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 redoing the anatomy on this one from scratch (you should have seen what it looked like originally!)....
2020-10-01 02:57:40 +0000 UTC View PostIt 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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQOR3k72S34 ) have a chance to become a true spook king.
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
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
2020-09-10 05:03:52 +0000 UTC View Post
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 character, as shown in the above video.
Anyway, hope you're all doing well, and I'll get back ...
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:
Thanks to Maki for suggesting this one. I usually...
2020-08-26 00:01:18 +0000 UTC View Post
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 actually presses them down when she changes channels (which absolutely no one will notice).
I really ...
2020-08-19 21:14:30 +0000 UTC View Post
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 gets the Patreon exclusive showing. Speaking of which, we'll have to do a synchronised viewing of it ...
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 either way.
Thanks,
Maki
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
2020-08-05 21:15:17 +0000 UTC View Post
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.
The frames with a "K" are keyframes, and the rest are inbetweens.
This one's 168 frames runn...
2020-07-31 03:28:47 +0000 UTC View Post
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
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 frames to 168. Then we'll have a nice, smooth 8 seconds of animation running at 18 - 20fps.
I'd ...
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 and July.
Avoid the suns deadly gaze and drink the coolest of iced teas,
Maki
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 people who play Space Engineers - though you build stuff in any configuration you like in that game ...
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 a few other scenes this week too, but I can't show them to you as they'd be huge spoilers.
- ...
2020-07-01 21:40:36 +0000 UTC View PostHello, 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
If most ...
2020-06-23 22:53:19 +0000 UTC View Post
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 for the postman's arrival.
Also it seems some of you lovely core supporters are waiting on p...
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 daily.
-Paul
Copy edit- Maki
Tapped that YT notification bell yet?
It's starting...
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 channel and hit dat notification bell, fam- then sweet alerts will arrive to you regardless: youtube.com...
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
2020-06-05 00:46:56 +0000 UTC View Post
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 well!
- Paul.
Colour assistance/edits by Maki.
2020-05-28 03:24:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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 Fighter PC game a lot though) so I wanted to show that kind of after hours night shift vibe in the h...
2020-05-16 15:40:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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 to move things, so some of the lines are sticking through each other), but it's coming along!
-...
2020-05-12 23:46:33 +0000 UTC View Post
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 4th."
Personally I'm always blown away by his level of detail no matter how many times I've ...
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 the moment), but hopefully this will give you an idea.
Anyway, I'm going to grab a coffee and ge...
2020-04-30 03:32:21 +0000 UTC View Post
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:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/no-3-no-32287595...
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
Animation & backgrounds, etc: Otaking
Character & timing edits: Maki
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 experimenting with the usual basic 3D background rendered out as lines, with a hand-drawn character on to...