ever since i first heard "Aggrandicize". i always thought the "redwood sentiment on high" was just you straight up saying "cinnamon on rye... doesn't that sound like paradise?". like i was fully about to accept that out of nowhere. in a song about fame. you just began singing about french toast.
is it too late for me to change the official lyrics
I animated FLAVOR FOLEY’s music video Human ft. SF-A2 Miki!!!
Here’s a post of my process work as the artist/animator 🤖✨🤝
Jamie P. of FLAVOR FOLEY dm’d me in Nov to ask if I had any availability to animate a music video! I, of course, answered affirmatively in a composed and calm way
The video had a tight turnaround, so their concept was to have some simple B&W sketchy pieces, and a simple looping hair blowing animation for the refrain, which would go from sketchy -> lineart -> colored. I imagine they meant for maybe a couple sketchy pieces but I’m insane, you see
The singer for this song is the Vocaloid MIKI!!!!! I remembered her 2009 design (with the blue!!! The fluff!!!) but didn’t know about her newer, pink designs! (WHERES THE BLUE THO)
blablablah this is long so here's the rest under the cut
FLAVOR FOLEY wanted Miki to look robot-y, and wanted something visually different from her official designs.
I immediately got to sketching some, but you can already tell what the problem is. ITS JUST A VARIATION OF HER 2009 DESIGN (BECAUSE ITS GOOD AS HELL AND IM BIASED)
I did also sketch what the refrain would look like– I immediately knew she needed different expressions for each version, with a big cute smile at the end!!! SHE'S HUMAN SHE'S REAL SHE'S HAPPY
Thankfully FLAVOR FOLEY gave me some more constraint ideas for Miki's design (i thrive on contraints): fluffy hair like her 2025 design, “weird eyelashes”, stars, “if we can have navy that’d be cool”, “ROBOT LINES!!! ROBOT JOINTS!!! THIS IS NON NEGOTIABLE!!!!!!”
And finally rice (member of FLAVOR FOLEY) sent me a “vibe sketch” they made forever ago. And it clicked
This is it. The evangelion plugsuit. A body that’s breaking down, cables visible through the wear and tear. And a cool, pristine jacket, lovingly taken care of, perhaps belonging to someone dear to her
We all worked together to make the colors fit, but here are some variations for your viewing pleasure
Mandatory sans undertale palette
With the character design done, I got to making a simple storyboard, which didn't end up requiring many changes. Thank you FLAVOR FOLEY for letting me Do My Thing!!!
I worked as an animator for many years, and this was pretty simple animation… I had a lot of fun. I hadn’t animated hair in a while though, so this video saved my bacon
👉 How to animate Blowing Hair (And the seaweed exercise)
And after that, I just animated the whole video!!! From the concept art to finishing the animation, this took me like a week. Which is great because i had one week of break to rest from making my visual novel lol
(it's called Truth Scrapper, you can wishlist it if you want <3)
And that’s it! I hope this was interesting to read. Thank you so much for watching, and happy holidays!!!
snapcube.... unbeatable... insertdisc5... how do you keep making such peak crossovers recently
the genuine actual secret to this is that i've simply been mutuals or friends with everyone you named for seven+ years, since long before they did the things you probably know them for! they, like me, have been making things and putting them out there for Ages, simply indulging in making shit that gets them excited and keeping their ear to the ground to find other people who do the same. now was simply the right time for us to work together!
which is all to say: if your dream is to replicate this sort of thing... keep making cool shit and putting it out into the world, and pay close attention to your friends and mutuals who are doing the same! show 'em some support and community - that's how you turn pet projects and passions into beloved exceptional works of interactive art or oddly moving youtube video game improv comedy empires
if anyone notices my stuff disappearing/reappearing on streaming services over the next while - long story short, somebody tried reuploading Constant Companions (normal and deluxe) to streaming services a while ago. in the process of submitting copyright claims, something got mixed up, and my own upload of Constant Companions (Deluxe Edition) got hit with a takedown.
thankfully, i got things figured out with my distributor pretty quickly, so stuff shouldn't be down for very long!! but especially since it's the holidays things might get weird for a bit 😵💫
in the meantime... consider buying my music on bandcamp, where i don't have to deal with this horseshit! and happy turkey time or whatever its 9:30 am amd i've already had a mimosa about it