Stranger & The Strange

Set in the mid-19th century United States, a man named Stranger and the demon woman he struck a deal with work together to take down otherworldly threats for the common good. Coming in 2024.

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Stranger & the Strange: "Chri'mas Carol"

In the mid-19th century Christmas was relatively new to American culture. But many folks in the West did observe it, according to historians.

Keli is no exception, in her own way.

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some keli faces

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I haven't been showing too many frames of it lately since I don't want to spoil too much of the short, but Stranger & The Strange continues to progress!

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Accidentally did that ill-advised thing where I work nonstop for over 8 hours, but at nearly 5 minutes I'm now halfway done with "Stranger & The Strange"

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It's been slower-going than I'd like as my focus has been on editing down a TTRPG video project I'm making for my dayjob, but work is still getting done on Stranger.

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Another little Stranger comic for Mermay.

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Look. At. What. You. Guys. Did.

With the help of the funds you guys raised through the last post, Mona and some volunteers were able to cook and distribute so many chicken and rice meals that fed entire families!!!!! This is amazing!!! Please remember to donate, you are changing and helping maintain so many lives. EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS. P*ypal.

G*f*ndme for the initiative.

G*f*ndme to help settle in Egypt.

Instagram to track progress.

Don't forget! None of this is possible without Mona's hard work! If you'd like to send her a kind message please respond in the replies or the tags or reblogs! She was very happy to recieve kind messages from you guys under the last post as well!

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She also distributed cash to dialysis patients who are victims of water pollution and chemical warfare!

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they're judging you

you know what you did

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Getting more shots done!

Also a shot with and without compositing, just to show how important that process is to the look.

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"A Stranger walks into town..."

A full 2 minutes of "Stranger & The Strange" featuring Marc Swint as Stranger and Sarah Anne Williams as Keli!

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not "partners", but they ARE business pardners

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Stranger & the Strange | "Melissophobic"

A small little comic exploring Stranger and Keli's characters a tiny bit.

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Friday I reached over 6 minutes of animatic done for my weird western short film. Been forcing myself not to keep drawing this weekend just so I don't burn myself out.

When I get excited about a project I overwork myself if I'm not careful.

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The titular character of my short film "Stranger & The Strange". You may notice a few redacted spots here, but I've also included plenty of clues for folks to figure out what's going on with him if they care to.

I just think it's fun to give people clues to solve lol

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Some info about Keli, also known as Onoskelis(one of the leads in my animated short film I'm making). If you look her up you'll find she is basically Queen of the Simps. History's first e-girl.

EXTRA INFO:

Keli enjoys the company of all sorts, but she tends to only actively manipulate and destroy men of certain attitudes. They're the most fun to torture.

She goes by she/her pronouns no matter the form she's taking unless she's trying to deceive someone.

She used to just straight-up strangle wicked men when she was done with them, but eventually discovered it was way more fun to string them along and let them ruin their own lives simping for her.

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Stranger & The Strange - Teaser

A teaser for the short film I've been working on.

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Just learned it's Indie Animation Day, so I figured I'd show off the intro sequence I made on a whim last weekend for a short(7-10 minutes) I'm animating.

Names will be added to this sequence once I've had an opportunity to cast the characters, but for now enjoy this and feel free to try and decipher the small story hints I've thrown in here.