Dear Patrons,
I always feel like this time of the year flies by so fast. To think, next month's blog update will be the year's last. Recapping this past month is difficult, because it has mostly just been a matter of keeping my head overwater, juggling the responsibilities of these two very different production, and trying to squeeze a bit of mental recovery time (still aching a bit from triple-work-September) in there. It's for this reason that I haven't opened the online store again a...
2023-11-12 13:47:32 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
September was a crazy busy month, as expected.
I was animation supervising on a new TV-series project, and at the same time still animation supervising on the short film I've been on for most of the year. It had it's final-final deadline last Monday, and just 7 days before that the clean-up studio wrote to us that they'd need to go 10 days over time in order to finish. Unfortunately, that wasn't an option since we were already overdue, so I had to go ahead and ...
2023-10-08 11:23:27 +0000 UTC
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PDF of 'The Making of Tales of Zale - Flickering Lights' Art Book.
Breaks down the indie production journey of 'Tales of Zale - Flickering Lights' from inception to final touches.
104 pages of artwork & text.
2023-09-27 17:30:25 +0000 UTC
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Happy 1-year-since-the-release-of-Flickering-Lights!
And happy birthday to myself, I made it very easy to remember the date, that's for sure!
Now, I've lost a bit track of how much of previous versions of Flickering Lights I've shared with you, but as far as I recall, I haven't shared a full old episode version before. As some of you know, this project started all the way back in 2016, right after the release of episode 2, and went through many different iterations.
Th...
2023-09-07 14:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
Another month has passed! It's been some bust days at the office, and it seems to only be getting busier here in September. Somehow that's always how September ends up, it seems. But at least I'm not moving on top of it all this year, eh?
So this time around, the poll was also tied. Then I wrote on our discord. Then it skewered towards "new character". Then a little later, ...
2023-09-02 19:36:37 +0000 UTC
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Putting in some previous ones this month! What would you like to see next?
2023-08-12 12:59:11 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
No ties this month! Well - except between second place. It's been a while since I shared anything animated, and it looks like you've missed it.
THE ANIMATION:
Credits:
Animation - Tore Poulsen
Backgrounds - Tanja ...
2023-08-06 10:49:28 +0000 UTC
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You know how it goes by now! Let's see if it'll be another tie this time :D
2023-07-15 20:03:28 +0000 UTC
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Well, you SOMEHOW went and did it again. This month's poll ended in another tie -- but as mentioned in the last post, I can't keep giving you double content because of that, so I went and flipped a coin. Elva ended up coming out on top, so she'll be the focus of this month's post. But just like last time, it's going to be a lot of development pictures, so before we get too far into it, let's go ahea...
2023-07-08 20:45:58 +0000 UTC
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There's still plenty more material to go through! Help me decide what to show/break down next :D
2023-06-21 17:48:40 +0000 UTC
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As promised, here's comes the second part of this month's TV series development sneak peeks. Now, you voted for 'location explorations', but I gotta give a few caveats: one, I refrain from putting in anything that would be a proper spoiler. Two, I'm not going to give you any context for the pictures, I'll just leave you to speculate. In addition to that, these are just early thumbnail explorations. That means that many of these locations won't necessarily make it into the series --- and...
2023-06-18 11:50:10 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
Well, you've went and done it! The poll for this month's TV-series development preview ended in a tie, and I guess that means I'll just have to cover both location explorations AND Zale's new design this month. I'll be making more polls for these coming months, but don't you go aiming for more ties! I've only got so much development content I can share at once, so next time I mig...
2023-06-11 18:44:50 +0000 UTC
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Help me decide what from the TV-series development I should show+ break down in next month's update!
2023-05-17 18:23:02 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
It's that time again! Ready for another update?
CHANGES TO THE PATREON PAGE:
So I finally took some time to sit down and have a look at the Patreon page. It was about time, since one of the tier rewards still listed "name in Flickering Lights credits" as one of the rewards... which would, needlessly to say, be difficult to fulfil at this point. I've edited and updated some stuff, and will continue to do so as I find time, ...
2023-05-06 20:54:21 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
Greetings from the months-long "training montage" that I am currently undergoing. Things are still super busy with the supervising job, and it hasn't allowed for much head-space to work on personal projects as usual. But it should only last until June-ish, so right now I'm trying to take it in stride and learn what I can... That doesn't mean that there aren't any new Tales of Zale updates to get into though, so let's have a look!
TALES OF ZALE TV-S...
2023-04-09 13:44:21 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
I'm happy to report that this month has been a lot more stable and ordinary than the last! Given the rollercoaster ride that was January, that is much appreciated. Still, there's been a lot of busywork, so there isn't much visual stuff to show off in this particular post. Though, there are some updates to go through, so let's jump into it!
WORK:
Since I started as an animation supervisor, work has been taking up a lot of my time and ...
2023-03-08 21:14:34 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
As I'm writing this, I'm sitting with a bowl of Udon soup in front of me. Somehow noodle soup has become a customary celebratory meal on my end. There's a lot to be happy about, but it also was quite the trip to get here, so let's jump right into it.
TALES OF ZALE TV-SERIES:
When we last left off, we had had a broadcaster pitch, which ha...
2023-02-10 17:37:00 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
2022 was a big year, so I thought it'd be only right to collect the highlights in one big mega-post. Enjoy!
TALES OF ZALE FLICKERING LIGHTS
Of course, the BIG highlight this year was that 'Tales of Zale - Flickering Lights' finally released. After 3 years of production, and even longer in figuring out what I wanted from the story, it was amazing to finally be able to call this little film done and share it with the world.
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2023-01-08 19:55:52 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
It's a little early for the monthly update - we're not even into January yet! But I thought it'd be a good time, since I wanted to share the music video we've just released, and tell you a bit about how the pitch went.
Of course, it's been a short while since the last update, and on top of that there's been plenty of Christmas busy-ness, so it will be a shorter post than usual, but let's jump into it nontheless!
MUSIC VIDEO
2022-12-28 20:45:21 +0000 UTC
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Happy holidays dear patrons,
Hope you've all been well wherever you are. I've been a bit around, so let's jump right into the potentially (unless I'm real efficient about the year round-up) last update of the year!
(speaking of jumping right into it)
CTNX
2022-12-03 20:34:38 +0000 UTC
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As you might have seen, Tales of Zale is now in Spanish too!
2022-11-11 00:02:51 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
Another month, another update! And although Flickering Light's release is now well behind us, it's not as thought there aren't news to share!
TALES OF ZALE - FLICKERING LIGHTS
In regards to Tales of Zale - Flickering Lights, some of you may have seen that I've released the trailer for the Spanish dub, coming out on November 10th. While I don...
2022-11-05 21:58:10 +0000 UTC
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Greetings from the Oslo airport!
Ok, we all know that 'Tales of Zale - Flickering Lights' isn't just made to be enjoyed by children. But that's the category the film contended in for Fredrikstad Animation Festival, and that's the category it ended up winning! Going from not even having considered entering festivals to actually win in the first one I participate in... Well, it's quite surreal to be honest. Having had a kids audience pick the film from among the lineup at the North's bi...
2022-10-23 16:28:06 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
I want to get back into doing monthly round-ups, so I won't be speaking too much about what I've been up to in October just yet. But basically, the reason it has taken me a while to get around to this update, is that I took on a very time-intensive job right as the month began (and I've had some major internet issues that are hopefully now resolved). I've shared the results of that job 2022-10-18 16:56:44 +0000 UTC
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So the past 2,5 weeks have been pretty hectic - and that right after the ToZ release! But the folks at Second Sky got back to me, asking if I could help out with a trailer for their festival and it was hard to pass up. I made a trailer of sorts for them last year as well. As usual, the deadline was tight. I knew I'd have to go all out to get it done at a decent quality. But I managed, and it's done!
Now ...
2022-10-17 18:50:34 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
Wauv it's been a hectic month! I'm still working on putting together a bit of a summary and update, but writing has been difficult, and attention split between that and making the final report to the fund that supported the exhibition+art book. I also ended up taking on some very time sensitive freelance work that'll last for the next few weeks.
Still, I wanted to post something at the beginning of the month as I usually do, so for now I've dug up the original ...
2022-10-04 22:59:34 +0000 UTC
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Thought it'd be an appropriate time to pick up on any questions that may be lingering after the release of 'Tales of Zale - Flickering Lights'! If you're unable to join, feel free to leave your questions in the comments of this post too, and I'll try to include them.
All the best,
- Sif
2022-09-12 10:01:18 +0000 UTC
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It's finally here! The online shop is open, and the art books are ready to be shipped out.
As a Patron, you can use the promo code FL1CKER22 to get your book signed - or have a little thank-you doodle drawn in the book. Write in the order details if you have any preferences.
If you're one of the quick folk who already ordered a book, you can instead write to me directly if you'd like a signature/doodle. I'll hold off on sending the orders off...
2022-09-08 09:21:52 +0000 UTC
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Finally out now! Watch it if you haven't already :D
2022-09-07 17:22:51 +0000 UTC
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