#melodyfananimations

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@melodyfananimations I wasnt kidding when I said I was planning a Yuka cosplay 😉

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Oooh I'm always down to learn about fanimes! What's that Eternal thing you mentioned in that 'smallest fandom you're in' post, if you don't mind me asking?

HOOOO BOYYYYYYYY

ok so have i ever told y’all how i got into animation in the first place

basically i was REALLY into magical girl fanime back in 2007 and i tried to make my own (i finished 2 transformations, which can be found here [X] and here [X]) but i never really went anywhere… I was just INCREDIBLY inspired by the big-name fanimes, the ones that actually GOT somewhere and had small followings, one of which was called “Eternal” by MelodyFan12. (Her name’s Sophie McGregor – she put her ACTUAL name on her stuff, which back on 2007 youtube was like. dude. badASS. her tumblr is @melodyfananimations.) 

here’s a pretty good sample of what it originally looked like [X] and she even made the whole first episode! which i downloaded a long time ago but has since been removed from youtube. T_T

BUT in 2014, my sophomore year of college, she started uploading some re-vamped versions of those transformations [X] [X] under the title “Eternal Reincarnation,” and y’alllll. i was almost crying. to see one of my IDOLS as a child growing and improving…. granted it’s not perfect, but it is leaps and bounds ahead of what it was. i’m just. hoooo boy

ive been wanting to cosplay the mc lately (Yuka, the pink one) but alas, time, money…..

(2 other fanimes I was into were “ELFS” by Rounzei and “Mahouseki” by Marim23. you can still find their stuff on youtube, i believe)

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also you have such talent oxox

aaaaaaaaaaaaa thank youuuuuuu <3

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Hello! It's good to see other artists who still look fondly back on Eternal too! Watching MelodyFan12's animations when I was 10 years old made me realize animation was something you could actually DO.

i know! like….. she and the whole fanime scene were my first indication that you can make an amateur animation/series/whatever and publish it. like. that’s a THING you could do. you’re not just limited to comics or illustrations; you can animate in ms paint and windows movie maker, post it to youtube, and people will care. that was just. a game-changer for 12 y/o me

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Fan art for melodyfananimations (she's on tumblr her youtube name is melodyfan12 ) she was like my best internet friend in 2007(well she had tonnes more fans so I doubt I really made much of an inpact once she got popular) and shes been back for like a year now  I missed her so much. She did a fan animation for me one time and voiced a character in my fananime people were so so confused on how I got her to do that and thought I paid her lol.  

Eternal reincarnation Fan art by Melodyfan ( melodyfananimations )

Phee Yuka and Celina

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So I wanted to draw a brown haired pink auraed and it kind of looked like http://melodyfananimations.tumblr.com/ ‘s character Yuka

So I decided to role with it.

so if shes okay with it I use her as an extra character in my magical girl story

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The next old Original character I'm gonna draw is an old fan favorite, Mekeca Caritas. Reincarnation of the goddess of lightning Adhira.

Who probably got a good chunk of popularity from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xke5Yb_71Po

Seriously at the time I got like a bunch of messages trying to get me to get Melodyfan to watch their videos and stuff. and some people sending me messages saying stuff like how did a crappy animator like me become friends with melodyfan12.

I don't know why but I've been drawing a lot. especially old oc's