#i almost never finish animations or animatics

[bluginkgo]

Crybaby

First attempt ever at an animatic. It was fun to make! I originally had 2 animations in mind- but they were never finished prior to ep8 announcements. I'll still finish at the very least 1 of them, but this could be almost like a preview of it :3

Heavily inspired by @/jawpira on (insta)

Please do not reupload onto any other platforms

[mtkay13]

Affection running deep

(^ me pretending I title my illustrations) More info below! It's a bit personal and fandom related.

So WKX likes to bite. Let's be honest, from what I know, most priest "gong"'s do, so this is more a priest thing than a WKX thing--but if we look at TYK in a vacuum, we can still just say that it's a WKX thing (and, coincidentally, in Qi Ye, a Wuxi thing 🤭) It's pretty delightful, isn't it, to think that ZZS will permanently bear the scar of WKX's deep bite in his wrist... I'm going to use this piece as an opportunity to talk a bit about the permanent mark that TYK and QY have been carving into me for the past year and a half, then.

Funnily enough, although I started sketching and making a few illustrations here and there before, I consider that the infamous bite is my real "entry" in this fandom, when I made the animatic based on the scene in the audio drama. It's to this day my most viewed piece, and is sort of what made me... "known" as an artist in the fandom, I guess.

Although I've always devoted the most energy to personal projects, I'm no stranger to being a dedicated fan, even though this is my first real, "public" fandom experience. And honestly, personal and fandom projects combined, the animatic is the biggest, most ambitious work I had ever done so far for something not work-related. It was exhausting, and I almost succumbed to burnout after I finished it (just because, combined with work, it got too much). Ironically, it's the state I found myself in afterwards that made me enjoy rereading TYK in a way I never had before.

It's hard to say, whether I let TYK's fangs sink in my throat, or if I was the one to latch on and not let go ever since; but my life has certainly been changed by it.

I often forget about the bite scene; about the bite, in general. It's rarely ever one of the scenes that I think about spontaneously--and I rarely think about drawing the bite scar. Maybe because I've always thought it was a more typical scene? Maybe because on the surface I didn't resonate that much with it? And yet, as I'm going through really rough times right now, this new piece is what I chose to draw yesterday. A bit more than a year ago, when work felt like it was completely consuming me, this is the scene I chose to animate. I'm not sure there is a point in diving too deeply in this. Maybe, more than I would have assumed, I resonate with the desperation and hope that this scene carries. I'm glad I got here, in this fandom. It has had its very difficult moments, in many different ways, and I've discovered new sources of anxiety along the way--but at the same time, I've discovered many joys that I had never known before, and I think it's worth it. I'm grateful for those books to be in my life--grateful for Wen Kexing, for Zhou Zishu, and all the other characters, to be in my life. But of course, more than that, I'm incredibly grateful for the people I met, for the people who spend time with me, who cheer on me and let me cheer on them. Thanks everyone, for being there, and helping me form memories of better days that I can always look forward to.

I'm glad I'm here.

[a-simply-simping-simp]

A complimation of EVERY bsd art I've ever done (except for the Dazai Chronicles)

Ok this one doesn't really count because it's an animation, that I have yet to finish, but here's a screenshot.

The order is the 1st one, the 4th one, the 3rd one, the 5th one, the 2nd one, the 8th one, the 7th one, and then the 6th one from oldest to newest. Couldn't figure out how to put it in order sooo. :/

I love looking back at old art and just seeing how far I've come. Sometimes I feel like I just suck at art and that I'll never improve or be how I want to be, but then I look back and realize I'm just being stupid. I already improved such a significant amount from when I first started. Why can't I improve now?

When it comes to art, people like to put limits on themselves, but honestly, there are no limits with art. It's something almost anyone can do. I say almost because the only people who literally can't make visual art are people paralyzed from the neck down or dead people. I've seen blind people make art. I've seen people with no arms make art. I've seen people who are blind and have no arms make art. Ok, that's not true, but I'm sure a blind and armless artist exists somewhere.

You will never be your best at art because with every drawing, you improve. To you, it may look ugly today, but in a year, it'll be so much better. This post isn't a very good example because I lack consistensy in my style, and so it looks worse sometimes, but still.

Also, can you tell that I like Chuuya and Dazai? I tried drawing Atsushi and Aktugawa once but um. I didn't finish that. Oh but, I also tried making a Lucy x Atsushi animatic if that counts. I didn't finish that either.

[dunaldoodles]

Bc I have no experience animating but wanna share it, I have an animatic idea.

The song is Unstoppable by Teminite. The beginning portion is all Hornet, struggling to survive, going between loneliness and heartache and fear and violence defending herself.

Starting at 3:48, its this scene, but wordless.

Tiso, approaching Hornet after a fight, tears down her cheeks, barely keeping together. Doesn't look up at him as he sits beside her, doesn't move when he comes closer.

Hug happens at 4:00 exactly, she breaks down and cries...

4:12 they both freeze, and realize they're surrounded by wild animals. Still upset, Hornet gets up and grabs her needle, and Tiso gets up to join her. They start fighting verbally.

4:25, the animals pounce! They work together, in perfect sync, with the lighter Hornet launching off Tiso's shield to wrap prey up or skewer things, and Tiso throwing his shield to Hornet to have her boomerang it back to him between bashing and cutting with its blades. The entire time they're still obviously screaming at each other.

4:34, Tiso makes a remark of some sort in sync with the guitar, one that gets under Hornet's skin, and she screeches back with the synth and leaps back into battle!

4:50, Hornet gets struck HARD, and goes down. An animal leaps for her, jaws wide, only for Tiso to come in and bash it into the ground. He's backed into a corner, but refuses to give up, hitting things in time with the beat as the guitar takes over.

5:00, Hornet attempts to get back up, holding her bleeding side, only for Tiso to shove her back down and snarl at her to stay down. It catches her off guard enough to sit there and obey.

The rest of the song is Tiso finishing off the rest of the animals, covered in scratches and blood, but victorious, and the last note he looks back at Hornet not in anger like she expects, but with fear, anxiety, worry that he could have lost her in her stubbornness.

The song really makes me think of them. Most of the time, they fight, either playfully, or with intent to hurt the other, but they're part of the same pack. They're family. Brother and sister.

Part of my Weaver's culture is a belief in soulmates, but it's less like a romantic thing and more like... drift compatibility from Pacific Rim. It can be lovers, yes, but its more often mother and son, siblings, best friends.

Hornet never found her soulmate. She was abandoned at a young age to the Infection, forced to fend for herself before she was even into double digits. She finds her soulmate not in another spider, but in Tiso. He is not so much the part that completes her, but the bug who forces her to better herself, physically and emotionally and mentally.

It works both ways, since he carries the shield of his friend that he lost so long ago. He never thought he would find someone like that again, and then he came across this dusty old husk of a kingdom and its guardian princess.

Its almost like poetry in a way.

I hope to finish that second sketch someday.

[shepscapades]

not you coming back just to remind me of my old pokemon obsession/j

I remember watching Pokemon XYZ series when I was younger (probably the closest thing to anime I've ever watched) I used to be a hardcore fan back then, used to watch many gameplays theories stuff and all...-

Pokemon were like,,, my only interest back then? Damn I used to be crazy about those creatures, still remember how whenever I was playing a Pokemon game my team was almost exclusively flying types (birds! I love them!) and an Eevee (later one of the eeveelutions, probably vaporeon)

I don't recall watching your animatic in the past but it feels very familiar to me like some kind of deja vu so it's possible I've actually seen it before! And I must say it has a very nostalgic feel to it! I can see how much you've improved since then but the animatic still is very cool! I love it <3

(ALSO I almost forgot how much I loved Sycamore's design back then ghghhghghgh he's such a pretty man)

Welp, now I go back to watching Welsknight and some other Pokemon animatics because you messed with my algorithm and led me into diving into an old obsession -

LMAOOO MAY <3 I’m so sorry for the YouTube algorithm that’s so funny XD yeah idk, Pokémon’s one of those things that never left me— mcyt has been at the forefront of my hyperfixations for a very long while but I still always play the new games and have brief Pokémon obsessions every now and then hehe (also!!! flying pokemon and eevee beloved!!! <333333)

Funny enough, it always happens at times like these when most of my Drawing Brain+Brainrot is taken up by school or professional work, bc my free time is instead spent playing games I can zone out to like Pokémon :>

About 2 months ago I picked up Legends Arceus for the first time since I didn’t get to finish it two years ago, and seeing cheeky references to the characters I grew up with + the insane plot that is this game gripped me so tightly that I’ve kinda been in a Pokémon spiral (/pos) ever since LOL. I’ve been a submas freak lately and if anyone who has ever been into the funny train men has me on discord they’ll know that my status is very telling <3 maybe I’ll post some of the background doodles I’ve been doing lately!! I’m such a freak about minecraft idk why I’m embarrassed to be equally freakish about the other ““game for children”” LMAO

[rudnitskaia]

Hi, my name is Viktoriia, but you can call me Heldig. :3 I’m 29, she/her. I’m a translator (RUS/ENG), a writer and a bit of an artist.

✨ My main job is creating a proper visualization for different piles of data on dashboards and in various reports.

✨ I adore animation, indie-comics and games, especially old point-and-click adventure games. In general I'm a lazy weirdly joking workaholic & coffeemaniac. Versatile underdeveloped person, to sum it up. :D

✨ Fandoms I’m mostly tracking: Slayers (anime & novels), Lackadaisy, Undertale/Deltarune, Elfquest, LoL/Arcane & ATLA/LOK, but almost any animated/comic/game universe is acceptable and can suddenly grab my attention. I'm familiar with a lot of things, and the fact that I don't track what's going on in a particular fandom doesn't mean I don't like the thing itself, so, if you want to discuss something with me, you can simply ask if I've seen it. :3

✨ My blog contains my arts/writings/translations, life stories about me, my husband Andrew and my friends, and reblogs of the things I truly enjoy, including various fandom things and silly memes. Also since 2016 I mostly have been working on my own novel “Сказка Хрустальных гор” (A Tale of the Crystal Mountains) that I plan to finish and, hopefully, publish in 2024, so rarely I'll also post some stuff about the work process.

✨ My pseuds in creative communities are: LetiOwl (previously), Heldig (Хельдиг/Хельди) and Opossumherd.

✨ Links to my profiles in other social media: AO3, FicBook.Net, Twitter, Youtube, VK Blog, Personal VK page.

✨ All RoMaunce fics can be found here in English and here in Russian. The series aren't finished and are constantly updated.

I LOVE when people chat with me, especially about my and their OCs. Please do more and never hesitate, my asks' inbox and DMs are always opened. 💖

✨ Tags for better navigation in my blog are under the cut (in alphabetical order):

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[go-learn-esperanto]

I would like to have finished writing the well thought out post I was gonna do initially but I've been extremely busy today, so I'm just gonna say.

I am so distraught by what this situation has done to my community.

Right now I'm in constant anxiety and terror because I don't know which of the blogs I followed and loved, and even possible friends, are just gonna leave forever.

It hurts seeing something that was mostly build by the fandom - let's be real, the last year of Dream SMP popularity has mainly remained because we are so many and we created fics and art, and videos and everything. It wasn't the the Minecraft server. Definitely not just that.

And more than that the Minecraft server isn't just Dream. There are so many CCs who poured all their art in it, and to see the story gone? The community gone? Just like that? That would destroy me.

I spent the last 2 years dedicating so much of my time, love and happiness to it. I made so many friends in this community.

I really don't want to say I left a fandom not because I lost interest but because the fandom sinked all around me.

The last Reblogs aren't done with lightness in my heart they're made of desperation, of simultaneously trying to maybe make my followers happier with fun posts and trying to convince them to maybe not leave, or even the worst of them all, scattering trying to reblog a posts of a blog that has said they won't be here anymore.

To me the Dream SMP was ours. We all got together when there was a new Sad-ist or Late August animatic, a lot of my music library is Dream SMP fan songs, Passerine was a fanfic with fics, music and animations made out of it. A lot of us talk about the Super Hero au like it's canon sometimes, we fought to get that Ao3 tag!!! We made content in the Dream SMP canon (the white streak, YCGMA limbo).

I am inclined to say that the fandom as a whole is as much of a Content Creator as the the Dream SMP's content creators, if not more (we are a lot of people).

And now some are leaving for very valid reasons, and us that are staying know that we'll have to find way to make this work in a sensible way - that we'll also suffer consequences of having extra hate thrown at us, even if we really haven't supported Dream directly in a long time (I for example never really liked manhunts that much so outside that really small lore video of Dream I haven't touched a Dream video or stream for more than a year).

And to think of the community that bonded around an Ode to L'Manburg and still knows how to sing it today. To think of a community that is such a safe space for LGBTQI+ people. To think of the inside jokes about salmon. To think about the zines. To think about the fact that I could live of fan content!!! Because we had almost all art forms! From embroidery to book binding, to composing to drawing, animatics/animation, sculpting, cosplaying, writing, programming, etc... I have seen it all.

And to think it can all be threatened by a single person? When we are literally millions? It's a feeling I can't really describe.

I can only wish that on the best case scenario something happens like what happened to Hermitcraft - the server goes to another person. But part of me thinks we might end up like Yandere Highschool, although worse because everyone knows about the Dream SMP. I'm starting to wonder if that even is wishful thinking. Because at least people leave Yandere Highschool fans alone because almost nobody knows about it.

All of this to say - more than the lore I am worried about the people and friends I might lose because of this situation, and what I wish is for we all to come out of this the least scratched as possible, so that maybe we can still play a little melody.

[twotangledsisters]

No Longer You - Tangled Animatic (WIP?)

MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR SPOILERS FOR TANGLED SISTERS FANFIC

(like, spoilers for two to three fics down the line, you are NOT safe just because you are up to date on your readings!!! This is my proof I plan ahead XD)

But also a cool, almost definitely never to be finished Tangled Animatic so if you aren't reading the fic or don't mind spoilers and wanna see some Cass angst... please check it out :)

@nerdasaurus1200 here's the animatic you asked about if you want to check it out! :D

I said eight hours but when digging this up I have FIFTEEN hours written so... yeah, this is fifteen hours worth of animating XD

I cannot imagine how many hours it'd be in total if I decided to actually go ahead and finish the backgrounds, affects and other stuff XD

The female cover is by Lauren Cassidy who you should definitely check out on Tiktok if you love her voice!!

[alexthebordercollie]

My submission for week 2 of Madrigay days took a while to complete but fuck it it was worth it. Have an animatic of Bruno and Wil's first kiss. Full scene from the fic below the cut.

To Love at all is to Love Entirely - Chapter 11 - alexBDcollie - Encanto (2021) [Archive of Our Own]

Bruno nearly slammed into the library door in his hurry. Knocking chips of wood loose as he throttled the handle. The door was locked much to his surprise. Nevermind that. He knew if he didn’t do this tonight his courage would leave him by morning. Rosa caught his attention with an encouraging squeak. Sergio was gnawing at the lock on the shutters to the front window. Bruno pushed the rat aside to jimmy the lock with a piece of wood that chipped off the door in his rattling.

Once the window was open he climbed inside onto the countertops. Unfortunately, he misjudged the distances and fumbled right over the edge and onto the floor. He winced at the loud thud he’d made and prayed Robledo wouldn’t wake up. He just needed to talk to Wilfredo. He had to see him. He couldn’t back out now.

Bruno quickly scurried to his feet. He could hear faint shuffling sounds upstairs. Please don't be Robledo. He padded softly to the door that conjoined the library to the house. Careful not to be spotted yet. The door opened straight onto the base of the stairs. He looked up, past the railing. He could see a door open to a lit room. Not Robledo’s door much to his relief.

Wilfredo looked perplexed. Possibly a bit worried. He poked his head out the door and looked around. He was stripped down to his undergarments. Absent his glasses his eyes looked so soft. Bruno had never seen so much of his body before. So much of his skin. Wilfredo spotted Bruno at the base of the stairs. Bruno could feel a wave of heat wash over him. 

“Bruno?” Wilfredo shrunk back behind the door slightly. “W-what are you doing here? Was that you downstairs? I thought maybe an animal had gotten in-”

Bruno flew up the stairs before Wilfredo could finish rattling off questions. Jumping over the railing to skip the top steps in the process. This man asked too many questions.

When Bruno’s lips touched his it felt electric.

Wilfredo stumbled back in surprise causing Bruno to fall into his room. Tumbling drunkenly onto his chest. Bruno wrapped his arms around Wilfredo’s neck in a desperate attempt to keep himself upright.

“What’s gotten into you?!” Bruno looked up at Wilfredo for a moment. He barely registered the words that were said. Only lost himself in the rush that consumed him. 

“I-I need this.” Bruno breathed. Almost unaware of the words that escaped his lips.

He could feel Wilfredo’s heartbeat against his chest. Bruno pulled himself up for another kiss. Deeper this time. He wanted to taste him. To savor every sensation. The taste of coffee and cigars. The smell of old books. Gripping tight to broad shoulders and blond hair that felt like feather down between his fingers. Bruno felt another surge of electricity as Wilfredo moaned softly against his lips and he felt strong arms wrap around his frame. He’d always wondered what it would feel like to be held like this. He never thought it would feel this wonderful. The moment didn’t last long.

Wilfredo's fingers gripped his poncho tight before he pulled Bruno back from his face.

Wilfredo's eyes were sad and pleading. “You don’t want this.”

Bruno felt that hole in his chest again. Like he was bleeding out onto the floor. He tried to control his breathing. No, no, no. That’s not how this was supposed to go. No. Not him. Bruno was so sick of being told what to do. How to feel. Just once. Just this once he wanted to be selfish. To be himself without guilt or shame. Just for a moment. Wilfredo was supposed to be different. He was supposed to understand.

“Don’t tell me what I want.” He growled. His nails bore down into whatever they could. He stole another kiss in protest. Clinging desperately to that jolt of electricity that was now failing him. He felt so desperate and sad. He could feel the emptiness trying to swallow him up again.

He thought he heard the man wince. Wilfredo shoved him up against the door and covered Bruno’s mouth with a heavy hand. The sudden gesture startled Bruno but when he looked back at Wilfredo's face he didn’t see anger, only heartache. Some deep, aching, all too familiar, pain.

“Por favor, amor, no así.”

Bruno felt tears overwhelm him. The sound of Wilfredo’s broken voice brought him back to reality. Of course. What did he expect? Why was hurting people the only thing he was good at? Why did he think this would be different?

He let out a muffled frustrated scream into Wilfredo’s hand before breaking down into pathetic, broken, sobs.

Wilfredo’s hand left his face. Bruno fell forward into his chest and continued to sob. He wrapped his arms around Wilfredo again and held him close. The rest of that night was a blur. Despite it, even through the pain and frustration, Wilfredo’s arms were warm and comforting.

Maybe he did understand.

[fallenclan]

okay, I have a few songs in mind for that Otterslip pmv! Just to let you know what to expect between all of these :) Give me your thoughts on these songs, I love these all dearly and really want to create something with all of these.

Toba the Tura by Forgiven Durden

Introduction to the Show by ミラクルミュージカル (Miracle Musical)

Alternatively, I use the Hawaii Part II Part II demo for Introduction to the Show because that version goes so hard. 10/10 demos. The piano is so crisp.

Time Machine by ミラクルミュージカル (Miracle Musical)

I will be using either the 1st or 2nd demo if I decide to do this song. The polished version on the official record won't do for Otterslip.

The Rockrose and The Thistle by The Amazing Devil

Worms by Viagra Boys

Poplar St by Glass Animals

I'd have to do this one carefully. Might have to edit my own version of the song for the pmv

I will be watching this post, so if anyone has more ideas.... then please share them in the replies or smth :)

-🎲

YOUR MUSIC TASTE IS SO GOOD. all of these songs are fantastic and they fit Otterslip so well,,, i've listened to almost all of them before but i still had to make myself a little playlist to refresh my memory and listen to them with the context of Otterslip in mind. devastating btw, in the best possible way. putting my thoughts below the cut bc they might get a little long!

Toba the Tura:

SUCH a good song. especially for Otterslip. a few lyrics that really stood out to me.

THE LAST ONE ESPECIALLY. that whole ending monologue just SCREAMS Otterslip. the girl he loved vacating to a new place? his daughter dying and going to the afterlife. a mountainous wall of stone to separate themselves from him??? its. a fucking mountain. they live in a mountain. theirs would be the light, his would be the dark. oughghghghg sobs and wails and cries forever

Introduction to the Snow:

what if i cried. man this song is so fucking SAD. and also not in a way. would work fantastic if one wanted to do a really lonesome depressing take on Otterslip's exile. im picturing an animatic with very few pov changes, just Otterslip maybe watching the stars or traveling through the outside of Fallenclan's territory, up until "you'll live forever tonight" and the piano afterwards, then i'm seeing lots of glimpses of his past life in Fallenclan, and the events leading up to Stormsight's death. ougghh

Time Machine:

GOD THIS WORKS SO WELL WITH HIS EXILE. "you'll have enough time to spend some time alone" HES LITERALLY ALONE. dice anon youre going to turn me into an Otterslip apologist. hes literally leaving today

The Rockrose and the Thistle:

jaw drop. a friend of mine introduced me to this band a while back but HOW HAVE I NOT HEARD THIS ONE. this song fits Otterslip so good its crazy. here's a couple lyrics that stick out to me

i'm definitely seeing some hints of Grassroot in this song. maybe he's singing it to her, maybe she's singing it to him, idk but shes There. ouches

Worms:

i've never heard this song OR this band before and it fucking RULES so first off thanks for pointing me in that direction. second OUGH i can see the Otterslip here. no lyrics in particular stand out to me but the Vibes... man the vibes they fit so well. i can see him singing this to Stormsight, esp since the "the same worms that eat me will one day eat you too" has such a threatening sound to it,,

Poplar St:

MY HEART. god this is so good and it works so well. again no lyrics really stick out to me in particular but MAN. the stress on "free falling love addict" is getting to me. considering Stormsight fell to his death. ouch.

conclusion! these are all fantastic song choices and you are a fucking genius. i'm almost temped to something with Toba the Tura myself, except i know I'd never finish it lmao. and as a side note, if you've never heard the Chonny Jash covers of a lot of Miracle Musical songs i would highly recommend. they aren't for everyone but personally I like them better than some of the originals, even.

and back to the topic of Otterslip: here's all the songs I have on his playlist at the moment (though i will be adding. probably all of the ones youve suggested.) in case you wanted more inspiration or simply some good tunes to listen to.

ty for your wonderful ask!!! you have given me much to think about...

[astranauticus]

post mortem for my orv animatic bc i have lots of thoughts and yall are gonna hear all of them (that is a threat)

first is the obligatory special thanks/plagiarism declaration section but a lot of the shots in this are inspired by the original changgwi lyric video which like. please watch it there's a reason this song is a classic animatic song on bilibili like the music is good but the video definitely helped. also speaking of bilibili, special shoutout to this arknights chongyue animatic that introduced me to the song that will haunt the next 8 months of my life!

the original inspiration was the thought that the verse of the spirit telling the story of its own death felt very yjh coded but it took like another week of stewing on it to have the idea of using the final chorus for the dkos arc which was the moment i decided i have to actually make this thing

going strictly by when i started putting pen to paper (pencil to ipad screen? whatever) this took almost exactly 5 months since i created the first drafts in february but the first 3 months ish from february until may were also my school semester so. most of the progress (id say about >60%) was done in the last two months of me working on this every moment i wasnt at work (or playing project sekai, for some reason)

also! funny little detail but counting the drafts and some discarded frames my procreate stack for this thing has exactly 49 artworks in it! neat little easter egg i guess (yeah 51 wouldve been more fitting but whatever)

this fully slipped by both me (at 2am) and my friend whom i sent the finished version to (fighting the flu) but in the final edit i didn't actually include the second half of the last lyric?? it's 'i will take you to the mountain god' i apparently just wrote 'i will take you' and never finished the rest LMAO

speaking of the lyrics i dont speak korean and im not a huge fan of most english translations of this song that exists so on multiple occasions i was so tempted to just use the chinese cover someone on bilibili did because then i'd at least be confident i know where the fucking line breaks were (there's one line at the end where im pretty sure i didn't edit on the line breaks correctly but that was more of an intentional compromise because the timings would've been off otherwise. anyway) tbh the only reason i didnt do that is the atmosphere and delivery of the original song is. really unbeatable like the cover's also pretty good but it doesn't quite achieve the same effect

also speaking of things i fucked up im aware i drew sys in the wrong outfit for the dkos fight but like. ok full disclosure my orv reference folder is a complete mess (theres like 400+ images in there. for some reason) so on net ive gotten character outfits wrong while working on this thing like at least 3 times bc id just grab a random webtoon screenshot from my folder and go w it. it's just that by the time i realised i fucked up i'd already finished drawing all of sys's frames and i was too lazy to go back and change all of them LMAO

anyway yeah some other random things i wanted to whinge about:

there's a lot of effects i wanted to do that didn't quite come across due to. lack of skill/time/patience/all of the above but the one im really annoyed about is the yhk postchorus bit with the 3 circles bc. first off i think i drew those while halfway dozing off on the train to school once because uh. yeah

anyway poor drawing aside id really wanted to recreate the sort of. drawn-in effect on the circles and lines that the original lyric video had but i could NOT for the life of me figure out a way to execute that in capcut so. here we are (also you cant put transitions on overlays in capcut so that's why those also looked so bad. youre welcome)

honestly my timeline for this in capcut looks pretty ridiculous bc if you want to do word by word animations/effects you need to pay for the pro version so my workaround was just to have like five thousand text layers with 1-2 words on it each (do not recommend btw)

speaking of the text im a moron so i kinda forgot to account for the text when drawing frames and wow you can tell. yeah next time im just hand writing the text fuck this

and i have some more thoughts that are. mild to moderate webtoon spoilers so past this will be the spoiler warning line

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actually my original plan was to upload this the day dkos dies in the webtoon but a. i genuinely did think it was gonna be yesterday like i dont pay for the early access episodes so i was just kinda going off orvtwt LMAO b. i could feel myself burning out on this like the last few frames i drew for this were fucking dogshit so i figured either i finish it soon or i wont finish it at all

i will probably still draw something for dkos' death day though for those who celebrate (basically when i was thumbnailing for one of the frames in this i ended up with one that didnt fit the video aspect ratio at all but still looks pretty good so im promoting it to a full drawing. so look forward to that)

like for an idea of how fucking sick of this shit i was by like. last week pretty much like for the last few frames of the dkos fight i straight up forgot to draw dkos' wings and had to add them in halfway through editing last night. like that's how fucking out of it i was by then lmaoo

looking back its actually kinda funny cuz the whole put this up when dkos dies thing was my plan since february but i had literally no way of knowing when that would be especially since the webtoon stopped going with the novel chapter numbers exactly (i could.. guesstimate but my original estimation was in june so yknow. real useful) but like i can find evidence of me panicking about that deadline since may. why did i do that

given that deadline i knew i cant really include stuff from the novel past the dkos arc but man. the amount of times i wanted to use something from later (ESPECIALLY 1863 arc). i actually have another idea i want to test out thats like full epilogue spoilers partially because working on this for so long made me realise i really want to make more epilogue content <- what

yknow how i mentioned discarded frames yeah i had to draw dkos' death 3 times because the first two compositions just never quite panned out. i mean the current one is also pretty unreadable with the colour scheme but trust me the previous ones were way worse christ alive

[guppygiggles]

Okay okay-

First of all, the animatic with Avery is the cutest freakin thing I've seen all day, it made me so happy-

Second of all, not sure if you know this, but the song used is called Pollyanna, from the Mother soundtrack, one of my favorite games/series of all time

Third of all, it is very in character for Avery and I didn't think of that until now.

In conclusion, you are an artistic genius.

Oh my god... ;///////////; Oh, thank you so much! It brought me so much joy to make!

I do know the backstory of the song! I played and completed Mother 1 many years ago with a translation patch. I've played almost all of Earthbound, but I got stuck toward the end and never finished it. I've always meant to go back and play it again, I just haven't had time. I love those games, though... the characters are so charming, and the music is wonderful, too. I heard Pollyanna for the first time, two days ago... and immediately fell in love. It really is so perfect for Avery... the second time I listened to it, I could already see the animation in my head and knew I had to make it.

Oh, gosh... //////////// I don't know about THAT, but thank you so much for saying so! >/////////////< 💙

[tobi-smp]

are the gorillaz those guys with the animated music videos that have lore n stuff ??

context: [Link]

yeah they are !! I've been aware of them basically since I've had an internet connection, even if I wasn't always are of it, though I've been putting off getting Into them for basically as long specifically because I Did know there was a story but didn't know how to get into it

I watched a video essay on it the other day, and Specifically on the fact that their most ambitious story telling venture nearly killed the entire band. or more accurately Did kill it until the band reformed with sort of a soft reboot. the video is Really good, you can watch it here uwu [Link]

everything about it scratched the Sorting part of my brain, the nearly lost media the websites preserved through 15 year old youtube videos and walk throughs, the ambitious plotline left hanging by canon and yet never forgotten, the Everything

so ! I've started a project, that ended up turning into Two In One

first I wanted to collect All gorillaz media and put it roughly in order. all the music, all of the shorts, all of the commercials, specials, live appearances, books, interviews, podcasts, radio dramas, Etc Etc Etc that I could physically find on youtube into One Playlist. so if someone asks "how do find out more about gorillaz" it's all there baby

my Second task, which came to me as I was sorting and came across some True masterpieces from the fandom (such as three and half hours of a fandub audio book with in character voice acting, or finishing the animation for scrapped music videos that existed in the form of canon animatics).

and that's seeing how far I could get into crafting a cohesive and satisfying narrative for "plastic beach" (the aforementioned storyline that almost killed the series but fucked big time), Including An Ending, while still keeping it roughly in line with canon. and it turns out the answer to that is Pretty Damn Far.

I'm still working on that Huge Massive playlist, which is understandable since I started three days ago. (though it can be found here for anyone that wants to poke through it while it's under renovations [Link])

But I decided to make Another playlist that's Just all of the songs and all of the shorts for phases 1-3 in one place. Because it's less intimidating for new fans (that don't hyperfix instantly like me jfkladsjklfads), for Binging Purposes (which you wanna just let all the videos autoplay without having to skip around a 5 episode pirate drama), And because it's Finished jklfdasjklfads

so ! If you wanna watch all of the first half of gorillas, including a Finished Plastic Beach, Click here [Link]

I'll probably make another playlist like that for phase 4-present once I finish the main playlist ! I like the idea of keeping them separate both because it just feels right with the sort of soft reboot that happened between them, And so that I can justify shoving the recent songs that Do reference the plastic beach story line into phase 1-3 playlist without having to break the continuity of the 4-7 playlist, Like This

I'm Almost Certainly gonna make another, Shorter, announcement once all of the playlists are Done. but ! I'm happy to get the chance to do it now too fjksldaljkfsad

@sunlitmcgee

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ive got some random thoughts about my art/video making/animation progression because ive been digging through old files recently

so i took it upon myself to put together my old unfinished oc animatics from anno domini 2018 and 2019 (and maybe another one from 2021 if i feel like it) because 1) i didnt have good animation software back then 2) i didnt have a good enough laptop to edit without the programs i DID have crashing and 3) i couldnt really edit that well.

and let me tell you. the oc lore is outdated as shit, the art is abysmal, dont get my started on the composition & storytelling (or my attempts at it back then), but it feels almost therapeutic to "finish" or at least stitch together bits of animatics my younger self never finished or abandoned or gave up on. because they were too hard or i didnt know what to do or i lost motivation and forgot about them eventually. it just feels... nice yk?

i just compared my new edit with the 2018 one (because the file still blissfully works and i didnt know that until AFTER i was done with editing the new one) and like- besides the fact that i sorta changed the timing of certain shots cuz i didnt remember my original plans from 2018, i do like the end result.

when i think of how long it took me to edit some of it back then vs how much easier it was now, it feels nice. i used to rely so heavily on "tweening" (for lack of a better word) of certain moving parts and even then i could barely make it work, i overused different effects and made the whole thing muddy and hard to work on/fix later. nowadays i just copy the frame a couple of times and move them around to create the timing i want, i like the slight choppiness it adds as well. i do "tween" certain bits sometimes too, when appropriate, but again, it feels so much easier to do now vs then.

i dont know if i had a point to make here, and i dont know if im ever going to post these "restored" unfinished animatics. ive thought about compiling them into one long yt video as sort of a "hey look at all the stuff i wanted to make but never finished" or something along those lines. or maybe i'll just leave them in the files. we'll see.

[vinnybox]

Artist ask meme! 🦋✨💐

Also for the previous art ask game: 26 and 8? :D

🦋 Do your drawings resemble you? Style-wise, sometimes. Character-wise, not so much unless it's something personal (like drawing my sonas which has differing resemblance to irl me) cause I mostly draw OCs and fanart.

✨ How often do you draw? Almost everyday, but I'll sometimes take a few days off to do something else if I can't draw something.

8. What's an old project idea that you've lost interest in There's SOOOOO many OC and fandom animatics I've lost interest in cause of burn out QvQ but I think my most recent old project was this animated art I wanted to do for Connor (DBH) that I never finished animating... Im sorry my boi 💔😔

26. What's a piece that got a wildly different interpretation from what you intended I don't think I've ever experienced this yet, so I can't recall any instances! However, I hold the ever-encompassing fear of sibling characters art getting misinterpreted as ship art 😭 This is my one and only fear, but thankfully no one has made that misinterpretation yet...

[ibithesnail]

hey gang

there’s a poll happening on twitter

if devotion duo wins, i finish my royal au mapic animatic-turned-animation that i started almost exactly a year ago

if devotions lose, i never touch it ever again

vote devotion duo