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Waking Up - Scene 8 shot 6 & 7

It's OK, guys. The captain's awake. Everything is sure to be fine now.

-Paul

Ship Backgrounds

Hello again!

I hope some of you were able to make it to the stream yesterday. There were some...interesting topics. You can watch the replay here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucXL806Uj74

Each week I have to pump out a fair few backgrounds, so here is a batch I did for the current scene I'm worki...

Requiem for a Stream

All systems go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucXL806Uj74
7pm EST, come on in.

- Maki 

Rattling Chains - S7 Shot13 to 15

Don't you just love some explosive decompression? I certainly enjoy animating it.
I might make the rotating lights smoother... hmm.. I'm not sure...

-Paul

It's That Time Again

As we await the bountiful harvest that is glossy 6x9" artisanal prints, it's always a good idea to be sure Patreon has recorded your address so you can receive said swag at the end of this month. I'll be sure to include everyone registered in January as well.

For those that have been amounting a stunning collection of Otaking pieces, I salute you for your good taste and also would be op...

Scene7 Shot10 to12 (in progress)

Hello!

Here's a progression of pencil to inked shots awaiting colouring and shading. Well, actually a couple at the end are fully shaded but you know what I mean. 

It's all coming along nicely!
According to Sony Vegas below, the film so far is 13 minutes and 38 seconds (without end or opening titles), so it looks like were going to have between 15-20 minutes total. Maki info...

Robocop Print

Hello, one and all!

Because what's more fitting to enjoy right around Valentine's than a Robocop OVA. Thanks to Maki for her editorial skills by helping ramp up the character likenesses. Anyway, we'll get these printed up and posted off to you good folks in the $10 Elite Pilot tier.

I'd buy that for a dollar! (well, ten dollars, I guess)

Cheerio for now,

Paul

Scene7 Shot9 & Shot10 (in progress)

Good evening, all!

Here's a sequence that I'm powering through. Shot 10 just has basic head placeholders at the moment. I still need to add blinks, eye movements etc, but it's coming along! Timing edits by Maki on the first clip.
Oh, and here's a background too.

Right, back to work I go! Hope you're all doing well. It's actually snowing here...

-Paul

2021-02-10 07:22:24 +0000 UTC View Post

2021 Winter Print Poll Results

Hello! 

Well, Robocop won the poll, so I'll get started on a nice fancy image for the next postcard print. In the meantime, here's a really old Robocop pic I did (ten years ago???) in which officer Maki offers sage advice to citizens and children alike.

Stay out of trouble,

-Paul...

Scene 7 Shot 9 keyframes

Hello, hello!

Just a quick action shot here of technician Ashlin starting to put on a pressure suit, ready for some ship decompression. It's just the keyframes at the moment, running at 10 fps, so when I add in the inbetweens it should be a nice and smooth 20fps.

The locker door and the clothes will be separate hand animated elements on this one, so it'll be fun integrating those in...

2021 Winter Print Poll

Hello!

I hope you're all wrapped up warm and not freezing in the wintery tundra!
It's time for another poll to decide the next postcard image.
Vote below and let's see what emerges victorious!

If you need a refresher as to what Golden Axe or Space Harrier were like for us 80s arcade-goers, here's a couple of examples:
2021-01-19 21:47:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Scene8 Shot40 - 45 Layers & Backgrounds

Well well!

Just a quick video here showing off the assorted layers that go into compositing a shot like the one posted last week. And I've posted the individual backgrounds below as you can see.

-Paul

2021-01-14 16:48:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Scene8 Shot40 to Scene8 Shot45

And a happy new year to you all!

Here's some shots I've been inking and cleaning up. The backgrounds are done and the characters have yet to be coloured and shaded so they're just flat right now, but it should give you some idea of what's going on.

What we usually do at this point is I'll discuss with Maki and we'll go over points like:
- Does the character need a shadow from 0:0...

Scene 8 Shot 39 - Process Gif

Hello, hello!
I hope you all had a very merry Christmas. I ate way too much chocolate and need to start getting back in shape!

Anyway, here's all the steps that went into a recent scene I completed. For anyone who's played any space games with real life Newtonian physics, you'll know that trying to match your relative speed and angle to a moving object in space is a nightmare! With som...

Scene 8 Shot 40 (Progress + Design)

Sometimes, I question the wisdom of designing such animation-unfriendly detailed suits...

Merry Christmas, everyone!!

-Paul.

Incoming Stream

Join in for more comfy sci fi colouring and talk of the good ol' days.
5pm EST/10pm UK

Scene 7 Shot 8 (inked & inbetweened)

Well well!

Just one of the scene progressions I've been working on this week here, starting with a bit of a behind the scenes look at a background in its pure 3D form before I render it out as lines and colour it in Photoshop.

Thanks as always to Maki for anatomy tips! And I hope you're all feeling the festiveness approaching by the day. I'm listening to the 80s Christmas music hit...

Extra Prints Giveaway

Ho, ho, ho! $7 and $5 tier comrades: list your address (by Dec 15 under membership settings) and you will receive a Berserk x Initial D postcard as special thanks this Christmas.  

$10 homies - all prints are packed and ready to go.


- Maki 

Stream III

As the top poet of our era, DJ Khaled, would say: "AND ANOTHER ONE".

See you there,
Maki and Otaking

Project Monday - Scene 7 Additional shot

Hello, hello! Can you feel Christmas approaching? I feel my merriment levels rising by the day!

Just a quick dialogue shot of technician Ashlin voiced by Sara Secora. She has a Twitter with lots of voice acting tips you can check out at @SaraSecoraVO. The background for this cryobay scene appears a couple of times in the finished film with a locker door open/closed variant. 

Bu...

Stream II

Another stream tonight, if you'd like to drop by and chat! I will be working on a shot from my sci-fi piece, "Monday". 10pm UK time, 5pm America EST

https://youtube.com/user/OtaKing77077/live

Incoming Stream

I'm going to stream some colouring and animating today!

6pm UK time, 1pm America EST

https://www.youtube.com/user/OtaKing77077/live

Scene 6 shot 13 to Scene 7 shot 6

Hello!

Here's showing how familiar shots are coming together as a bigger sequence. As you can see, the foreground elements at 21 seconds in aren't coloured yet as they're just white (placeholder character too). Thanks to Maki for anatomy and timing assistance, especially starting at 23 seconds in (actually the longest talking shot we've done so far!) I'm also pleased to say we are over 60...

Prints Be Printin'

6" x 9" premium gloss prints are processing, and in the meantime let us initiate the quarterly ritual of assuring Patreon has jotted down your information. These directions should show your address in the fill box, and if not, fill it in!

Updating again soon,
Maki

Assorted Scene 7 Backgrounds

Hello all!

Here's a bunch of backgrounds for the cryobay I've been working on this week. I want this one to be nice and bright to contrast with the spooky dark corridor outside. Still a bit "sterile" though, as I want the kitchen to be the comfiest part of the ship.

I'll post the animations that go with these next week.

Cheerio for now,

-Paul.

INITIAL B Print

Drifting onto your monitors today is the Berserk postcard image. Could it be the most ambitious crossover event of the decade? Or is it just deja vu and we've seen this meme before? 

Either way, I hope you like it. Thanks to Maki for compositional advice and fixes to amp up the action. This print will go out to all Elite tier patrons of October and November. And thank you for suggest...

Scene 7 Shot 4 (assorted cuts)

Hello again!

Here are some colour shots that happen at this chunky computer terminal. When it's shaded and detailed there'll be shadows cast by the light above to anchor the character onto the background more, etc, but this should give a taste. I might speed it up a bit to adjust the timing in the final pass.

Anyway, that's all for now! Next up I'll have the finished postcard to sho...

Berserk postcard (super rough draft)

Hello everyone,

Here's a very rough sketch of the Berserk postcard. I guess Guts isn't too happy that the God Hand crew sprayed his fancy new Toyota, but sometimes that's how it is in this bitch of a world. They look like they're having fun, anyway.

One thing I had to consider was how to fit everything with a balanced composition for the 5x9" print area. If I make the car bigger we ...

Scene 7 shot 3 (WIP)

Good evening!

Here's my work in progress on this shot so far! Next up is inbetweens, followed by mouth movement/lip synch and inking.
Obviously she'll have clothes as well.

My strong point has always been battle scenes and stuff blowing up, so as many of you know I've been working on bettering my character acting. Luckily, Maki actually did animation at university so she helps ou...

Poll winner and updates

Hello everyone,

So! Berserk won the drawing poll by quite a wide margin. I'll get drawing up some Berserk goodness and we should have a nice Godhand-infested postcard for you to put on your walls and fridges/castles/dungeons/battlefields.

Meanwhile, I've been working on scene 7 shot 16 of the film. You can't have a space horror without a scene of bay doors opening and stuff getting ...