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Scene7 shot1 (inked)

Hello!

A bit of a rough one here, but hopefully it should be interesting, process-wise! The audio cuts off at the end because it runs directly into the next scene that I'm working on.
This one's 64 frames total, at 16 frames per second.

Big thanks as always to Maki for pretty much ...

Autumn Drawing Poll

It is time to pick which print will conquer your mailbox!

And since it's a time for all the things pumpkin spice, we figured to let the notorious pumpkin man (you may recognize the tune from Otaking's stream music: 2020-09-26 04:30:35 +0000 UTC View Post

Scene6 shot11 to Scene7 shot1 (rough)

Some very rough work in progress here. A number of timing and anatomy fixes need to be implemented, and Maki is working hard on those at the moment, but here's something to look at in the meantime!
-Paul

Animation by me
Anatomy and timing edits by Maki

Scene 6 run closeup

Following on from the last post, here's the next shot in the sequence. This one's 24 fps, or "on ones" as fancy animation studio people say.

If you happen to find yourself on a spacecraft, please don't run in the corridors.

-PJ

Scene6 Wide Run Process

Hello! The king of oats here.

Here's a shot I'm working on. 121 frames at 20fps! Runs and walks are the absolute bane of my existence so this one came out OK in my book. This one is a very long (as it, it's on a wide canvas) animation, and I just pan the camera left to right to follow the c...

VHS VFX walkthrough

A quick addendum to last week's post, in case you'd like to see how I go about getting the VHS monitor screen effects in my films.

Here are the exact settings I used, if you have Sony Vegas and the VHS plugin and want to try it for yourself:

2020-08-26 00:01:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Scene7 shot5 compositing

Good day to you all!

A pretty simple shot here, just showing the elements that go into compositing a scene. Much of the time on this one was taken up messing with the VHS filter settings in Sony Vegas trying to get the monitor to look retro enough! Oh, and editing the buttons so she actuall...

Scene5 Shot8 to Scene6 Shot2

Hello all!

Here's a work in progress of scene 5_8 to 6_2.  I'm just getting the lines right and then will add shading and colouring.

I'm keeping any scenes featuring the friendly guest she's running away from off the previews so you can experience the full impact when the film g...

Prints - Dispatched

Finally ALL the materials have arrived!   

Soon the glossy, premium cardstock items will be beamed to your residence. Or stare at the postman with a deadly gaze each evening until he has no choice but to insert your parcel gently(!) into the receptacle of choice. It'll be there e...

Scene9 Shot1 to Scene9 Shot2

Hello!

We saw the ship coming to a stop earlier. Here it is starting to move again.
I might add more detail to the engine glow effects and smooth out the movement, but here's what the scenes are looking like so far!

-Paul

Scene 5 Shot 2 (inked + inbetweened)

Good day to you all, friendos!

Here's the fully inbetweened inks for Scene 5, Shot 2. Maki and I will be going through to tighten up the timing, but with some dark atmospheric lighting, background panning past and the torch beam etc, it should hopefully be quite impactful when fully done. 2020-07-31 03:28:47 +0000 UTC View Post

Project Monday - Scene8_29 to Scene8_30

Voice-controlled magnetic docking clamps?
In MY anime???

There is more material to the scene (which has been omitted along with the audio to avoid spoilers!), but you can check out how it's been filling the timeline in Sony Vegas below. Ready the binoculars!

-PJ and Maki

2020-07-22 22:44:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Scene 5 Shot 2

Afternoon, folks!

Here's our intrepid heroine walking through a dark cargo bay with a torch.
As you can see, the key poses alone are 21 frames, which then ballooned to 84 frames once inbetweened, it's still visibly choppy so I'll  add an extra drawing between each one and double the...

Summer Poll Result

Well, ya guessed it!
Likely cuz you voted for it...

The TIE Bomber image had a resounding win so we'll be firing up the printing press soon. USPS has had a lot of delays (understandably) when I order stamps, but then all should ship in a timely manner for all Elite tier patrons of June ...

Scene 8 shot 28 background

Good afternoon, everyone!

Just a quick background from scene 8 for you.
I used to play a lot of Space Engineers (a very complicated building game which soon sucks all your life away) and sort of based my space miner here on the kind of thing I used to build in that. Kind of a homage for ...

Scene5 Shot3-7 (Gore Warning)

Hello everyone!

Here's some progress on Monday, the name of this sci-fi project. Warning: there's gore in it! We're hitting our stride in the production phase, post-production will introduce SFX and music/ambience but it should give you an idea of the overall tone.

I've actually done...

2020 Summer Print Poll

Hello, hello! How are you all doing? 

It's getting hot over here so I hope you're not melting, wherever you are. Here a quick preliminary poll for the next postcard!

Would you like:

-The (attached) TIE Bomber girl as a postcard

-Something different

2020-06-23 22:53:19 +0000 UTC View Post

Hello All New People

So very happy to meet you and thanks for joining us~
If you follow the instructions on the image above, new $10 tier ppl - Spring 2020 Decepticon prints will be shipped to you as a special thanks!

Submit your locations under "Active Memberships" by Thursday, June 25th, and then prepare...

3D background trick for 2D animation.

A rare public post!

This is something I do with backgrounds all the time, but never thought to mention it because it just seemed like second nature to me. But maybe it'll come in handy for someone out there!

I hope you're staying cool in the heat and pouring ice cubes over yourselves ...

Wild Stream II

Tapped that YT notification bell yet?
It's starting...

Hand Shaded Hands

In this addition of wild streams, Otaking shades a bit from a scene much later on in Project Monday.

Sometimes we don't plan streams and sometimes we don't want to spam the Patreon feed, so here's the stream in entirety. I imagine many people do already, but if you follow the Youtube chan...

Scene 8 shot 47 (process)

Hello, you people, you.

Here's a literally "blink and you'll miss it" shot from near the end of the film. A space mining vehicle turning around via maneuvering jets, and all the various steps that go into doing it.

I hope you're all staying safe.

-Paul

Scene 4 colours.

Hello, hello!

I'm just experimenting with colours to get a nice finalised palette that matches the backgrounds and lighting for various shots. Like Akira, I want a separate colour palette for each environment, which should make the whole thing nice and cinematic.

Hope you're all doing...

TIE Bomber poster (finished!)

Well well well!

Good day to you all. Here's a full res poster image of that girl from the TIE Fighter animation. Feel free to print it out and put it on your grandma's wall. Or stick it to the side of the family dog.

We hardly ever see TIE Bombers in the films (they're in the old TIE ...

Scene 3, shot 13 to Scene 5, shot 1 (inbetweened and flat coloured)

Good day to you all!

I've added the inbetweens in, coloured the backgrounds and added flat colour to these here shots seen in my last post. Feel free to compare and contrast! I Still need to clean up some of the lines on her head (the heads and bodies are on separate layers in case I need t...

May The 4th

Greetings!

Otaking stayed up way past his bedtime trying to finish this drawing! (It's 10:23pm for him at this very moment in the UK.) He says "Still, I hope to color it soon. People sometimes mention the female pilot from my TIE Fighter short so here she is to bless us all on this May the...

Scene 3, shot 13 to Scene 5, shot 1 (keyframes)

Good evening, everyone!

Here's some more shots I've been working on. I just finalized the keyframes and I'll be adding inbetweens to make it all nice and consistently smooth. Also, we're still messing around with the speed of her walk down the corridor (it looks a little too leisurely at th...

Decepti-mail, attack!

All the postal ingredients have arrived so now begins the shipping.
This print goes out to all the $10+ participants of February and March 2020.
$7 tier is getting the extras.

Newer patrons, follow this quick guide to confirm your mailing address:
2020-04-25 09:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Scene 3, shot 13 (inbetweened).

Well well!

Here's the shot from my last post, but now with inbetweens. It was running at 24fps but it just looked a bit "floaty" so we've slowed it slightly to 22fps.

I hope you're all staying safe and playing your Final Crossing Remake/Animal Fantasy 7 games!

-Paul

Animat...

Scene 3, shot 13 keyframes.

I've always loved shots in old anime where not just the characters are drawn and fully animated, but the backgrounds too. Shots like this one:
https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/28449
Here I've been exper...