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Submitted: November 11, 2008
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~NoOrdinaryGirl1234 Aug 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

@00:56what computer software did you use to make it look like you are water bending???

oh your vid was really cool!!!

~AllHailWeegee May 21, 2011

@00:40Man, this is so cool!

*hpfan-atic Oct 12, 2010 Hobbyist General Artist

cool thanks!

~Avatar1234 May 31, 2009 Hobbyist Digital Artist

@00:03That was SOOO AWESOME!! I wish there were people who can REALLY waterbend.

~oraangatang May 30, 2009 Hobbyist Digital Artist

@00:12OMG!!! that is cool

~dihydrogen-monoxide May 24, 2009

@00:52Can you please do the live action movie? Pretty please?

~avatar-is-life Nov 16, 2008 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

@00:18oooommmmggg! this iz amazingly realistic!

Waterbending Practiceby *TidalNight

Film & Animation / Film / Video / Conceptual & Surreal

"If you cannot bend the water slowly and gently, you will not be able to bend the water sharply and quickly."

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Finally finished rendering the rest of this clip of a waterbending test.

To those who aren't aware, Avatar: The Last Airbender has some pretty cool inspirations from the traditional Chinese martial arts, while watching an episode, I recognised some of the forms/postures they did in waterbending, which take their motions from Tai Chi (namely the Single Whip/Water Whip).

So it sparked my interest in trying to composite some effects into live footage.
As a first quick n' lil test in effects within live footage (on a whim too), despite missing things like some tweaks, I'm pretty satisfied how it turned out.

And yus that's me doing the waterbending here, as an animator I feel I need to not only know animation, but also feel it sometimes. Some call it acting