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Art Poll - Summer

The heat is oppressive and my flesh begins to sizzle - this means it's time for a new poll!

How about some retro 2D fighting goodness this time around? Something I've never drawn, no less.

3D vs 2D in Anime

Hello!

Here's a rare public video so people can see what kind of things they're missing here on the Patreon! It's a short analysis and I hope supporters here enjoy this topic as much as I do!

Anyway, old folks like me who grew up with late 80s and 90s anime are probably fans of the t...

AI Animation - 2 experiments!

Hello there!

I was browsing the official OtaKing discord™®© yesterday and noticed some AI conversation, so I recorded a video to try to see- in real time, no less - is AI capable to help with inbetweening or is my career safe?
Here's the discord link: 2025-07-11 20:16:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Parallax Scrolling Process.

That 360 degree rotating shot I mentioned a couple of posts ago is taking a little longer than expected, so please enjoy this little process video on parallax scrolling that I put together for you all in the meantime!

I hope you enjoy ~

-Paul

2025-07-02 00:24:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Setting up a 360 shot.

Hello!

I'm progressing on that Dalek animation trailer, and I decided to go a bit crazy and try a rotating 360 degree shot. I love doing background animation and seeing insane background animation casually pop up in an anime I'm watching is always a sight to behold:

2025-06-23 18:28:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Mecha Research III

Hello there!

We’re deep in the story development phase of our big mech project, and got some exciting shifts to share with you!

Originally, we planned for an ensemble story: four mechs, four pilots, all navigating a war zone while unpacking drama, trauma, and the heavy toll of battl...

2 minutes of Death to the Daleks animation.

Here's 2 mins of that little Dalek trailer I mentioned a couple of posts back. The animation is about halfway through now, I'd say.
It still has no music and only limited sound effects, but should get the general idea and look across. I still need to fix up some bits here and there, but I ...

Hi-Res Wallpaper Pack 2

As with the last background pack, since Patreon doesn't like showing people full sized images for some bizarre reason, I'll be uploading som

As with the last background pack, since Patreon doesn't like showing people full sized images for some bizarre reason, I'll be uploading some batches....

Prints shipped + update!

Hello, hello!

The Predator prints should be on their way to everyone in the Elite tier now, so please look forward to that!

Meanwhile, I have been slaving away on my little Dalek trailer from a few posts back. Here are some behind the scenes shots from my TVPaint setup. The Daleks and...

Spring '25 print- Predator!

Hello, everyone!

Well, here's the Predator print. This one was a bit of a nightmare, I must admit. Sketching out the individual characters was OK, but I couldn't get a decent composition, I didn't like the poses, I didn't like the way the Predator looked, etc etc. Maki helped an absolute to...

One minute of Death to the Daleks animation.

The Predator print is being inked now!
Meanwhile, here's 50 seconds of that little Dalek trailer I mentioned a couple of posts back. It has no music yet and only limited sound effects, but should get the general idea and look across. I still need to tighten up some of the lip synching, but I l...

Mecha Pilot's Guide pg. 4-9

Get in the robot!

Here's some more pages that I worked out for the basic mecha operations. Moving, aiming etc. It obviously owes a lot to Steel Battalion for inspiration! There are still quite a few spare screens in that cockpit that I can fill with stuff as well! Maybe we should have MTV o...

Mecha Pilot's Guide pg. 1-3

AKA Mech Research III- Anyway, thought it would be helpful to ask Otaking to show what the operational experience could be like for a pilot. This is also to gain an understanding of the realistic vs fantasy elements.

There's more pages coming, but in the meantime I'll let Otaking explain ...

Predator - Poll Win & Thoughts

Predator won the poll, so I'm drawing up a nice print which will, as always, ship out to everyone in the Elite tier! I'm thinking of a very stylised Masami Obari-style image this time, with lots of black shadow. Something along the lines of how he drew Transformers:

2025-04-08 04:56:44 +0000 UTC View Post

2025 Animation Roster

Hello all!

Here's an update of the projects we're focused on! For those that missed the announcement- The TIE Fighter animation is, as you can see above, all done visually and the music and SFX are now being worked on by the erstwhile Randy of Scary Good Studio (who did the music and sound ...

Art Poll - Spring

The flowers are blooming, and so we emerge with a new poll! I hope you enjoy these eclectic choices, but as always feel free to throw suggestions for future votes in the comments below.

Mech Research II

Hello!

We're currently nailing down more preproduction details for the mech project. One consideration is making it 3 or 5 acts so we gathered some idea locations that would have battles and/or glimpses of yesteryear memories (an abandoned arcade, video rental store, a rundown 7/11 - roller...

How to use 3D to draw massive ships.

Good day and hello!

It is I, Paul Johnson! And today I'd like to share the process I use to draw large spaceships! Or even small spaceships.

Obviously, the TIE Fighter animation required a lot of Star Destroyers and capital ships. And since the game team had kindly shared with me how ...

Shiny pilot effect.

Hello there everyone!

Here's an exclusive little behind the scenes video for you all, explaining how I animated some dynamic lighting effects.
If there are any particular shots or sequences from this or Monday or anything that you'd like to know more about, let me know and I can narrate ...

Mech Project planning!

Hello there!

TIE Fighter has gone off for music and SFX, so that's out of my hands for a while. So now it's on to the mech project!

Some of you might not have been around when we first announced it, so I'll post up the mech designs again for those who missed them.

2025-02-15 16:33:21 +0000 UTC View Post

BTS - Emperor's Face

Hello, all!
The shot of the Emperor talking at the start of the recent TIE Fighter animation was one of the trickiest shots in the whole thing!
Here's a behind the scenes (BTS) look when I started off with some reference shots from Return of the Jedi:

2025-02-08 16:25:30 +0000 UTC View Post

TFTC Finished - Sneakpeek!

And I believe that's all of the animation completed for Star Wars Tie Fighter Total Conversion (not directly related to my original Tie Fighter animation, but same source material!). The full video is 7 minutes long now and going off for music and sound effects today to game lead Angel and his te...

Title Sequence Animation

I do enjoy animating impact frames, and a title screen is always a good opportunity to put a bunch of them in there.
Maki and I are going to watch the whole TIE Fighter opening today, and check it for any bits that need retiming or any polish..! Exciting times! It's just encoding now and will ...

F in Chat for X and A-Wing

Hello again!

 The next focus is the final shot/the title screen, so we're almost there! Saying that, though, I will of course go back and polish some previous scenes up and make sure all the timing is fine etc after finishing the "final" shot, so there's still a little left to do. And ...

MACROSS shipment

Well well! I hope you're all having a very nice new year so far!

I'm back from my Christmas trip back to the family home. It's nice to have my PC again and I'm already back to the crunch! The Macross prints are shipping out to everyone in the Elite Pilot tier, so as always please check that...

TIE Fighter zoom out

Hello!!

Today's my birthday! But also, here's another shot from the TIE Fighter intro cinematic.
The original TIE Fighter short I did all those years ago had some nice shots of the camera rotating around pilots inside their TIEs, so I had to do at least a few in this one too! It's quite ...

Fighter chase and camera trickery!

Well well well!

A very Merry Christmas to you all!! I hope you're having a great time. It's my favourite time of year and I'm here watching my festive UK TV and drinking snowballs.

Here's a quick shot from near the end of the TIE Fighter opening cinematic. We're very close now...! The...

Winter '24 print- MACROSS!

After some trial and error, here's the finished Macross image!

As always, layout by me and Maki, colour fixups and colour grading by Maki, final illustration by me. This print will be flying out to all of you in the Elite tier soon, so please make sure your addresses are correct so that you...

Christmas Poll Winner

Well, Macross won the poll! I am in the process of illustrating a nice space montage of the Macross and assorted Valkyries and obscene amounts of detail.
To help in the composition of the image, I modelled this quick low poly Macross so I could pose it and get a nice imposing reference shot of...

Christmas poll!

Well well!

The time is upon us! The time of great festivity!
Here's some options we gathered from previous comments, so choose which you'd like the next art print to be and we'll get right on it.

I hope you've all got your Christmas shopping done, or are planning on it at least. 2024-12-02 23:20:28 +0000 UTC View Post