Piemations

New Progress List Process

Howdy hey, Patrons! Recently I started doing a thing in Spreadsheet where I number each shot in an animation and check off the various parts of production as I go.

I started doing this as a self motivator so I could visibly see my progress through a project and know when I'm getting close to done, but I realized I could easily pop these on Patreon every now and then so you all can also get a grasp of where I am.

This is the progress list on the super secret project currently putting Sher...

Posts Are Gonna Stall For a While

Hey everyone. Don't know if you noticed, but my last post was 5 days ago, and while I apologize for that, and not bringing this up sooner, my posts are going to stall for a little bit.

Work on Suction Cup Man 2 and Sheriff Hayseed will continue soon, but I recently picked up a collaboration job with another content creator. I'm not at liberty to give details, but I can assure it's some COOL STUFF. 

The deadline on the project is set in early December, so at the very...

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Different kinda puppet for Suction Cup Man

This rig for Suction Cup Man was made with a IK bone system, which I've never really used but it allows me to lock certain parts in place to speed up the animation a bit. No need to correct his hand or feet into the same position.

If you can manage to figure out how it works, it's a really great feature in Toon Boom.

A Thanks to November's Patrons

Hello the internet

We're back at it again with another month. There isn't much to say except progress on Suction Cup Man 2 continues while I'm still working on the re-writes for Sheriff Hayseed.

Suction Cup Man 2 had a purely dialogue intro so there isn't much interesting stuff to show there, but that part is completely finished so I can show you some stuff I'm just starting to make for the second half of the video.

A model for background references

2017-11-02 17:46:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Spoiler Clip: Suction Cup Man 2 Preview

Oh

Suction Cup Man 2 Begins

The short sequel to Suction Cup Man, to keep me busy during Sheriff Hayseed downtime and to keep my channel active, has officially been started.

Also, yeah. It will be done in my own paper cut style rather than a mimicry of South Park again. I want to turn this guy into more of my own character, so naturally I needed to disconnect him from the South Park tribute.

Sheriff Hayseed Update

What the heck is UP

I'm just letting you know, updates on Sheriff Hayseed may stall for a while as I've hit a snag in the writing I feel I need to re-write a bit and get re-recorded.

So in the meantime of all the recordings, I'll be whipping up a sequel to Suction Cup Man. Shouldn't take long at all with the style and I could use a break from the more complicated animation of Sheriff Hayseed anyway.

My Animation Process in Gifs

While I was doing a segment of animation, I decided to gif it at various stages so you can see how I kinda do stuff.

1. Initial blocking

2. Additional blocking (to better handling image flipping for tweens)

3. Automated tweens and correct easing

2017-10-17 20:37:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Mayor of Troughwater

she swell 

she govern well

but most importantly

she yell

Light Compositing Clip

A video clip of the screenshots i posted last night to show off a bit of the automatic character highlights wowzers

Light Compositing

It's 3 AM and I just played with light effects for 5 hours

I'll probably be doing plenty of this kind of stuff from now on. It's fairly easy, using Toon Boom, and the pay off is HUGE here.

A Thanks to October's Patrons!

Hello, everyone!

I figured it might be a good idea to come on Patreon every month after the charges go through to give a thanks!

(And trust me, I REALLY mean it. Because of some YouTube issues I've had this month I probably would have been totally screwed without you guys)

But anyway, I think every month now, I'll come on here and make one big post for all Patrons that includes some tiny bits from the higher tiers to make sure no one feels like they're completely missing out on coo...

Updated Sean Puppet Test

As animation for the next episode begins, I've updated all the puppets. Here's a little lip sync test I've done of one of the outtakes.

Production: Troughwater Train Station Model

choo choo

Production: Horse Character Base Models

Base models created to quickly make background characters to fill Troughwater.

Sheriff Hayseed Pilot: Full Storyboard

The rough sketches and original audio that eventually turned into the first episode of Sheriff Hayseed

Production Blog: Tod's Siblings Completed Designs

Production Blog: Tod's siblings development

The next episode will be going a bit into detail about Tod's past, including his 12 brothers and sisters.

Designs by CrunchyCrowe

Welcome, New Patrons! (+Video)

Since the release of Sheriff Hayseed, I couldn't help but notice that this Patreon campaign fucking exploded (Thanks, by the way), so to give all the new Patrons a warm welcome, I thought I'd exclusively release a nice little... uhh..... thing.

Also, here's a nice link to our Patreon Discord server! (shitpost responsibly)

https://discord.gg/v5ZEUET

ORIGINAL ANIMATION

Welcome to the new Piemations Patreon page! I've changed gear to focus a lot on original animation, starting with a proof of concept short of an idea called Sheriff Hayseed!

https://youtu.be/j_04xi7ddh8

There's all new rewards, goals and a new bio so have a look around! And for those who are already patrons, it is likely the reward you pledged for has changed, so you may want to review it and make any necessary adjustme...

Strategically Stupid: Sheriff Hayseed Pilot

Welcome to Troughwater, partner!

So what's next?

Make more, I guess. WEEEEEEEEE

First Look: Operation Cowboys

What has gone under the name 'Operation Cowboys' for so long can finally have some light shed on it as the pilot nears a release.

So get packin, partner. This train is headed to Troughwater!

Deep in the wild west, where the bandits roam, the law is scarce, and danger lurks, you'll find the quaint, quiet town of Troughwater. Also the quiet part was a lie. Every other day there are bandits set aft...

June reward: WIP content!

While things are gearing up to begin animation on Operation Cowboys, I've been busy making a Samurai Jack parody and Elements of Cringe 3.

Whether or not these projects will be completed is a mystery to me, honestly. My plan is to have original content such as Operation Cowboys and other various unnamed ideas take over my channel completely, and be funded solely through Patreon. Obviously this idea is not close to becoming reality, but this is the direction I'm heading.

2017-06-02 16:14:48 +0000 UTC View Post

May Payment Reward: DUMPED PILOT

Hello Patrons! I wanted to release a trailer to you all today for the Operation Cowboys project. Unfortunately I wasn't able to finish it in time for May's payment.

So instead, I've scraped together some assets from a dumped pilot I was working on before Operation Cowboys. I think you'll find it interesting!

WHAT IS IT?!

This pilot was supposed to follow the spirit of Eddsworld. Three roommates get into outlandish shenanigans. The project was called Quirks and featured m...

Art Poll

Should art pieces and related rewards be added to this Patreon page along side animations?

(Gallery: http://piemationsart.deviantart.com/gallery/ )

Meet the Amazing Zenyatta Goodie Bag

I thought I already posted it. MY BAD!

You can thank Loaf from the Discord server for telling me.

(NEW VIDEO) Meet the Amazing Zenyatta

The second attempt at a Meet the Amazing Spin Off. Taking the criticisms of Meet the Amazing Tracer, we made this. Faster paced, shorter, and (hopefully) funnier. Let us know how we did this time!

Reward Poll

What's your opinion of the reward where all the patrons are listed at the end of videos?

Meet the Amazing Tracer GOODIE BAG

Sorry it's so late. To make up for it I've packed it FULL of goodies!

Includes:

- Backgrounds (Complete and draft)

- Two commissioned songs by Garrett Williamson

- The video file

- Toon Boom source files (Premium 14)

- Memes

- MEET THE AMAZING ZENYATTA PREVIEW