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[regal-bones]

SWORDTEMBER DAY 11: PATCHWORK

Otherplace, of stained glass and fractured reality 🍃🫧 Across the blade was a patchwork of stained glass. Each pane of glass was one of four colours - blue, green, pink, and purple - and it seemed that each of those shades looked out to a distinct scene. Peering through the pale blue squares, it looked as if the sword was at the bottom of a sunny, shallow sea. Bright sunbeams caught on bubbles, and in the distance the dark shadow of fish darted on unfelt currents. Through the green glass, a windy forest at sunset. Leaves flew in the air, picked from the canopy by the warm evening breeze. The pink glass put the sword atop a high rise building, fireworks lighting up the night sky, smoke in the air, stars twinkling. Through the purple glass, only a murky, purple ooze could be seen, the concoction too opaque to glean any further information. You lean back, and gaze at the sword. A small part of you wonders if, from the other side of the window, does anything gaze back?

This one was fun, it’s nice to work on a short but intricate animation loop :}

Yesterday’s sword!

You can support me on Patreon for £1 and help me make stuff like this!

[mossghostsstuff]

Guys why is astro looking like that?

Based on this stupid screenshot I took

[thlayyli]

roadtrip

[kunaaaaa]

test3 "Elisa"

[cotton6792]

WORK IN PROGRESS!!

more progress on this

have a great day

[bruneburg]

Happy Neil banging out the tunes day!

[taeetimee]

Seen

[sibmakesart]

so shaped <3

[kellyaroman]

A loop animation I made of one of my ink drawings~ Website | Shop | Instagram

[warakami-vaporwave]

[ekakikaart]

Some key frames form my animation

[regal-bones]

SWORDTEMBER DAY 12: TOY

Roblade 2000, of rusted tin and loving heart 🤖💛 Tired of cutting down your foes with a big frown on your face? Wish something could cheer you up as their heads fall to the cold stones below? Upgrade your boring sword to a Roblade 2000, and make work time, play time. With over twenty pre recorded messages, twisting head, and karate chop action, Roblade is an action packed friend for adventurers old and young. With the soft beat of Roblade 2000’s digital heart in your hand, you’ll never feel alone in battle again! Roblade 2000™ is suitable for ages 12-99. Prof. Syphante’s Incredible Creations!© is not liable for any damages caused by Roblade 2000™ through intended use, accidental use, or sword AI gaining sentience and breaking the shackles of ownership. Adult supervision is advised. All purchases final.

Beep boop!

Yesterday’s sword!

You can support me on Patreon for £1 and help me make stuff like this!

[ghostbite0]

harpy hare, where have you buried all your children...?

i made a demon slayer video!! check it out here!!

[monkey-wrench-series]

MONKEY WRENCH EP 3 - US & THEM

Episode 3 of Monkey Wrench is now live on Youtube!

Written & Directed by Joshua & Ashley Palmer

Voice Cast;

Shrike Sanchez - Jacob Barrens

Beebs - Jean-francois Donaldson

Scratch - @zitoisneato

Agari - @gooseworx

El Bandito - SrPelo

Duende - Vargskelethor Joel

Animation Crew + Socials

Music by @ockeroid

Sound design by dBPony

Spanish language Consultant: @zetaalpha10

Haven't watched the show yet? Check out;

Episode 1

Episode 2

Huge thanks to Tom Fulp of Newgrounds, my boy Lythero, my other boy Swoozie, the @farfetchedshow crew, @lackadaisycats , Glitch productions and of course our patrons for your endless encouragement and support.

Fingers crossed this one does well enough for us to start Ep4!

[caryfree]

Hanging out.. In this moment, you are loved.

This is part of a longer animation you can see on youtube!

[animatingforfun]

This was a pure joy to work on.

For the behind-the-scenes story of how I made this animated mini-short, click “keep reading” below.

I started this 6 weeks ago, just before Nintendo shut down its 3DS and WiiU servers. The server shutdown meant no more multi-player online play for 3DS games, like Mario Kart 7, but also no more uploading to the Butterfly Animation online gallery directly from the app.

As an homage to the Inchworm and Butterfly Animation apps for the DSi and 3DS that I’ve been animating on since 2011, I originally was just going to animate just a single shot featuring something butterfly related.

But the story evolved as I began asking myself a series of "what if" questions that I had fun answering, like, “what if it was a little girl playing dress up as a butterfly?” And then “what if she was first cosplaying as a caterpillar then the butterfly?” “If this is a story of growth, what if she stumbles? What is her attitude when she stumbles?” “What if the design of the girl was something like Isao Takahata or Yoichi Kotabe would draw?”

Making this was the embodiment of everything I hope to achieve with my personal animation: to let creativity flow and just have fun animating and creating.

Since this mini-short was animated on my Nintendo 3DS, there was a memory limit of only 100 drawings, which was a bit of a challenge for longer or complex actions, but was a fun puzzle to solve. Sometimes limitations force you to come up with even more creative solutions. (I was able the squeeze in more drawings than the memory allowed, and filled it to the max!) :)

The song I used is from Rebecca Sugar’s album, "Spiral Bound", and perfectly fit the theme of the short. Initially, while I was drawing the character, I found myself humming a tune from Steven Universe that dealt with beginnings, endings, and not being ready. It’s amazing how the brain can subconsciously pick the playlist!

In the end, that song, sung by Steven’s father in the show, didn’t quite fit, but then I remembered another song by Rebecca Sugar which was more on theme with my story, called “My Own Way to the End”. The whole album is wonderful! You can check it out here:

Painting the backgrounds for this was the most challenging thing for me, but also the most eye opening! After painting, I would look around at the trees in the neighborhood differently. So many colors when you really look closely.

There’s so many talented people at my work and it was great that I could ask them for advice. One person I asked was the talented Tia Kratter, who happened to teach a mini-painting class for the animators while I was working on this short. I asked her for advice on one of the background paintings and she asked great questions which challenged me to try different things, but I still felt like I was having fun and playing without fear of failure. I mean, it was still hard though! Hahaha!

If you’ve read up to this point, thank you for reading this. :) I hope you enjoy this mini-short as much as I enjoyed making it!