Bronksson

2022 Redraw!!

Here's an illustration I did based on a piece from 2012, that I redrew in 2017 and have now done again! It's so refreshing to see my own improvement and how my style has naturally developed; if you're an artist of any kind, I recommend doing this if you feel a bit stuck or to get you out of a rut.

Anyway, there'll be a YouTube video on this process coming soon, so keep an eye out for that. Many blessings and catch you soon (with more art - God willing).

Bronksson!

The man himself...

This is Noah. Noah was raised by his mother and father his entire life. up until recently. Unfortunately Noah's father lost his life in an altercation with the PO (peace officers), or that's how the news and everyone else speaks about it, but it was simply a murder. Knowing and seeing this greatly affected Noah, in his relationship with his mother and also the way he handles his relationship with God. And just like many others, although he aspires to serve God, he is not perfect and gained fa...

Embarrassed Dancer

This is another character exploration from the White Lies game, and that means exactly what you think. These types of early animations are about seeing how these characters move, how their personality comes across and getting inside their heads. At the time of doing this, I was relatively new to the concept and didn't quite get into the acting on this, and thus it falls a little flat (as do most of my early animations).

Real Love update - 09/05/22

Finally, finally I got the third Chapter completed! Wooo! Just 12 more to go for the first season to be completed. However, I'm super happy with where I'm at now, because with the first few episodes complete I'll be able to put a hold on writing and move onto creating a pilot as a proof of concept for the project!

Also, Judit has done a lovely job with all of the character design and I couldn't...

Still not back to 3D...

But you get a little look into some more of the concept art for Real Love! I had fun with this one, and I actually did this one before the previous concept piece. Was my character exploration as well as knocking off the rust for digital painting, which is still pretty caked on. But I plan to knock the rest of it off soon! Enough foreshadowing though, Rosa slipped into my own style here and I'm not happy with that at all. So more practice is needed, so I can nail Judits designs without too muc...

Real Love: Noah's character design

So you've seen the initial design / concepts sketches, so which was your favourite? Which would you like to see expanded and closely referenced in his final design? Of course this is a question just for fun and to see what you think! 

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Here's the early game storyboard

This one was aimed at giving insight into the more supernatural elements of this world, while also following the day to day of our protagonists. However, with all the changes to the games functions and all, this kind of thing could be considered more "lore" than anything else, and maybe we'll have the chance to explore it again in the future. But honestly, that is up to you.

Let's pause on the animation learning

Here's some concept art for Real Love, a little treat for you and me! As I've had the time to do this, which is a huge blessing and also that you don't usually get to see this stuff so yeah, I think it's pretty cool.

This is a shot from a scene in the script that I was trying to visualize, while I also wanted to get a hang of drawing El, so why not kill two birds with one stone. What do you think?

Very influential sketch!

This is another sketch that greatly influenced Noah's design. And I'm sure you'll see how when you see his design, and I'll tell you more about who this guy is once you get a good look. So keep an ear out!

Please go and check out Judit's art and let her know just how incredible she is!

Judit Arazo (@juditarazo) • Instagram photos and videos

A Very Old Storyboard

This is one of the first storyboards I created for this project, and it was a trailer I had planned, but let this serve as a lesson. Too long, too confusing and not well directed at all to be honest haha, and don't worry, this isn't self deprecating or anything, it's very old and I learned a lot from this back when I did it and hopefully you can learn from it too. Basically, don't do this!

Real Love update - 25/04/22

Okay, I've missed a "few" weeks, sorry about that. No excuses, I just dropped the ball and I apologies! However! I have a larger update for you now, so where are we at?

We've got green marks and lots of ticks which always feels good! But what these ticks mean, simply put is Judit has designed 2 more characters, I've written the plot points for the entire first act (season) and expanded on them...

Day #6 - Rounding it off

For this step, I'd decided I wasn't going to polish and finish this animation BUT I did want to try my hand at the polishing process, so I polished the over all movement, besides the face and secondary movements, and I added some twitch and shake to the hand, to learn how to use the graph editor modifiers; so this was all really fun and I made it a cleaner render seeing as this is the last time we'll see this animation.

I'll still be livestreaming, but on random occasion and possibly mo...

Noah's initial design concepts continue

This one is great! Not the final design, but this guy had so much character and we were very close to just going with this design. But in the end, Judit improved on the design to no surprise but definitely to my great joy! So the concept sketches continue!

Please go and check out Judit's art and let her know just how incredible she is!

Judit Arazo (@juditarazo) • Instagram photos and videos<...

More Storyboards?

No. These are layouts, now layouts are simply cleaner still images, that give structure and guidance for lighting, layers arrangements, the details of the environment and much more. Essentially a step designed to make sure there is no guessing when it comes to animation, and although these specific layouts don't cover all of that, they did teach me a lot about the process and I learned from many of my mistakes here. 

This is taken from another cutscene that was planned for early on...

Day #5 - A few quiet steps

I'd gone in and done the breakdowns for this stage, I wasn't able to do it live or record the rest of the process. Anyway, again, I've been learning a lot and hoping to put these new lessons to good use very, very soon! 

Learning Animation Day #05 - Test 2 Step 3 - YouTube

I'll still be livestreaming, but on random occasion and possibly more often, so please keep a watchful eye out ...

Some more options on Noah's design

Some more options from the incredible Judit Arazo, she was playing with her initial ideas here, with the style and characterization based only on a character bio and very limited description. She's a great artist. What do you think of the designs?

Please go and check out Judit's art and let her know just how incredible she is!

Judit Arazo (@juditarazo) • Instagram photos and videos

More Storyboard shots!

Here are some more shots from the same storyboard. This one we put a lot of work into, and I learned a lot about the process of creating animation, working with voice actors, and it helped to establish the system I use going forward when working with a team as well.

If you want to see this storyboard, then please let me know and I'll get it uploaded for you!

She is amazing!!

"That's not a 'she' bronksson" I hear you say, and you're right. But I was talking about 'Judit Arazo' the incredible artist who did this design sketch. She is working as a character designer on the Real Love project, and this is one of her first takes on Noah, (reemphasize 'first take') one of the lead roles in this story. And you'll be seeing a lot more of her incredible designs on this project, and more specifically and immediately on Noah. 

Please go and check out Ju...

A Natural Sprinter...

...born to race! Could be a hint there, could not be! BUT! What certainly is there, is a strong lesson in focusing more on character acting, and for that reason, from the time this was created up to now I still like this little character exploration animation test! Because of that, this animation served as a great reference for the development of this characters personality and style. What do you think? Does she look interesting?

What is Real Love?

What is real love? Real love is not affection, real love is not attraction, real love is not sexual desire or infatuation, real love is not gifts and compliments; so what is real love?

Real love, I believe, can be broken down into this; a commitment to do was is right, no matter what. But what is right? And what is wrong? Well, in real love; which is an animated series. I believe that there is ...

What is White Lies?

White Lies is a game in which you'll be racing against a clock and pitted against other players too, to reach the finish line first. It's a new take on the battle royal formula that you won't want to miss.

Based in a universe where the entire world has been reduced to one major civilization, spanning many countries which are now considered one country. And everything outside of that has been d...

Day #4 - Slowly but surely

Excited about this one, and I'm aiming to keep taking it relatively slow and get it finished. So keep checking back for the streams! Or just keep an eye out for these animation clips here. Either way, let me know what you think and if there are any pointers you have, go ahead!

Also, you can watch me working on these tests every Sunday night at around 9:00PM BST. So go over to my YouTube to check that out;

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White Lies and Real Love

White Lies being a game project and Real Love being an animated series. We'll be following the process of each, both progressing at different rates and of course in different ways. We'll learn a lot together and eventually see the fruits of our labour (by God's grace!). 

Consider these titles a first look into the process seeing as they're open to change and will likely be changed, but let me know what you think! You might have a hand in influencing how they eventually look.

Vehicle Design

Here are some initial concepts for vehicles within the game, nothing that you can pilot but vehicles that belong to the worlds peace officers, drones, choppers all mainly for surveillance but also equipped with HEAVY weaponry. But again, that's something for you to keep an eye out for and let me know what you think!

Day #3 - The lessons keep coming

Just having fun starting a new animation. Blocking out a more character focused shot than an action shot, which I'm loving, and keeping this file much cleaner haha. For anyone who's interested, here the different angles but in their full run-time.

Learning Animation Day #03 - Test 2 Step 1 - YouTube

Learning Animation D...

Environment Plans - Animation Plans

Here, this is a few environment thumbnails, which is cool and all, they were simple sketchy explorations for cutscenes in this game, however they've been swept into the scraps. BUT! What is so important about this, is the fact that you can see the animation plans scribbled on top of the birds eye view, noting the camera movements and what happens where and the movement of the scene. This isn't something that is always done, but scenes with a lot going on and a lot of camera movement too, then...

I'm still learning

This is taken from day 2 of the learning streams, as you know a technical day 3 but I won't mention that again... Anyway, I was learning and refining the animation slowly but surely. What do you think? If you haven't seen, it changes quite a bit by the end of my work on this piece. And this is where I called it quits on this shot, just because the file itself was such a mess and I just stopped having fun with it, but I've learned a lot and will implement everything I've learned in the next pi...

LTF series - A New stretch?

We've had a good look at some concept art now, so let's change it up a little, we can come back to more concepts later. For now though, this game has cutscenes, it'll certainly have trailers like any other game, so let's take a look at some of the pre-production on these!

Character Splash Shots 02

Some more character exploration through these illustrations, giving a small insight into them in their elements so to say. Also these pieces were pivotal in how I handle anthropomorphic characters, trying to find my own style and approach without being so different that it's just plain creepy. 

But that is up to you. What do you think? Are these creatures a thumbs up in your book or are you not a fan?

Real Love update - 14/03/22

Alright, it's been 2 whole weeks! What massive steps have we taken? Well, Judit has completed 2 of the lead characters designs, and she's moving on to tackling more as I write this. 

Which I'm super excited about, and I'll be taking some of those designs and really digging into the outfits - I ca...