nobleknightadventures

BTS: #minigames

Moves first, digital assets later

BTS DROP

Good afternoon knights! Before my next post, I wanted to share a couple of stills from the previous shorts with some behind-the-scenes info. I originally had written this post out but I wanted to try doing a bit of an audio companion you can listen to while looking at the post.

Let me know what you all think! Thanks again!

William
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2023-08-16 21:26:23 +0000 UTC View Post

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'Vases' Stills (bonus: a messy storyboard)

As promised, here are the reference images and drawings I used for the latest short.

The short is performing much better than I had anticipated and I am just so happy I was able to try this method out and have it be so well received! It's pretty great that the limitation of filming Link's iconic green hat and outfit had me explore this avenue as an option. Fingers crossed for more absurd scenarios.

Bless your faces,
William
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Patreon Update / Meet Dink

My dear knights, it’s been quite a bit. I first want to say thank you so much for your support of the new mercantile and your patronage over the past few months (for some of you even longer!), it has helped me immensely in supporting this creative quest.

Recently, during a bout of creative reflection, I realized my computer can finally handle something I’ve always wanted to try: EBSynth. EB...

10% Mercantile Discount Code

Hey all!

I just added the promo code as a benefit to the tier, so if I ever need to change it, it will update accordingly and you will be notified. You can also find it within your "My Membership" tab. 

The new Mercantile is still in early access so use the password: blessed_knight to gain entry.

It should be opening up to the public soon! Thank you for all of your orders so far!

The Exclusive, Patreon-only, First Access of the New Mercantile is NOW LIVE

Fellow knights, revel in the buzzwords above, for today is a momentous occasion! Today, you all have first access to the new and improved Mercantile!

The designs have been finalized and the finest materials gathered. And now only one question remains:

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'On your left' Storyboard

Flipping through my notebook while brainstorming. Here are the sketches I did for 'On your left.' I wanted to show that the runner had plenty of room to go around, but still shouldered him anyway. I don't know if that came across in the final short judging by some comments, but I guess how that goes sometimes 😂 Open to interpretation.

January update...

Good 'morrow fair knights!

Just wanted to stop by and let you all know that the designs for the new merch have been finalized! I've attached one, but they are all looking so good and I can't wait for you to see all of them!

For the next few weeks, I'll be testing out the design and products, and revamping the site. I will keep you posted on that process.

Thank you for your continue...

New Merch designs in the works

I've been working with a talented designer on realizing an idea I've had for new shirt designs: Noble Knight Adventures characters illustrated in the style of tarot cards. 

As a casual observer, tarot cards have always fascinated me, beautiful and classically illustrated cards that would often symbolize an ominous fate or destiny. So, as with all things ominous, foreboding, and existential, I needed to inject a bit of levity and have some of the absurd characters from Noble Knight ...

'Crushed' Storyboard

Hello everyone! Happy December!

Here are the sketches for the last short 'Crushed.' If you notice the final short is a bit shorter than what was planned, mostly because it was funnier that way-- I will always try to favor brevity! The other reason is that in order to have Merlin's hand in front of the giant, I had to keyframe a mask around it as it came up to tell noble knight not to move and as it gradually turned into a thumbs up. After a few hours of keyframing, I noticed that it wa...

FOV - Chad walk

So in order to use the Mega Chad chin filter (as well as the baby filter used at the beginning of the short), I had to record myself on my phone within the TikTok app. Typically, I record shorts on my DSLR, but since you can't add face effects and filters to pre-recorded clips I had to use the app.

In order to get around TikTok adding a watermark to my saved video. I screen-recorded this playback, cropped out the UI, then keyed out the greenscreen. I was impressed with how good it still...

Storyboard for Final k1llcam

A simple short, but it was nice to doodle again! Hope you all are doing well💙⚔️

Smol Will

Born simply from the camera being pointed downward from a fully-extended tripod. 

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Just a few more weeks left in this partnership with G4 and I should be returning to the unhinged antics of Noble Knight Adventures. Thank you so much everyone for your patience and continued support. I haven't been able to share much in terms of BTS content due to the nature of the arrangement but once I'm back to posting on my channels I'll be able to share quite a bit more!

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August Update

Good morrow my dear knights!

I wanted to drop in and update you on a few things. Since my last post I had built a PC, which has been incredible to learn and assimilate to-- fellow Mac users, fret not! It's not that bad. Just kidding, it can be. I had an interesting error where everything would be operating fine, then my computer would randomly freeze and lock up and I had to force shutdown and reboot. For weeks, I've been slowly going down the list of Event Log errors to diagnose and t...

Sunday Update: Built my first PC!

Good evening, Dear Knights!

This week I have finally finished building my very first PC. Up until this point I have been editing on a used 2012 iMac. And although it has served me well, it was time for a significant upgrade. I was a bit nervous about switching from Mac to PC, however, seeing how much more value I'm getting from the parts, the ability to play and capture PC games, and a promising future of designing some Noble Knight Adventures environments in Unreal Engine, I felt the a...

Stills from the latest short

Had a good time making this one, mostly because it employed a different medium: still images. I've been noticing a few shorts online that have been doing videos that combine both photo and video, and the combination of the two has been hilarious to me. Not only does it mimic the experience of watching someone's Instagram or Snapchat story, but it also has this kind of lo-fi charm to it, like watching someone's recent vacation video they edited with Windows Movie Maker. It might be something I...

What would ye do for two bags of gold?

You already know what I'd do.

Storyboards for gnome summon

Forgot to post these! Here are the sketches for the "Spirit summon" short, you'll notice the sketches are getting a bit sloppier as I mostly need them just to remind me of body orientation. For example, "Love letter with Merlin" and "Date with Merlin" are just the dialogue lines written out in my notebook. It seems storyboarding is something I only do if I have the time, or if there's a complicated series of shots where I need a guide for eyeline and body orientation.

Happy Friday eve...

gnome squad

Good Afternoon Knights of Patreon!

It's been quite some time, hasn't it? As many of you know, I have recently moved back to California. The move went well and settling in has been going great-- though I feel like I take longer settling in than any normal person 😅 Just wanted to say thank you again for your continued support, it helps me immensely and allows me to chase this wild fever dream. I'm extremely lucky 💙 

This image is a still from the last short-- though I've ...

I have begun my emo arc...