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Aside from the spots on his shoulders and legs missing and the lighting treatment, this scene from my senior film is completely finished. I’m so tired and my wrist hurts, but my film is so, so close to being done! It will be done by next Wednesday too, and I’m super excited to finally have the entire thing completed.

I can’t show ya’ll all that I’ve done but I just wanted to share this one with you because I’m very proud of how it came out! There are some things that can be improved, but it’s polished and done to the best of my current ability, and I’m happy about it. C: Might do a private “screening” of sorts to show anyone who’s interested the entire film in its completed state, before it’s carted off to as many film festivals as I can get it into. I suppose that depends on the interest in that, however. O:

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More sneak peeks of my senior film! The animation is slowly but surely coming closer to completed as I clean it up and get it ready for coloring and visual effects. Some of the shots need a few inbetweens but I think I’ve got it down pat now; I’m particularly proud of this here shot! C: Baby bear takes a look around his surroundings and discovers somethin’ rather cool with the fishies.

This sucker is slated to be done in a couple of months. I’m having fun working on it and I’m excited to finally show ya’ll the final result! C:

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Just a sneak peek of my work on my film! All of the animation is competed, I’m now at the point where I buff-out some of the rougher animation, add more inbetweens if they’re needed (I’m going for a slightly choppy-style animation, hence why it isn’t super smooth), and ink (clean up) the others where the animation needs no tweaking. I’ve posted several other WIP shots of my film on my Patreon! C:

I’m so very excited you guys, the film is nearing completion! Finally after a year and some change, I’m almost done with it! ;_;

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Rough animation test I did for one of my finals. We had to design a character based on a broadway show then animate that character speaking; I chose the cat Grizabella from CATS and used the voice of Ana Amari from Overwatch for my animation.  c:

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Now for something that isn’t pony related! Just wanted to show you guys a character design exercise we’re doing in my Character Design class. The whole class had to design the exact same character based on nothing more than a description, and you’d be amazed by just how different people envision the same character! This is my version Joey (the character’s name), a street-rat who works a delivery day-job but has high aspirations to be a film writer.

The process we went with for this is:

1. Silhouette: finding the basic shapes and outline that best fits the character. The ones that the class liked best were 5, 6, 7, and 11, and after they were chosen we moved onto...

2. Rough concepts: staying very rough and playing with the shapes and design of the character. This isn’t meant to be the final version of the character, and you experiment with the features of the character and what clothing they’d possibly wear. Joey in particular lives in the 1940s so that has a huge impact on what he’d wear (references are your friends!). For me, the class really liked 3 with the clothes 5 has on, and from here I went onto...

3. Rough posing: solidifying the character through the use of acting poses. Based on who the character is, how do they move and hold themselves? That’s what this part is for! I actually drew a few but the only one I’m showing here is the action pose: given that Joey needs to move around New York fast I figured he’d know how to parkour, hence the reference and my drawing based on it.

4. Character Expressions: Further tying down what makes this character’s design as well as they’re personality. Joey’s loud, sarcastic, and expressive who doesn’t take nonsense from anyone. He’s also very smart (this is actually why his head is so big in his design). Tried to show some of that here! c:

5. Turnaround sheet and final color sheet: mostly solidified design with a turnaround sheet that still remains true to his character. He’s nearing completion here but still may need some stuff hammered out before he’s considered “complete”, but this as far as we’ve gotten thus far with this particular assignment. Despite the turnaround needing some work, I’m pretty proud of it! C:

But ye! Just wanted to share with ya’ll a character design I’ve done from scrap to finish. c: I’ll get back to more pony stuff soon, but that does leave the question: would you guys be interested in hearing me talk about what I’ve learned thus far in school, like animation techniques or character design stuff?? Let me know! ^.^

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Work for my film Ursa is well under way, and I’m getting closer to the point where I start animating. I managed to recruit a team to help me with the film too! I’m so excited! These are just a few things I’ve done for the film; some character explorations and a new styleframe to depict roughly what I’m hoping the final product will look like. The cub doesn’t actually have a name but I’ve taken to calling him B or Cubby; he’s so fun to draw. ^.^

For those of you who are curious, Ursa is the tentative (probably permanent) title to my senior film that I’ll be animating traditionally. It’s about a baby bear who goes fishing for his sick mom. You guys can expect a close-to-finished product (with rough animation) sometime in the winter! Until then you can watch the animatic of the film HERE.

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PS If any of you know anyone who produces music, could you maybe shoot me a message? I’m looking for someone who can do original music for this film. O:

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My film is well underway in it’s development faze! This is the character sheets for the characters featured in the film: the baby bear and his sick mother. The film is loosely inspired by the Haida artstyle in design, so I’m trying to incorporate the distinctive shape and colors in as much as I can to give the film a unique feel. I think I’ve succeeded for the characters, although they might need some reworking here and there. I’m very happy with how they came out, though, and the cub was well received by the class thus far; I’ve yet to show mama bear but here’s hoping she’s just as liked. :3

I’m tentatively calling the film Ursa. O:

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The completed animatic for my senior film! I’m tentatively calling it Ursa, and the story is about a baby bear fishing for his mother. I put a lot of work into this, and now all I have to do is present it tomorrow. The film’s been well received thus far, let’s hope that continues. But I hope you guys enjoy it thus far! :3