Wizard's Apprentice Project

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Post17 - Month1-3 Wrap up so far...

This is a devlog for my ex-school animation project "Wizard's Apprentice". The specific class I made this may have ended, but the project continues..., and so is the project, for now.

What is it?

Month1 (Animatics P1)

Month2 (Animatics P2 & Animation Seq. 1)

Month3 (Animation Seq. 2)

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Post20 - News: Plans 21/06/21

Thank you so much for the support, but I am officially ending this side project.

Why?

Well, I have other things I want to pursue, and if I continue this project according to plan, it would take me a year.

Taking a year for just one 10 minute video doesn’t seem worth it, as the joy of creation has passed and I know that I could do this much better in the future with more skill and time.

Anyways, have a great day!

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Post19 - News: Plans 06/06/21

Updated News: 21/06/21 Hi there!

Here's what I have so far: Main Post

If you're still here after the hiatus, thank you!

The finals went well, but I also realize that I want to pursue other things, too. Thus, this ex-student project would become a "sidequest" of sorts, meaning its initial plans have stretched. Anyways...

Prepare for a BIG post below. Mwahaha...

Long-term Plan

What I have so far...

Month 1 - Designs Month 2 - Animatics & Chosen Seq 1 Month 3 - Chosen Seq 2

What I plan for :

Storyboard (done years ago) -> Animatics (done Month1-3) -> Animation (this plan) -> Color (hopefully?) -> Effects (ahhaha)

Milestones:

Note that these may change upon my speed & time availability. I may consider cramming/stretching these stones as necessary.

<<Month #: Timestamp Type Name>>

Month 4: 0:00-0:35 Animation Broom Flying

Month 5: 0:53-1:17 Animation/Refine Talk

Month 6: 1:17-1:41 Animation Sand Clock-Class Ends

Month 7: 1:42-2:20 Animation Carter Enters

Month 8: 2:35-end Animation Ending

Below is if I still want to continue by coloring it, but don't anticipate for this, for I (as of 6 Jun 21) believe that making multiple short stuff is better practice than perfecting 1 stuff over & over.

Month 9: 0:00-1:00 Color Part 1 (Broom Flying to Talk)

Month 10: 1:00-1:45 Color Part 2 (Talk to Class Ends)

Month 11: 1:46-2:20 Color Part 3 (Carter Enters)

Month 12: 2:20-end Color Part 4 (Chase Scene to Ending)

**You may wonder: "why is it a year worth of stuff?" Because it is. I'm doing this alone (for now), so the time I have is limited...

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Post18 - News

EDIT (06/06/21): Updated News

Hi there!

If you're here, then thank you. -v-

The class for this animation project is over, but the project continues!

I just... need to finish my final exams well, so I need all the time I can get.

Thus, I will be on a 2 week hiatus.

See ya!

25/05/21

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Post16 - Month 3 Week 4: Chosen Sequence #2 - Sound / Finalization

Finally... it is done.

One session, four hours..

Commentaries

My work Time: 2 hour: Draw over & fix (90+pics) 1 hour: Grid in (90+pics) 1 hour: Rendering

Rendering multiple times because I just realized Blender also renders my hidden 3d models...

Should've done this in the morning, but stuff happened and this session got from noon to midnight. If it was morning, I think I might have saved at least 30 minutes.

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Devlog - Month3Week3: 18/05/21

Rough animations "finished"! (meaning weapons & faces are where and when I want them to be).

I will clean the lines up next week.

The frame rates dropped for some reason while I'm recording my screen. The final (with sound) should be sped up x1.5 or x2.

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Devlog - Month3Week3: 17/05/21

Smoothness and bounciness. Also faces.

Need to add face & weapon & I'm done for this month's goal.

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Devlog - Month3Week3: 14/05/21

Smoother~ animation.

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Devlog - Month3Week3: 13/05/21

Sorry I posted this late. My wifi got bad yesterday, so Tumblr won't load.

Finished "keyframes".

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Post15 - Month 3 Week 3: Chosen Sequence #2 - Animated 100%

I'm creating a “running” animation sequence about 5 sec long or more (2:25-2:30).

Plan (& this week's devlog menus)

I will roughly animate it. My characters, weapons, and their movements are understandable, though would be roughly drawn.

Unlike before, I am carving out “keyframes” from the rough animatics I had before. Hopefully I will be able to animate smoothly.

I want to aim for

Day 1: Rough animation 50% (I didn’t finish that last time)

Day 2: Rough animation 75%

Day 3: Rough animation 100%

** Thankfully, I have learned how to attach the sound while I animate, so that I don’t have to go back and edit all over again.

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Devlog - Month3Week2: 10/05/21

Yes! Rough Animation 45ish%!

Do you notice the difference animatics?

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Devlog - Month3Week2: 09/05/21

Planned to do 50% animation rough, but I also need to study...

Drawing humans is kinda hard. Carter here looks like a different person every frame, but I'm trying to keep him consistent.

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Post14 - Month 3 Week 2: Chosen Sequence #2 - Animated 75%

I will roughly animate it. This means that I will "carve out" the silhouette from my animatics into respective characters and weapons.

Plan

Day 1: Animatic for Weapons (I didn’t finish that last time)

Day 2: Rough animation 50%

Day 3: Rough animation 100% 25%

Edit (09/07/21): I need to lessen my workload for now. It's exam period.

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Devlog - Month3Week2: 07/05/21

Kinda shorter than most sessions. I have school exams upcoming...

Same with before, no idea what I was doing. I turned all weapons into spheres just so it would be easier.

The sound (not audible here) doesn't work for a in the beginning, so that took away some of my time to fix it.

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Devlog - Month3Week1: 02/05/21

Very fun today.

I had no idea what I was doing, and that's great for keying chasing scenes (because Carter also has no idea what he's doing too).

Like Bob Ross probably once said, "art is happy accidents." XD

I would really liked to capture & share how I animated this whole thing, but my computer can't handle the RAM load. xP

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Devlog - Month3Week1: 01/05/21

Forgot to upload it yesterday.

Should've started with animatics, but playing around with the camera is just so fun!

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Devlog - Month3Week1: 30/04/21

I created the background in 3d, so I don't have to draw every furniture again. This is because I plan for the chase scene to have some "turn arounds".

Pretty fun to try out.