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Main Anim 19 Update & Process Tidbit

Added 2025-12-01 00:41:17 +0000 UTC

Hey there folks~!

Been a bit. Haven't been able to do a Mini Anim since I hunkered down to finish up the latest Main Anim.

The process has been a learning experience, as I have been changing the way I do some things within the software. It won't be long now. To kind of show some insight to the processes, new and old, that I have been working with for this latest project, here I will share some of it. Enjoy~ ^^

New Shading Procedure

With Anim 19 I have been doing more frame by frame animation. So each frame must be drawn from the ground up.

The way I originally did shading was as a "pass" or "stage" after doing all the base color in the frame. So it would go Rough Drawing > Rough Linework (If needed) > Final Linework > Base Color > Shading Pass

Starting from Anim 19, I have been trying to adopt the technique used in traditional animation where the shading areas are drawn out (Here I have them in red and blue) so they can be filled later on.

This means the process is now: Rough Drawing > Rough Linework (If needed) > Final Linework + Shading Linework > All Color

I will admit, it has been a bit tough to get used to, especially after doing all my previous anims a certain way. (Though I have messed with traditional shading here and there before)

However, while it might've slowed me down a bit this time, the goal is to have a more efficient process going forward. As moving all coloring to one stage should allow for that. Also, because of the shading being done with lines and not painted over the base color with brushes, I can get more precise and accurate shading frame to frame!

Coloring and Lighting

After all the color is done for the frame, a lighting pass is done later in post / editing phase.

Linework Stages

Anim Schedule

Thank you all so much for you patience and support as I have worked on this new piece! My goal is to release this latest one by year's end!
There is some interesting stuff that will happen at the start of the year as well, so stay tuned for that ^^

Have a good one~!

--Taka