Shadow the Hedgehog! It was a lot of work, a lot of people loved it, and I'm very happy with the response to the episode! But, I gotta be honest, it was a nightmare to make this one, especially during the past 3 months. A lot of stuff went wrong, I had to stop everything else in my life to just focus on the animation, and the entire time I was feeling a lot of pressure andanxiety. It was a pretty bad experience.
So I'm done with the longer videos (at least for now). I want the new episo...
2018-08-09 12:12:59 +0000 UTC
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Organizing all this stuff took way too long. But here it is, 2 months worth of assets! Here we go:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/basic-asset-pack-12674978 Basic Asset Pack: Comes with 3 Backgrounds, 2 characters (they are not rigs, but they come with some basic anima...
2018-08-04 13:55:14 +0000 UTC
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Here it is! I'm gonna take a break now, but I'll be back in a couple of days with a mega asset pack to make up for all the delays.
Episode Download:https://www.patreon.com/posts/12673963 (link should be up soon)
2018-07-25 14:46:00 +0000 UTC
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Unfortunately, I couldn't quite make the schedule, so the episode is not coming today.
I ended up making some changes to the final scene, like adding more dialog,tweaking the camera angles and adding more details and lighting effects to the characters. I just want to emphasize the tone of the sequence andoverall make everything look a lot nicer. So it's gonna take a few more days, but it's almost done! If everything works out, the episode will be coming next week on the 25th!
2018-07-21 14:44:25 +0000 UTC
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I'm finishing up the 3D animation right now! This is just a quick update to let you guys know that we're still on schedule, but things got shuffled around a little bit:
I ended up working on the post-credit and 3D sequences first, so the shadow 2D scenes got moved to this month. But the release date for the episode remains the same, July 21st! I also edited and fixed some footage from part 2, s...
2018-07-01 16:01:56 +0000 UTC
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Yo! Y'all like that E3? Halo Infinite coming to the PC, Cyberpunk and DMC 5 look awesome andI love Smash, but I was expecting a little bit more from Nintendo! Where's SMT V, where's Metroid 4... Where's my F-Zero!?
Anyway, I got some good news. The pony scenes are 100% complete! Now I just have to take care of the Shadow stuff. So I made a schedule for Part 3 earlier this month to keep myself organized and to give you guys a better idea of what I'll be doing:
2018-06-17 00:27:46 +0000 UTC
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Hey, before we get to the rewards I wantedto thank you guys for the kind words and your support! The strike slowed down last week, so things are getting back to normal over here. It's not quite the "zombie apocalypse" that 2018-06-06 03:15:13 +0000 UTC
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Hey, guys! Sorry for the lack of updates, this month has just been crazy, holy crap! You guys probably don't know what's happening in my country right now, but the situation is a little bit chaotic at the moment. And, you know,I'm just trying to stay positive, stocking up on food... gearing up for the societal collapse!
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2018-05-28 00:27:25 +0000 UTC
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Professor Oak wants pictures of Spider-Man! So you'll have to travel to the New-York Johto region. But before you go, grab some Pokemon and some ponies too, to aid you on your Journey!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/basic-asset-pack-12674978 Basic Pack: comes with the OAK's lab backgr...
2018-05-04 11:13:31 +0000 UTC
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I don't know what was happening with Patreon earlier today, but it was just refusing to add images to the post, then it wouldn't let me publish or save the post and then it finally refused to create any new posts altogether! I tried cleaning up the cache, using different browsers but nothing worked. Now it just magically works for some reason! So here's a late update I guess...
Anyway, I've mad...
2018-04-28 02:52:46 +0000 UTC
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Hi everybody! I had a busy week with medical exams and tests (nothing serious, just a regular check-up), so there wasn't a lot of time for animation, but I still got some other stuff done.
I rendered all the pony scenes for part 2, and after effects took a whopping ten hours to do it, which is weird because there's nothing too crazy going on in the animation, so I'm not sure why it took that long. Unfortunately, I'll have to render it again, because I found some animation errors while I...
2018-04-13 07:31:48 +0000 UTC
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More Pokémon Snap!Everything comes in PNG,AEP(CC2015+) and MOV files for some of the animation.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/basic-asset-pack-12674978 Basic Pack: comes with the Volcano backgrounds and all the Pokemonyou see in the picture.
2018-04-03 11:01:58 +0000 UTC
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I've spent the past week workingon four new character rigs,andhey, look at that! My second channel is alive! The video above shows the entire rigging process of the heavy gunner, which is hands down my favorite rig from this episode. The promotional art for the character is just fantastic, and I didn't know how closely I would be able to replicate it in after effects, but I really liked how it turned out!Although, I'll probably tweak the visual style a little bit to fit better with the other ...
2018-03-27 22:26:46 +0000 UTC
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Ponies! This gif is part of a scene that I set aside two months ago and never got around to finishing it. Not because it was long, but because it was a little bit challenging in a technical way.
It required a lot of modifications to the rigs, like adding new expressions to the controls and changing the hairstyles, which also means creating new masking compositions for the shadow effect.
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2018-03-18 05:08:16 +0000 UTC
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This is a weird one, but I'm not done with casino night zone just yet, so here's a blast from the past!
Pokemon Snap came out in the end of 2013, and the animation was not the best... But I did make a lot of assets for that episode, Including a lot of early 3D stuff for the backgrounds and the ZERO-ONE vehicle! Unfortunately, I've lost the original 3D files. But I still have all the renders!And I'm goingto share some of them with you guys!
2018-03-07 13:07:13 +0000 UTC
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Here's the video update! Sorry it took so long, I was having some issues with my internet connection.
2018-03-01 23:57:55 +0000 UTC
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Sonic 2 was one of the first video games that I ever played, and it's probably my favorite in the series, so I have a soft spot in my heart for all the zones in this game, especiallyCasino Night Zone,I loved playing the ring slot machines when I was a little kid.
So I'm having a blast recreating all these backgrounds, I'm totally abusing that stargloweffect, but I think it fits really well here...
2018-02-16 19:42:43 +0000 UTC
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The episode is not done yet, but here are some of the assets. It's all spoiler free, so it's fine! Green Hill Zone everybody!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/basic-asset-pack-12674978 The Basic Pack! It includes these two backgrounds and all the assets you see in the image. It's all av...
2018-02-07 01:47:40 +0000 UTC
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Almost done with Green Hill Zone! As you can see, things get a little bit intense there at the end. I spent a lot of time setting up all the backgrounds and the fire effects, which are really resource intensive! So After Effects just slows down because of all the layers, and it takes a while to animate and render everything, but thankfully there isn't much character interaction happening during the fire sequences. I just gotta animate Shadowdriving away.
2018-02-03 00:14:12 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody! Sorry for the lack of updates, I'm working nonstop on the episode right now and I made some major changes to part 2:
Yup, It got a little bit longer. I wanted to make things funnier, and I got some new ideas while I was animating. So I mixed things up and added new sequences! But I spent most of my time working on a specific scene. You can see part of it in the gif.
It's a ...
2018-01-21 14:11:08 +0000 UTC
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Hey Happy New Year! It's a little bit late, but here are the December rewards.
These are from the Spider-Matt intro that I made last year. Even though the project was mostly inspired by the cartoon, I chose a comic book style for the backgrounds. So I did a lot of sketching in photoshop, learned a little bit about modular asset design, and I even mixed in some 3D renders for the sewer background.
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2018-01-04 16:05:02 +0000 UTC
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I don't normally do this, but this is a special occasion. So here's a quick preview of the next episode!
And this is only for you guys! So please don't share the link ;)
I also want to thank everybody for supporting my work this year, I seriously couldn't keep doing this without your help, thank you! You guys are amazing!
2017-12-25 06:33:00 +0000 UTC
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I had to deal with some computer trouble last week! Windows asked me to restart the pc to repair a small error on my hard drive, and it completely screwed everything up. It took ages to boot up the pc, explorer stopped working and all the restoration points got corrupted. My only option was to reinstall everything. It's all running on a new ssd now, so we should be fine! Thankfully I didn't lose any of my files. But I did lost a lot of time :(
I still managed to get some stuff animat...
2017-12-19 00:23:04 +0000 UTC
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Sorry guys, I was working on a TBFP intro last week and everything got a little bit delayed. But I got a lot of stuff to talk about! So let's start with Shadow the Hedgehog:
Just like the last episode, I'm splitting this one up into 3 parts.
The animation for part 1 is all done, and I told you guy...
2017-12-06 06:21:26 +0000 UTC
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You guys are probably sick of all the Fallout 4 stuff, but I promise you this is the last one!
This pack is all about Concord, it includes the VATS UI, some more unused background elements, objects, and the remaining Raider gear.
Basic Asset Pack: https://www.patreon.com/posts/basic-asset-pack-12674978
Big Asset Pack: 2017-12-01 04:37:33 +0000 UTC
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Hey, I'm back Y'all! With some news about the next episode. But first, let me tell you about my trip to Canada.
Yup, if you follow me on twitter, you already know this. I went to Montreal last week and I finally met the Super Best Friends! We didn't record any let's plays or anything like that (except for this). And that's mostly because I arrived at a weird time, and Matt forgot that I was coming. Bu...
2017-11-18 22:15:32 +0000 UTC
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We got sprites!
Added a download link for the new episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tbsp-downloads-12673963
Basic Asset Pack: https://www.patreon.com/posts/basic-...
2017-11-04 19:32:32 +0000 UTC
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Holy crap, I almost didn't make it! I missed out on friday the 13th, so I had to release this thing today!
Premiere was giving me problems again, just like fallout 4. These fucking codecs... But everything worked out fine in the end! So I'm going to get some sleep, and after that I'm gonna get the patreon rewards ready.
Good night everybody!
2017-11-01 01:32:52 +0000 UTC
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Sorry guys, no wip video this week. I did record some footage of my work, but I ended up re-animating the sequence. I just wasn't happy with the result.
Oh boy, I gotta pick up the pace! part 2 should have been at least half way done by now. I Had to render part 1 multiple times, because I kept finding animation errors during editing. I think it's all fixed now, but I can't afford to make the same mis...
2017-10-18 16:49:04 +0000 UTC
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The progress bar returns! This time you can see the entire episode, which I have split into 3 parts. It's a good way to keep the project organized, and it makes my job a lot easier.
Things are much more colorful this time, and that's because I'm doing something new in this episode: sprite animation. You already saw a sample of that last week. And I'm not trying to exactly replicate the look of the gam...
2017-10-09 00:53:20 +0000 UTC
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