That changes us. (1:44) And we will never forget.

[@jaxacer3007]

Dude that Pyramid Head looked lit af

[@KeanuCheems]

When I saw Claptrap I was happy cause Borderlands is like my fav game but many people forget the game.... I'm still playing it

[@samknight9670]

literally best animation

[@ethaneousmaxamus4722]

Its all about the little details.

[@weazelwizard873]

Man someone should hire you for animating bravo...bravo sir

[@skeletonking4119]

Adry Thank you! For your awesome job!!

[@astro9852]

Beautiful, like always.

[@AnnaWarcraft]

The iron giant part hit me.

[@sebfv]

Beautiful *wipes tear*

[@Xixaooolittleshark]

Wow this is amazing, congratz bro, the last clip gave me the chills. Fullmetal Alchemist, not the best model there, but props for putting in some anime clips.

[@Benz1311]

truly awesome you are amazing at this 👌

[@gloryu8500]

Watched one of your videos, subscribe immediately! good works (y) keep it up!

[@sherbetron]

Holy shit, these are awesome.

[@DavisCran]

Your content is beautiful, keep up the good work

[@haagennilsen7455]

This is amazing! Looking forward to see more ;)

[@oOBionncazOo]

Very nice!

[@callumgardiner2861]

this is just beautiful and amazing

[@psychedelaholic]

Beautiful man.

[@ymecmeme4791]

This song reminds me my grandma past away thing of her

[@LaurynasSFM]

So much awesomeness in one single video 🥰

[@redllama1314]

nice work dude

[@BallantyneFilms]

Amazing!

[@laserboy566]

this video was a test. i'm on the verge of tears aRDY WHY.

[@manel_vassalo]

kind of inspirational, keep it up

[@nerfer200]

Not saying you should, but your Dark Souls animations are great, and I would love to see more

[@ArodoraaSFM]

;)

[@sygfrid5040]

INSANE !

[@tatusaalasti2150]

This is actually a full movie. Everything will make sense in the next part

[@T-REXHarris]

PIXAR, GIVE THIS MAN A JOB ALREADY!!!

[@dakaanimations4443]

You did not tell us that u have a job at Pixar

[@EternalRealm]

eyyy its my iron giant model 1:21

[@CristianCagnin]

What are your favourite maps?

[@Tscendrik]

I would love to see more with the scout and the scout robot! :D

[@ArodoraaLP]

Foxey check out my animation "Artificial Feelings". That test at the end might have been a hint ;)

[@Tscendrik]

Alright will do! :))

[@tenacityxl]

Dude,it's this kind of stuff that's makes me wish I had the skill and hardware to use sfm.Sadly,my dreams of doing that will probably never be as good as this.But I can say I tried right? I've never really had something I'm extremely good at,but if I ever do,I want it to be SFM for sure.

[@sneakinstantkill]

How did the first picture be taken?He is really great! I tried to imitate it, but the sun was not so real.

[@pulsatingwenis1674]

The first time I saw a vid with 0 dislikes, hes a legend

[@juanvf4223]

You're soo good! you have a future! :)

[@mortenbund1219]

Honestly, I think Valve should hire you to make their game trailers.

[@UnexpectedBanana]

the first batman scene could use some tweaking, but everything else looks professional!

[@kukami7441]

Can you explain to me why you dont have more subs? this, on top of the genji animation, is so amazing

[@macabrevoid]

HOLY CRAP WHERE DID YOU GET THAT GOLIATH MODEL!! THAT WAS AMAZING!

[@ArodoraaSFM]

SFMLab

[@wyx9152]

Hi Andy~Can u tell me the name of song or the genre of this kind of songs pls~ my heart is touched heavily when I listening this song, really like it.

[@polarpenguinfeet8537]

I know that your highest viewed animations are all about overwatch. But from this, I would love to see one on dark souls. I am a big fan of both games and I still adore all of your Overwatch animations. But Artorias calling my name right now. ; )

[@ArodoraaSFM]

I'm a huge fan of Dark Souls too lol, you should see my room. I believe I have the biggest DS collection in the world, as I have both life size statues and just about every other collectible available right now (minus the stupid very rare Mirror Knight statue that I have yet to find.)

[@OutfoxedGaming]

such a god

[@CristianCagnin]

Hi, how can I have a wet floor in sfm? Could you help me, please? I've already tried "$phongboost", but it didn't work

[@cgijoe5671]

Just a question, but how did you get that animated grass at the end? Is it a greenscreen? If it's a model or a particle, do you know where I could find it?

[@ArodoraaSFM]

It's a grass model, I believe I found it on SFMLab. It has 2 bones, I animated it!

[@bradipo4315]

Ardy I love you

[@ArodoraaSFM]

Love you too

[@gordistador]

I do even better, I make love to him..... haha jk im a lonly fucc , aw shit i just farted under the covers and it smell like rosted peenuts but morr badd

[@tenacityxl]

Oskari Peurala XD

[@ninjageddongaming5581]

Praise The Sun!

[@amandah8431]

Was the last one related to Artificial Feelings? Also amazing job Ardy! All of it was so beautiful

[@ArodoraaSFM]

;)

[@steg3823]

I feel like a bad person for not finding this channel sooner lol

[@viintageghost]

When you become all famous i can say I was there when they were just in youtube

[@ironic0492]

beautiful

[@godziller7136]

0:08 when did Goliath have a SFM model?

[@reem6444]

Episode 3 please?

[@NightmareCourtPictures]

/applause We should collaborate. Do you use motion capture by any chance or is everything manual?

[@ArodoraaSFM]

I do everything by hand, and that'd be neat!

[@NightmareCourtPictures]

I have a motion capture setup, if you want to expand on a project together, I'll send you an email sometime soon, maybe we can get together on something.

[@cloutmaster5035]

Nightmare Court Pictures Just do it im eager damnit

[@CoruDesigns]

I really loved the Blastoise part, and whats the song name??

[@tripletime108]

Are they really all made by you? Impressive

[@ArodoraaSFM]

Yeppers, some are better than others. My favorite ones are the Giant Knight from Dark Souls 2 (0:37) and Max taking the picture (1:59) personally.

[@cococorino5767]

Pretty nice! also, was that life is strange at 1:12?

[@doritozgirl]

1:40 Widowmaker is here!

[@dakukaritoriki]

OH MEH FLIP EVOLVE IM GONNA CRY 😭

[@corbinjohns8514]

I have a few questions, the first being where you get such beautiful forest maps, like the one in your "routine" video. And the second being about lighting, do you use color correction or something with the scene lights, like the part with the Dry Bones above the lava, I've seen people do both, what do you recommend?

[@ArodoraaSFM]

Nearly everything I do is scenebuild, so I made the forest in Routine out of a CRAPTON of props. I usually don't have to color correct, or if I do it's VERY small changes, all lighting is done in SFM (I usually use around 80-100 lights per scene, in a lot of cases) Color correction can actually help quite a bit though. helps give things a more cinematic look.

[@corbinjohns8514]

Ardy [SFM] oh awesome! Thanks for answering so quickly! :)

[@corbinjohns8514]

Also, I made a poster based off the GLaDOS scene, of you want to check it out: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=913337933

[@ArodoraaSFM]

That looks amazing!

[@corbinjohns8514]

Thank you! :)

[@kashitachi3879]

how did you make this all?

[@dotoro3]

the blinking animations seem to be a little too quick maybe?

[@TripalYT]

Nice, but where's the widow stroking her 12" baguette?

[@stephland]

Hey if you don't mind me asking, what's your computer/desktop/laptop setup? Amazing animations, btw!!