Shot 7 is done, not a very big shot, but I'm part way through on shot 8 already; that'll be done and posted on Friday. I have less other work going on over this month so I'll be ramping up more on this work.
Thank you to all fans and followers!
I didn't have too much time over Thanksgiving weekend, so I just did a little side illustration instead of working on animating. Might do some more like this once in a while just to have something different to refresh the creative batteries. I am back to animating tomorrow though so an update can be expected by next Monday.
2023-11-26 23:12:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy with how this one turned out, I think. I'm also trying out some more precise masking for the mosaic this time. Hopefully it's still enough to not get me in trouble. The next project update will be on Monday. Thank you for your support! 11/24 Edit: There were a couple parts not shaded correctly, they have been fixed in the newer upload.
2023-11-22 00:14:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This one's going pretty well so far. I think I have the hair in a good spot minus some cleanup, but it'll only be a day or two till I start on the final linework. I don't expect this to be done quite by next Friday. It could be up to the Monday after, so the 20th at the latest.
So I'm not happy with how this one has been turning out.. I've tried to do a number of different things for it, but it'll do for now. I'm either going to revisit it or redo it later.
I'm going to start on the loop for shot 16 later today instead. Thank you for your patience.
This shot is done and I'll be moving right on to shot 6. I don't think it will take a full week, so it'll just get an update when it's done.
Linework is done and I think I should be able to have the rest done in a few days, since it not a very complex shot. Thank you all again for your support. :)
Shot 4 is done and I'll be moving onto 5 tomorrow.
Linework is done so I'm currently on schedule. This shot should be done by next Monday.
Shot 3 is now also done. I did say I was going to post an update on Monday, but I hadn't expected this one to go so fast so I figured I'd just delay the post by a day to finish it instead of doing two updates back to back.
I'll be starting on shot 4 next and there really will be an update on Monday this time.
Shot 13 is done, though a day late. I'll be starting on shot 3 tomorrow and I'll make a progress post on Monday. Thank you for your support!
2023-09-28 01:04:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Didn't have as much time to work this past week but things are progressing. There's a few minor changes I want to make, but I'll still be able to start on the linework tommorrow. I'm expecting this to be done by next Tuesday.
Shot 2 is has been finalized and I can finally move on. I did say I would do the first few before doing the next loopable shot, but I'm gonna just start doing shot 13 anyway.
All the linework for shot 2 is done. I'll still need to do guides for shadows and stuff, but the coloring is right after, so I expect to be fully done with this shot by the next update.
Keyframes for shot 2 are done and I've been going through the in-betweens now. Not hard, just tedious. There are a few layers that operate on different keyframes, so some parts will look a bit slidey right now.
Shot 10 is done and I'm happy to see the effort finally starting to pan out. Before doing the next loopable shot, I want to get the first few shots done in one go since they're basically just a lead-in from the show and won't be too hard. Update: I noticed I forgot to reenable her hair gradient when exporting, I'm providing the updated file.
2023-08-22 01:17:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm almost done with shot 10. The actual animation portion is done, but I was wrong about having the background for this one, I was thinking about the one for shot 12. So I need to that, some effects stuff, and then comp it. I'll have it out on Monday at the latest.
It took longer than I'd like, but the animatic portion of the project is finally done!
Next, I'll be working on getting shot 10 completed, since it's a pretty straigtforward loop and I already have the background for it done. Then there'll be some actual finished content to post.
Thank you for your patience!
2023-08-11 21:31:21 +0000 UTC View Post
I was able work more than last week, so there's a bit more to show for it this update. I've figured out shot 13 and 14 and did the background for 14 as well.
I shouldn't be having any more slowdowns going forward, so...
2023-08-05 02:53:10 +0000 UTC View Post
This week was a slow one. A lot of trial and error trying to make things look right, so the only shot to show right now is shot 12 (This will be replacing the last shot of the previous animatic.)
You'll notice I did the background for this shot already. I found some new watercolor brushes I wanted to try out and I think they captured the style pre...
2023-07-29 02:48:25 +0000 UTC View Post
I didn't make a public announcement after my last post, so I'll reiterate some things for everyone's sake.
This project is going to be a Kanna animation and it going to be based off of S02E02 "Hot Guy Kobayashi" where Kobayashi wakes up to Kanna in the bed. It's going to be more substantial than normal being a whole animation and not just a loop.
I've been storyboarding it, though it's only about half way done:
Not too much to say on this one, it turned out pretty well. Now for the next project I mentioned it would be something more substantial. It's going to be another Kanna animation and it going to be based off of S02E02 "Hot Guy Kobayashi" where Kobayashi wakes up to Kanna in the bed. How it's going to go is I'm going to create a storyboard/animatic that I can have out later next week to get the approximate timing of the whole thing. Then I'll refine that to get specific timings for each shot. Af...
2023-07-13 21:49:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Things are progressing well so far. I still have to do some work on drafting the more stationary parts, but I should be able to start on linework tomorrow. You can expect this to be done by next Thursday.
2023-07-07 02:37:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Next up is Hikari Yagami from Digimon Adventure! I'll make a WIP either Wednesday or Thursday depending on whether I do any work on the 4th.
A note that after this animation is done, I intend to start on something of a bigger project that isn't just one short loop. I'll get more into how that will be organized when we get there.
2023-07-01 10:11:38 +0000 UTC View Post
This one turned out pretty well. There's minor things I would probably do over if the time was there, but it'll just be lessons learned for next time. The next character blogpost will on Saturday. Thank you for your support!
2023-06-30 02:24:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Not quite ready to start on the line-work yet, might be tomorrow. I went deeper into emulating the physics than I usually do, but I think it's turning out well. I should be finished with this one by next Thursday.
2023-06-23 02:45:43 +0000 UTC View Post
The next character is Nahida from Genshin Impact! I don't play the game myself, but I've always liked the character designs.
I'll post a WIP post on Thursday, but I might need to spend extra time on this one since Genshin characters are pretty detail heavy, so we'll see.
Thank you for your support!
Managed to just get it done it time. I'm pretty happy with this one I think. I've not had to spend as much time wresting with after effects, so I'm getting better there at least. I did tweak a few things to get a better .gif this time, so it's pretty good if you're not zooming in a lot for some reason. I'll do the next character blogpost on Saturday.
2023-06-16 03:36:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Things are progressing well. I have a little bit more to rough out but will be starting on the linework tomorrow. I'm expecting this to be done ~Thursday or so, next Friday at the latest.
2023-06-09 21:22:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Next up is going to be Somali from Somali and the Forest Spirit! A good but all too short series.
I'll probably have a WIP post around Friday or so. I'm going to be trying to do less in the drafting stage, since I tend to do too much inbetweening then without really needing it. Hopefully I'll be able to shave a few days off how long I need to do the whole thing this way.
Thank you for your continued interest and support!
