Smashbits #19: Overwatch Ep1 FINAL ANIMATION
Added 2018-01-21 00:27:50 +0000 UTC
This is my least favorite Smashbits thing I've done so I'm just gonna post a few things related to it and then post a better commission I did earlier today!
Basically, they had me start on this after the hurricane in September and set it up as a really simple project with good pay because it was for Machinima. By the time I was done (and it was a struggle to produce on top of everything else that was going on those months), the director who gave me the project had left the company and the owner of Smashbits finally got in touch with me for the first time in a while and admitted this script wasn't funny, the material wasn't suited for my style (they kept asking for funny faces and I kept pointing out most of the characters don't HAVE faces, which is why I attempted to use the Hello Neighbor style again), and most importantly, I don't know ANYTHING about Overwatch, did not get any of the jokes, and very little was explained to me.
I completed all of Ep 1 and even started an animatic for Ep 2 because they were planning this to be a series. The writing for Ep 2 was so weak that I gave up and quit the project-- I have no idea if these are even gonna be released anymore, they seemed to be considering the whole endeavor a loss.
I have been on an indefinite break from Smashbits until they have better projects for me. I'll be working on commissions and some original Hoop-a-Joop stuff that I want to start doling out on here when I have more time again.
