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Chapter 004 - Complete SUPER rough animatic

PHEW!!! Almost 10 minutes long, over 140 shots... it's a biggie.

• Still some edits to dialogue and stuff for the final version. 
• Lots of missing sound effects.
• Probably a few shots will be added/adjusted.
• Music to be replaced by original compositions by Noah.
• José's Honda Dio has now been replaced by a BMW Café racer.
• Gracia's (grandma lady) character design will always have her squinting.
• Maria's grave will always now be...
  2022-05-15 03:06:35 +0000 UTC View Post

BSV Chapter 004 : Animatic Progress

Hey y'all! Been a looooooong time comin' and it's almost complete. But I wanted to share with you the current animatic progress for our "backstory" chapter.

Obviously it's mostly placeholder stuff here, and there will be original music composed by Noah.

Current runtime is 5:01 and we're still only about 70% done. There's a few additional scenes between José and his mom's grave and then later with José and Gracia (the older lady). After that, he bounces off to start his adventure...

Overdue post-release update for 003

Not a whole lot of new information here in this video, considering the patreon updates. The newest bits and bobs would be:

• The two additional artists currently have a few shots in hand
• The new BSV shirt is out (with limited edition color variants)
• I'm picking up the basics of Blender now
• And (not in the video) spoke with a 3D animation studio last night ... more on this...
  2022-03-03 16:20:35 +0000 UTC View Post

BSV Update 01.24.22

Hey hey hey! January is getting close to wrapping up and I wanted to drop a little update on both myself and BSV.

I know my life has been a bit of a rollercoaster since last Spring, but the ride is over. Health is in order, my personal life has simmered down, and I've come away with a better sense of self and an adorable pup. Time to crank this up.

BSV has two artists/animators that I'm feeling great about. The top posted image is actually a board I sketched out next to a cleaned ...

Thank you so much for 2021

Avast, me hearties! The new year is upon us!

2022 is right around the corner, however, I wanted to quickly recap this year, as 2021 has been quite the journey! 

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We completed 2 chapters of BSV

About 13 minutes of animation, a little over a minute-a-month on average. Despite not being a bad amount of productivity for one guy, this number could have been a whole lot higher had numerous other factors not cropped up.

I've contacted the transl...

Update and Posters!

Hey guys! 

Wow... things have been nuts. 2021. For a lot (if not, all of us), for sure, but specifically (in regards to this post) my life and BSV. For anyone who has followed the events of the year or deduced others, I promise... there's been so much more going on in the background. That said, your patience continues to inspire and awe me, and I genuinely can't thank you all enough.

Chapter 003 has been pretty much all but done for a little while now. However, I've held off ...

Chapter 003 | Patreon Pre-Release Cut

Thanks so much for your patience, y'all!  This is pretty much the chapter :D

Next is the final pass : scene/art asset tweaks / composition tweaks / final sound effects and voice lines / sorting out credits / and music.  

Before I go public with the final version, I'll make a post to confirm credits :D

I'll have a lot more to say about this chapter, the process, the past several months, and the plan for the future chapter. But as usual, I'll be immediately hitting u...

Quick update

Hey y'all! Wanted to wait til the chapter was done, but seeing as we're almost into the second week of October, I wanted to let you know the progress.

Currently there is 1 shot that needs animation (I ended up saving the two most animation heavy scenes for last, smart I know)... 

There's 3 shots that need a few additional assets. 

In other words, we're about a week away from a complete chapter, which I will post for you all here. THAT SAID—

Once the version...

Chapter 003 : Progress Report

Hey y'all! So as promised, I wanted to get the current progress to you guys before I head off to Texas for 2 weeks (ya, I thought it would be broken up into 3 trips... turns out it's 2). I'll be back around 8/24 to hopefully plug in the assets and wrap up chapter 003 before having to fly back at the beginning of September for just a couple days.

~"This is the way!"~

All voices temp, will be replaced.

Still some sound effects missing or needing to be replaced.

For REAL this time : Personal Update

**Good lord, have mercy! The video was the problem, not Vimeo or Youtube... fixed! **

All the personal details are in the video. But I'll be posting here again in the next couple days the current progress so you guys can see where we're at.

Thanks for your amazing patience and support, y'all... been a weird few months lol

HUGS,

Mick

It's July....crediting/pledges

Hey hey hey!

So it's July, and I continue to plug away at Chapter 003. So I missed the June deadline I set for myself... 

I cancelled my trip to Texas, as this is a priority...Needless to say this chapter is taking a lot longer than I originally planned. Likely because there's more "people" in each scene, more animation, and there's like 40+ more shots in this chapter, due to more action.

Excuses aside, I did try to reach out to some artists that I thought would be a g...

June is the deadline

This month is it. No matter what. Chapter 003 is happening.

As I mentioned before, I have a commercial commission I’m working on this month, and just after 4 days (June 1-4), I’m like 70% done, so not too bad (certainly better than I’d expected).

I sent in a chunk of progress today to the client, and this will free me up to juggle both projects until the commission is done (which I’m guessing should be around the middle of next week)… after which, it’s all and only BSV...

BSV Chapter 003 | Patreon Progress 05.09.21

Hey y'all!! Been continuing to crank on chapter 003. Turns out it has almost double the shots of chapter 002, despite having a similar runtime... oof.

Continuing to work on base assets (the still drawings that I later/sometimes animate or add lip-sync to), but overall, we've got a lot done. Really really hoping to have this chapter completed this month, though that may be unrealistic. Still gonna push for it.

Chapter 004 will definitely have help...that's gonna be a priority. The ...

BSV Chapter 003 | Patreon Progress 04.06.21

The animatic is finally done! It's rough... REALLY rough. But it has the basic layout of shots in place.

A quick breakdown: Runtime is around 5:40 // roughly 110 shots.

Like a said, it's rough and there's a ton of stuff missing: 

• All voicing is temporary, some lines will even change
• Missing sound effects (many will also change) 
• Even the sketched out shots may be completely reworked in production

I want to thank you guys for your...

BSV CH.003 | Some Progress and Updates

Hey gang! First off, welcome to the new patrons! If yer unfamiliar with my updates, just a warning: there are spoilers. Just a heads up!

Uploaded here (above) are just some VERY ROUGH shots from 003. Just basic assets in place for several shots, still gonna tweak the ones shown.

But before getting too much into the animation, the next step is gonna be that rough animatic. Like with 002, it'll have all the shots mapped out (very sketchy and rough)...

BSV CH.002 | Pre-Release Preview (check your name!)

Hey crew!! We did it!! Chapter 002 is pretty much wrapped! Just getting final touches in before release in a couple days (I think... waiting on something).

In the meantime, if any of you so desire, please check your names listed in the credits. The video doesn't have them, but you can see them on the site (I just updated the patreon listing on the main page : http://ricepirate.com/ )

I've got the thumbnail done as well...

BSV CH.002 | 2nd half pretty much done

Patreon video embed acting weird? Here's a link : https://youtu.be/rlliQIIszTE 

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Dunno why I started with the 2nd half of the chapter, but it's pretty much done. There's gonna be a lot of touching up and tweaking. Also still missing some of the voice lines for the tall cop. 

But most of the things I need to fix/change will happen in the final pass. Which means I'm mo...

Ch. 002 Progress and thoughts

First off — IT'S A NEW YEAR!!! I hope you all were able to celebrate in the best way you could. I won't lie, while 2020 was a hard year for us all, I can't ignore the highlights. Overall, it's been a productive year, and it just feels right to start the year off with more BSV progress <3

I'd made a video on twitter talking about how I'd considered ending episode 1 with Chapter 003 (giving it a 22-24 minute runtime). It made sense in the moment... But the more I look over the flow o...

BSV CH.002 | Animatic complete :D

So there's still a bunch of missing sounds and and tweaks to be made. But the majority of it is in for timing and shot placement.

Voices are also mostly just temp. I know I said that last time, but (in 001) with Old Sangrio being a pretty small character with virtually all the lines, I figured it made sense. This time, I already got some folks on the roster.

I'm happy this portion of the progress was completed in two weeks. From here on out, it's all clean up til the finish line! ...

Ch. 002 Progress and "Hi!" To our new patrons <3

*Temporary sound starts at around 50 seconds*

SUPER ROUGH but you get a sense of the first couple minutes. Still need to include a few more character intros, then the town and the opening scene in the village. Probably gonna run around 5-6 minutes... still longer than I thought, but I think the process is gonna be much quicker.

Considering we're just a week off of publishing chapter 001, having the entirety of Chapter 002 mapped out in an animatic with sound should put us in a rea...

BSV Ch.001 [Complete] - Patreon Preview

There's a few things I need to fix in this, but it's finally done.

Been a long time coming, and I can't thank you guys enough for your patience. I still need to get the credits and stuff together for the final release. Also the dub-ready version.

There will also be a follow-up video update where I talk a little about the process so far, the chapter itself, and moving forward.

Speaking of moving forward... can't wait to crack into Chapter 002. WHICH WILL BE MUCH SHORTER SO HE...

If you wanna include your voice | Chapter 001 progress

Here we go! The last update before we wrap this baby up!

Most of the sound, all the shots are planned (but not completed). Still a ton to do, but I'm aiming to wrap this up in October... AIMING! If I can get more help on animation, it won't be a problem at all... the issue is simply finding people that work in the style... but I'm happy to throw down whatever moneies needed to ensure it's done this month.

There's gonna be some edits in the dialogue, but this is pretty c...

Chapter 001 : Progress (Spoilers)

Hey y'all! 

Roughly a month ago, I had shown off about 4 minutes of (almost) completed animation. Here we've got about 8 minutes of (almost, but less) completed animation, with an additional 2 minutes of (very rough) progress.... that puts us at around 10 minutes.

There's still probably another 2-3 minutes to go... so, once again, the length of the chapter is extending. But I'm going to get the audio in and complete the rough animatic to completion, in order to plan this chap...

Chapter 001 - First Half Preview

Hey guys, hope yer all healthy and safe and sane. Weird times.... bizarre even...

Bad puns aside, I promised earlier that I'd post the progress (the first half of the first chapter) for those interested in seeing it coming along.

Still missing some final touches, but it's pretty much there. I've also already another +2 minutes pretty much completed, but still got a couple more minutes to animate to finish off the chapter.

It's been a heck of a ride so far, but as I hoped, I'...

Full-time on BSV for the next 5 Months

Yes! Yes! Yes!

I can't express the utter relief I'm feeling right now.

For the past two month I've been juggling a couple animation commissions (Cherry Insurance and Advance Solutions)...and as of this weekend, they're pretty much done. Cherry, for sure, but still haven't finalized Advance. As fas as I'm concerned it's pretty much done (famous last words, I know).

Unfortunately the commissions were necessary. While you guys have been amazing here on Pat...

BSV : May Update

Another month of progress, another month of "thanks for being patient."

Chapter 001 

Chapter 001 continues to balloon in size. Like I've mentioned, I have no doubt the following chapters will move much quicker (and will also be shorter), but seeing as this is the beginning of a the whole she-bang, additional scenes and info continues to get slipped in.

Granted I've been hitting this Chapter since mid-Jan, and was hoping for a 2-month turnarou...

BSV Update : Chapter 001

Hey guys! Been a few weeks! And I wanted to hit you guys up and let you know where we're at!

So in terms of assets/animation we're def over halfway. The image gallery attached doesn't include all the assets I've done (and even some of the shots above are not cleaned-up).

"Well this sure is taking a while!" Yes. And while there's been some not great news, there's also some very good news.

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Not Great News : I thought $2k a mont...

BSV 001 | Update 01 : Footage and Backgrounds

Hey gang! Just poppin' by to share some footage of the project. It's not finished footage, still needs some tweaks to composition and the addition of lip-sync and stuff, but you can get a sense of the look and feel (at least for this chapter).

In terms of assistance with the project... I initially thought allotting $2,000 a month for backgrounds and clean up would be more than sufficient, but after reaching out to a number of folks, I realized just how little that would yield (looks lik...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! — It begins!

Production has officially began (since 2 days ago). Here's what's up:

- 113 shots for the first chapter.
- Still no luck with finding clean-up assist, or background assist.
- Moving ahead with animated boards + sound design

So... not finding help wasn't a dream start for the year, but I anticipated plenty of roadblocks before getting the project up to a proper steady speed. That said, I'm not going to let it hold up the process.

While I continue the search for help, I...

Go time.

The last two chapters are mapped out, but super rough. That said, it's gonna be a long while before we get to animating those last chapters of Episode 3, so I'm not about to hold up the whole process because of it.

I leave for Seattle to visit my family tomorrow, and will be there til December 29th. While I'm there I'm going to secure a background artist and clean-up artist (for additional assistance).  Eventually needing a 3D guru on hand to tackle later challenges (primarily vehi...