Hello all,
The next Patron livestream will be tomorrow, Sunday July 25th, starting at 5pm CT (6pm ET / 3pm PT) at my Twitch Channel.
I'll be working on some Art Book art, and Fable will be joining me, working on some Act 3 animation for the film. Join us, shall you? Feel free to bring questions about art/animation/comics too.
I hope we'll see you the...
Just a little compilation of Freckle being very kitty-cat, although he also looks a bit dismayed to find that his gun is an untextured Blender model.
Also, Serafine yukking it up for good measure.
These are mostly clean-up shots. The brightly colored backgrounds are there so that the clean-up artists can easily spot accidental gaps in the character colors.
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2021-07-21 03:28:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Some recent work for a club under The International Cat Association umbrella and their upcoming Chicago show. One design is basically a convention book cover, and the other (on the green background) is a t-shirt design.
(To be clear, I'm not taking on clients now because I have no time for it with the film project going on, but I had committed to this one back in 2019, pre-pandemic, pre-kickstarter and all. Events had been canceled so it just sort of sat unfinished for a while, waiting fo...
To keep those of you who may have ordered shot glass sets abreast, in case you aren't following the Kickstarter Updates, they have not shipped yet in spite of our May/June estimate. The new shipping estimate is September.
I'm deeply sorry about that. But I will say in my defense, and about everyone else we've been working with...
Work by Frog, Addison Bell and Eran Fowler, with layouts by Newt.
I am incredibly privileged to be working with so many amazing artists - artists of many stripes. Background art is proba...
A little bit more KS backer art, this time for Jackie G. Thank you very much, Jackie!
Have a great holiday weekend, those of you who are celebrating! And, you know, try not to blow anything up.
Hey all,
The next Patron-only stream will be tomorrow, Wednesday, June 30th, starting at 5pm CT (6pm ET/3pm PT) at my Twitch Channel!
I'll be working on a variety of Patron drawings and possibly some book editing too. As usual, some of the film crew will probably pop in for a chat. If you have questions about the comic, art, or animation, feel free to...
Just a short glimpse of in-progress rough animation by Mel Mrozek, referencing Fabrice You's violin playing. Fabrice is a jazz violinist we brought on specifically so that we could record some jaunty, vibrant audio for Rocky, and so that we could video record reference material for the animators.
Also, possibly a little of this ...
Tomorrow, Saturday June 26th at 5pm ET / 2pm PT, Fable, Newt and I be live on YouTube talking shop with a most excellent group of webcomic creators, discussing the ins, outs, ups and downs of making digital comics.
Our guests include:
Thought it might be of some minor interest to some of you to see how we've worked out color and light effects for the characters from one scenario to the next for the film.
This guide is for the compositors to use, providing detailed instructions for exactly which colors are applied to the characters, how they're used (rim light, fill, shadow, etc), what blending type they're applied with (multiply, screen, overlay), in which order they stack (starting with the character base colo...
2021-06-23 20:32:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello all,
The Lackadaisy Gumroad Store has recently launched with some new items, including the Lackadaisy Film Poster!
As a small thanks for your support, all $2+ Patrons should have received a message from me containing discount codes for purchases from the store. These are good through August 15th!
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Also, tomorrow, Saturday June 19th...
2021-06-18 18:26:58 +0000 UTC View Post
...in which Wick would just like to finish his drink, thank you.
(Thought you might appreciated this smear frame from some of Mel M's animation.)
We'll be posting an animation preview video publicly soon, containing some things from this video and 2021-06-09 15:16:28 +0000 UTC View Post
The completed poster for the animated film, plus some of the stages in its evolution.
Kaz, Fable and I collaborated on this one.
If you're interested, I'll let you know when it's available to order. I'll see what I can do to include a Patron discount on it too!
Hey all!
I'll be streaming for Patrons tomorrow, Saturday, May 29th, starting at 6:30 pm CT (7:30 ET / 4:30 PT) at my Twitch Channel.
Looks like I'll be working on a little piece of Viktor/Mordecai art, and possibly some Patron reward art too. Some of the animation crew will probably be around for a chat, and if anyone's interested, I can give you a preview...
More of that backer art, once again with all my thanks for supporting the animated film!
2021-05-28 22:00:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Compositing color grading/ambient light isn't done yet here (and obviously, it looks better when it's not a GIF), but I thought this was a nice example of how things are starting to look!
Animation by Nick and cleanup by Zebirdbrain!
More KS backer art!
Haha...and this is only some of it. I'll share more soon (there are only so many of these I can fit into a single post) but I once again would like to express my intense and utmost gratitude for the support! In turn, I hope you'll enjoy these!
So, I've got an eye on reprinting the Lackadaisy book volumes eventually through Iron Circus Comics. They are curious about the viability of producing character plushies to go along with the books, but before we embark on the tricky process of prototyping something, we thought it'd be best to gauge interest in general - would you want one? - and if so, which character(s)?
To that end, we've set up a simple poll at the link below to try to gather that information. If you have any though...
Fable's doing some animating for the film today while I do some accompanying art stuff. Join us for a chat while we work!
Still very much a work in progress, but I thought I'd share a peek at how this is shaping up.
Sketch/layout by me
Inks and color flats by Kaz
Color by Fable
It's a real privilege to be in the virtual presence of so many marvelously creative people and their artistic manifestations - it's something I never want to take for granted - so I thought I'd take a moment to tip my hat to MysticRavenous for their deft and endearing work on a Rocky cosplay, and to N. Gravewriter for this ingenious, ongoing Lackadaisy character-themed drink and dessert project! (Also, thanks to Ghost, dedicated taste tester).
Please check out their work here, and see ...
Hey all!
The next Patron stream will be this Friday, April 30th, starting at 6pm Central Time (7pm ET/4pm PT), on my Twitch Channel.
I'll be working on...art. Lots of art. So much art. All of which needs to be delivered ASAP. Come watch me struggle! (Seriously, though, I've been having fun with it and I hope it'll be amusing to watch). I will probably have ...
Making the most of an empty grocery store parking lot - it's a Missouri tradition.
Heh, they will eventually be in cars of course , but I couldn't resist sharing this in its most hilarious state. Anyway, this was really just an excuse to share some more cleanup progress with you all, because I'm excited about how things are looking. Here's a video containing some more>
A gift from Fable.
We're working on a new set of comic dubs and...this happened for some reason.
Mordecai's emotional sampler plate, set to the tune of "Droplets" by Philanthrope.
Voice by SungWon Cho (ProZD)
Various Patron and Kickstarter backer pieces (with enormous thanks for the support!)
Among the mix, Lacy at tennis, Virgil before the fall, and Wick trying to coax you into his music video (enter at your own risk).
Also, that latest animation compilation has gone up on YouTube. It's slightly different from the one I shared here recently.
2021-04-20 00:09:48 +0000 UTC
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An early look at the next compilation video we'll be publishing on YouTube!
This version is a bit different from what will appear there, though (I can show Patrons some things we want to otherwise keep a secret for now), and you've probably seen some of these clips already, although in some cases, that would have been pre-cleanup.
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Featured animators and cleanup artists:
Fable Siegel - 2021-04-14 21:55:59 +0000 UTC
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So, the Lackadaisy Discord is turning 4 and, naturally, we'll be celebrating with the usual assortment of festivities: sophisticated discourse, witty repartee, sparkling anecdotes...
Oh, and live games and art!
If you'd like to join the film crew and the community for some group drawing on an open canvas (Magma/Aggie.io), for some games (Jackbox, Trivia Murder Party, Gartic Phone), and for some Q&A,...
Just a little peek a how things are starting to look now! I'll share a longer video soon.
Rough animation here by Mel Mrozek and cleanup by Kuto.
Horatio.
(I'll probably end up sharing a lot of KS backer art this month, among other things, as I try to get everything digitally edited and delivered!)
A few more of the art book character entries. All of the main players have a two page spread, others have single pages or half-pages.
2021-03-31 19:02:46 +0000 UTC View Post