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Welcome to my animation blog!!!

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WELCOME TO MY ANIMATION BLOG!!!

I post almost all of my animations here, though any animation adjacent stuff will also be shared from my main. A lot of my older animations will be here also.

I currently use OpenToonz for 2D animation and am (attempting to) learn Blender for 2D and limited 3D animation! Though I have used Krita, and Ibis Paint X in the past. I tag my work by year, program, type, and series.

I'd love to try and post here more!

Follows and reblogs/comments are very appreciated!!! On all my work really :)

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absolute bouncy ball

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Loved Clock Diana so much I turned her into a 3d model...

(GIF version + the original drawing)

I would 100% be willing to do a showcase of the model if anyone would be interested!

((REBLOGS AND COMMENTS ARE VERY APPRECIATED ALSO!!!! I have unironically spent all day on this and I love how she turned out...))

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THE TIME TRAVELER

(GIF version)

This didn't turn out 100% how I hoped but I like it regardless.

I was originally going to make a rendered drawing of Diana, and then I wanted to animate the pocket watch... and then I got carried away.

All the layers are 2D drawings on 3D planes! Meaning it looks a little scary from the side...

There was a scrapped version where I spent. FOUR HOURS. Attempting to get the planes to work with a Rigify rig before realizing it would look better with less animation anyway.

Lastly I wanted to play around with the compositor as per usual.

(Also. this took at least eight hours and my hands hate me now so I'd be very grateful if you reblogged or commented lol...)

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THE TIME-TRAVELING PRIVATE EYE!!!

(Reblogs and comments are appreciated!!!!!!!)

IT'S DONE!!!!!! I absolutely LOVE how this came out.

(I also learned some things while doing this so I get to yap about it down here!)

As you might know, this is my second time doing one of these big scenes! The first one was last week with Maude and The Entity.

The main thing I did new here-besides the models, though I'll talk about that later- was the lighting! For sure my favorite part to do.

This is my first time using the compositor (for the bloom effect on the spiral) and I'll definitely have to use it in the future.

I also wanted to experiment with the Blender lights! I used sun lights again but I would like to learn how to use the other types in the future.

For the models: I figured out how to give them a mouth rig! I LOVE how it looks on these characters... although I think learning how to rig the teeth properly should probably be my next goal lol.

Speaking of mouths... I did NOT realize the older animations had Bonnie opening her mouth slightly lmao. Not my intent.

I also changed their materials to be slightly metallic. It's by no means realistic but I think it works for this style.

Last, and certainly not least...

THE POCKETWATCH!!! While it's not as detailed as I would've hoped there are some cool things with the rig.

It does have the ability to open and close... AND the hour and minute hands are controlled using a driver from the winding crown. It should be accurate to how they move in real time!!!

And: it also controls the spiral in the back!

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That should be about everything!!!! As I mentioned before I am SO proud with this so I would love to know what you think as well! (Though any interactions are appreciated really)

I personally think these are a good way to practice as well so maybe I'll start making them a regular thing. Full Render Weekends. Or something.

While I can't guarantee I'll do that Valentine's Day model (and I am bummed I didn't get the chance to do anything themed in time) I am considering making Diana a model and making something with her and Vint... so stay tuned for that :)

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First Encounter.

(REBLOGS AND COMMENTS ARE VERY APPRECIATED!!!!!!)

MY FIRST FULL SCENE MODEL!!!! thing.

I was initially going to do a showcase with just The Entity but it would have been a bit lackluster considering it's not every detailed lol.

Not including the new model itself this took about FIVE HOURS to make. (And I still don't know how the colors look on my phone.)

To briefly go over what I did for the entity...

While it mainly consists of a bendy bone rig (so it can stretch and whatnot), I also gave it a somewhat decent eye and jaw rig! I decided to FINALLY figure out how to properly make an eyeball rig for this (turns out I was putting the head of the bone in the wrong part of the eye lol)

While I do think this is cool it also looks creepy as HELL by itself.

Ergh.

As for the scene itself: the (tendrils?????) around the entity aren't actually a part of the rig! They're separate curves with the same material.

I also tried setting up lights for once and I think I did decent? I might have missed one or two areas but it's fine for someone who's not an expert at this.

Once again if anyone has any lighting tips for Blender it would help a lot lol

But overall I think it came out super cool!!! I'm super proud of how this looks so tell me what you think as well!

And also let me know if you would like to see more cinematic scenes because it takes a while to set up but I love making them....

(As mentioned before INTERACTIONS ARE SUPER APPRECIATED!!!! THIS IS A LOT OF EFFORT!!!)

I'll need a break beforehand but since they're invading my brain (AGAIN) I plan to do Vint and Bonnie next!

I've also finally settled on a redesign for Bonnie so stay tuned for that...

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FAIRY!!!

A redesign and 3d model of a character I had when I was nine!! She um. Doesn't officially have a name since I never gave her one.

Regardless I love how cartoony she came out!!! I think she's (once again) a new favorite model.

She's also surprisingly complex for what the final product looks like! Specifically with the rig.

PLEASE REBLOG OR COMMENT IF YOU WANT TO IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED!!!!!

More stuff under the cut....

As I mentioned previously, despite being a simple model she has a more complex rig!!! At least relative to what I've done in the past.

Some of the stuff I added include:

Working bendy bone limbs

WINGS!!!

A switch for the head between free rotation and squash and stretch

A switch for parenting the shoulders/hips to the rest of the body

A figurine base that can be toggled off (despite her being 4 feet but shh)

A plan to have the cheeks blink on and off that I never got around to

Yeah I had a lot of fun learning the drivers with this one. (They were weirdly easier than I thought also. Apparently you can add them to a LOT of stuff)

Most of the bones are actually hidden so she technically looks like...

...scary.

I actually do have a THREE AND A HALF minute rig showcasing all of this if anyone would want to see it!!! Sadly I can't add more than one video but I'd be happy to share it. (Though I forget to center it at the end which is a tiny bit infuriating lmao)

I think I've covered most of the new stuff but her cheeks are technically shrinkwrapped to a bigger version of the head so they don't clip through! Which I now realize is probably unnecessary.

I also really like her texture.

Like I said reblogs and comments are appreciated!!! please i put so much effort into her you have no idea

She is apart of a set of four other dolls so maybe if enough people are interested I'll do the rest of them....

(Also feel free to suggest a name for this fairy because I have like. zero ideas other than Lila or something)

Anyway the fun part. Extras!!!

Turnaround stills.

The boogie saga.

TINY

Congrats!! You made it to concept art!!! Enjoy :)

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what app do you use to animate? (if you already went over this sorry)

and what does your animation process look like?

I use OpenToonz! To be honest it's a MAJOR pain to work with sometimes but I found it to be the best option for me.

As for my process... I don't have everything but I'll do my best to explain the Wendell animation! (I worked at 23 frames at 24 frames a second)

First, I have the start and end keyframes. I normally draw them right next to each other on the timeline and change the timing afterwards but that would probably be painful to look at.

Next, I add breakdowns, or drawings that transition one pose to the other. Since this was a simple animation, one smear frame was good enough.

(Oh god.)

After that I make a few timing adjustments and add some additional breakdowns.

In this case, I used ease out and ease in (where the frames are slow at the beginning, fast in the middle, and slow at the end) and anticipation (moving in the OPPOSITE direction before doing the action)

I also add bounce by overshooting (going past the pose) above and below the pose, but I tend to do this near the end.

Finally I try to get my lines consistent by flipping through each keyframe and redrawing anything that looks too off (which I believe is called flipping and rolling in traditional animation!) I sadly can't show it here since I didn't save that progress, either.

Afterwards I'm usually done!!! Animation wise, anyway.

Sometimes I animate the camera, too! It's really fun to do actually (and also easier with OpenToonz which is a plus).

But that's essentially my process! I know it's not a tutorial and I don't think all the terms are accurate but I tried to be as straightforward as I could. :)

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Got possessed to animate the one Wendell sketch from yesterday.

(Reblogs and comments are so appreciated!!!!!)

The aforementioned sketch.

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"Buy our cars!"

(Reblogs and comments are appreciated!!!)

I decided to model Jim for practice!

It took about three hours so it isn't my most complex model. Thankfully he was pretty straightforward to make.

(But it is special due the fact that it's THE Jim.)

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@doyoureallyneedme HALLOWEEN VARIANT!!!!

I initially wanted to practice rigging but I decided to learn texture paint instead! So while they don't have expressions I think the texture more than makes up for it (plus it was definitely my favorite part to do!! since i really like the design itself)

I also struggled with the hair so I used a new method! Which I will for sure try to employ from now on

Sadly the Snoep broom has seen. Better days lmao

HOPEFULLY YOU LIKE IT!!!!!

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TERA NEW 3D MODEL!!!!

The colors are a little off but I think I've improved substantially since the last one. He certainly looks friendlier.

I redid the expressions thing!!

AND HE CAN MOVE!!!!

While I did give him his alternative outfit and model his other limbs they kept clipping through the mesh so I may not work on that... yet.

If you can do so REBLOGS AND COMMENTS ARE APPRECIATED!!!!! Especially since I put a bunch of effort into this one.

You'll see why if you keep reading lol

Okay a LOT of yapping under the cut because (shockingly) I made some new developments with him!

For one, he ended up with WAY more detail than the first version... and more detail than my other models, for that matter.

Most of that came from subdividing the mesh to work better for deforming (although I think it can be used for sculpting? haven't figured out how to do that yet tho)

In addition, I also added more detail to his texture and I think it gives him a lot of character.

There are also a few developments with the rig!

I noticed someone using blue and red for left and right and yellow for the middle in their rig and I really like how it looks so I may keep it! Plus I changed all the control bones to be green.

The main thing: I managed to properly add IK to his legs!!! It was surprisingly simple... for the legs anyway. I could not get it to work on the arms for the life of me.

(I want to say never again but I'm probably just overlooking something simple so idk.)

Speaking of which, I (technically) IK rigged his wires! I added a bone to all the sections and while I would've loved to set up a proper IK for it, auto IK worked just fine.

It's also why the middle bones don't show up in the final rig.

And since it works as such, you can do such stuff as this:

I doubt he appreciates it, though.

And to top it off: I WAS able to recreate the effects I did for his face on the original!

For the eyes I just rigged the different pupils to the bone for the eye shapes (via scale).

For the other stuff, I duplicated his face and added a mostly transparent texture that could be swapped out to show other things!

Minus the multiple textures, it's also how I made the highlight.

And since I deleted the ask for it by accident: YES I am ABSOLUTELY using this model for the Tera blog!!! If I can figure out image sequences I may give him more mouths but it would work perfectly regardless.

As I mentioned before please reblog or comment if you would like to!! Especially if you've made it here!!

But mostly let me know what you think of him!!! I think I did way better this time around.

I may, however, take a break from 3D modeling temporarily... but mostly because I don't know what to model (and just modeling the computer version wouldn't be that substantial)

Okay NOW finally the extra photos lol. Enjoy

(And a messy recreation of one of the earlier poses since I never saved it sadly...)

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NATHANIEL MODEL!!!!

He was a bit tedious to make (for multiple reasons) but I mostly enjoyed making him!

While not as expressive as Bebe, I still really liked doing expressions for him!

And the eye rig makes it's grand return. I think it works.

Poses.

If you'd like to do so reblogs and comments are really appreciated!!!This was about a 10 hour process I think?

More stuff below the cut...

Once again I REALLY like the rig for this. I know I should probably learn to use Rigify or something but I like doing these for now lol

I don't know if these show it to well but I also liked doing his texture... especially the neck.

I might do something similar if there's an Enid model?

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BEBE 3D MODEL!!!!!!

She was way harder to model than I was anticipating... but also didn't take too long. Maybe 8 hours at most?

She makes me SO happy though. I know I say this with all of my models but she has to be another favorite.

She's definitely the most expressive by far!

I used the same eye rig as with Penny but this time she can blink!!! And do other eye things too.

I also rigged the eye bone (that controls her blinking) to change the eye texture with size! The video show all three eye textures.

I say this with all my models but if you want to reblogs and comments help a lot!!! Especially if you're enjoying this kinda stuff as I enjoy making models.

For the most part :)

More photos and animations below the cut!

(This is just the rig because I like showing off the rig lmao)

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PENNY PETITE 3D MODEL!!!!!!

(I think the video cropped wrong at first this one's different)

She is probably my best model yet!! Despite not being able to blink yet but that's unimportant.

The main point of interest: I created a custom rig for her!! I mean I do for most of my models but SHE HAS CUSTOM BONES!!!

It was a pain to make it look right but for the second time I've done this she looks pretty cool.

And she too has expressions!!! I normally just show the face but I really wanted to animate the poses for some reason.

(I also keyframed hair collision in a few places since I don't know physics yet lol)

AND. I did something different for the eyes!

Rather than a flat surface that the pupils move around on I decided to do a tutorial to create a slightly different rig! It stops the clipping that normally happens which is a bonus.

It also creates this little 3D effect which is an extra bonus.

IF YOU'D WANT TO I'D BE REALLY HAPPY IF YOU REBLOGGED OR COMMENTED!!! She is definitely the most effort I've put into a model in a while.

More images below the cut (as per usual)...

I mostly followed this tutorial to do the eyes!!!

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FITNESS GOALS!!!!

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JANET'S REAL!!!

I'm definitely getting better (or at least faster) with these!

She's slightly more tedious to animate than PMG and BB but I'm still stoked with how she came out.

If you'd like to do please reblog or comment!!! (Especially comments/tags. I love getting comments lol)

My thoughts + extra stuff under the cut... as per usual :)

JANET!!!

Ironically she was somehow both the simplest to model and quite a challenge. (I blame the hair.)

Regardless, I think I've come up with a pretty good combination of modeling how I'm used to add using what I learned!

Though I may need to switch up how I cut meshes for deforming since I think it could use an upgrade.

You may have noticed: she has hands!! She doesn't have fingers or anything but she CAN give a thumbs up:

A deformed thumbs up. But still.

(Did I really go through the effort of animating something extra for this one part? Absolutely.)

((Did I also realize I really like adding overlapping action to her? Also yes.))

She also has way more expressions... despite being the most reserved. Funny.

I added a system for additional face details. It's similar to the other face textures. It would probably work for PMG too...

I now have a few thoughts of where to go from here:

Polish the three and make a few things with all of them together! Though I'm hesitant as it didn't work the first time.

Attempt an actual face rig. It would allow for a lot more creativity but it seems a little tedious.

Something Halloween related for Wendell... but I'll most likely do that after more practice/when it's closer to halloween.

TERA. I remember getting an ask about using a 3d model for the sideblog a few months ago and now I CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT. But I'm not fixated on him... yet

I'll most likely polish the models first, especially her and BB. For Janet herself I might need to duplicate the pins and make a version I can move separate from the head.

Once again LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!!! Especially if you made it this far lol I really do appreciate it

This is still a lot of effort but it's consistently taking about half a day for each so I think I'm doing something right!!! (the RD ones took like. a week each)

And the extra stuff as promised:

My silly.