chaztheweasel
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Farewell to Cosmos FIRST ANIMATION TESTS
🕑 Added 2021-05-08 04:39:39 +0000 UTCHello, Patreon! I wanted to try something completely different!! I'm actively trying to see if I have what it takes to actually animate something!
It's still very early, and I'm taking baby steps, especially seeing as I don't have any decent animation software. I'm literally drawing the individual frames in Sai 2, exporting them individually, and importing them into Windows Movie Maker, then assigning a duration to each frame. It's... far more time-consuming than it should be!! But until I can get my hands on something more efficient, this is the current means of production!
FIRST, here's a short animatic I threw together for a scene that occurs late in the story of Farewell to Cosmos, a Mamabito project that's still early in development, but one that I'm very excited about! This isn't technically "animation", as it's just a proof-of-concept. It's more like an moving storyboard!
You can view this animatic by visiting the link here!
Here we see Renée and Finn waiting at a train station-- or perhaps a bus stop? -- for their ride to arrive. But, it looks like only one of them is boarding..?
SECOND, I also did a much shorter experiment to see if I could draw a base model, and simply draw over top of that to form something resembling actual animation. It's quite small at just five frames long, but it was originally only three; I actually went back in and attempted to do in-between's for this one, which led to a smoother transition between frames!
Click right here to view!
This moment, I think, is best shared without context, though it does look awfully reminiscent of a scene from this post, don't it~? I would consider extending this animation a bit further, perhaps to have a single tear roll across her cheek, but I don't want to be at this all night!
I would have liked to upload the videos here directly, but Patreon unfortunately doesn't allow me to do that! Until I can find a better alternative, I'll try sharing these as unlisted YouTube videos. I would appreciate it if you wouldn't share these links outside of this page! Please respect that!!
All-in-all, I still think this experiment was a success! We can only go up from here! I hope you're all excited to see what else lies in store! Until next time, take care of yourselves, stay safe, and THANK YOU for your continued support!
Comments
ChaztheWeasel
Much appreciated! Thanks for the encouragement!
TheDeathEcchi
A good experimentation! And with time and practice, you’ll do great~
