I learned a lot in finishing Legend of Luik.
-One thing I learned above all else, is you have to actually know what Your Animating before you animate it. I hit countless roadblocks in that project due to not really know why the person was doing something, or how they even looked. The only constant in that cartoon was the music it was animated too.
-Which brings me to the next thing I learned, which is audiences don't expect or want you to use the background music as the only constant during the production of your cartoon. It is much smarter to have a planned out story structure that builds up tension responsibly and has the music work for the animation as apposed to the other way around.
-One final thing I learned is that if your doing a project that is far too big for one person, for the love of god don't try to do it all yourself. I have friends who know how to animate or write or even compose, and they probably would have been willng to help with this, and even would have done a better job. Yes I still managed to get the job done, but it took two years to do, which is terrible for a 4 minute cartoon.
So if I try applying all of these factors... I think
My Remake of "
The Bard's Song" might just be a worthwhile project to revive.
The first thing I'm going to do is not use "The bards Song" as the background for this song. I'm going to write out a plot containing a begining, middle and end, along with a climactic moment, and I'm going to flesh out the characters until they have as much depth as the ones in Legend of Luik.
Only after that point, when I have all the writing for the project, will I seek out people who are interested in the final product to led their talents to this work. Lord knows I need help with the character designs, and I should be able to find a way to get help with the direct animation project, even if it's just emailing someone asking for advice on how specific shots should go.
First things first, I have a Bridgette Brian and the Bunny cartoon to finish.
I might have the flu... Hope not. Anyway, at least I'm finally getting work done on BBB2.
I'm only hurting myself when I make this half effort sketches. And If I do it so often, that means I enjoy it, which makes me a masochist. "Shame on you," Says logic which makes this argument.
The Paraná is not actually a vicious animal. It is actually a scavenger that got it's bad reputation when Explorers unknowingly cut off the fish's food supply, and the desperately starved fish violently tore into the first animal that got in the water.
Since taking my Anthropology college course I have seen PICTURE AFTER PICTURE AFTER PICTURE of homonid skulls. Most of them don't have jaws, and some of them have little fins (the fins were actually for anchoring jaw muscles, but they give off an odder look in fossile form.)
I started drawing a girl, then I decided to draw Zidane from FF9, but then it became Vic. So the face and hair aren't quite what I want Vic to look like, but this is still pretty good.
So between the Kanji Practice I've started doing (and will continue to do tomorrow), adapting an handwriting for English print based of Kanji practice, and understanding how much my Penmanship is linked to my Drawing style, I've really improved my art recently.
I wanted Brian to draw Brian's reaction, and I suddenly decided she should be wearing a classy dress... then I started drawing cargo pans under it... then I made the dress black and the cargo pants pink and I realized, how freaking cool that was.
I'm trying out handwriting in my comics now, usually my handwriting is illegible and crap, but I think I've got something that's readable here.
I got some more Kanji Practice, and immediately drew Brian afterward. I'm rather surprised how well the picture turned out considering I didn't draw any of her framing at all. I'm more certain than ever that almost all of my art style is rooted to this. It can only help my furthered work.
You know... for all the depth and history I've been working on for Brian and Bridgette lately... I have completely neglected this Bunny.
Well He's getting better, at least. This is Brian Red around the same age as Brian Green during BBB. At least for now. I'm still not quite happy with this design, but progress is progress.
The first thing I'm going to do is not use "The bards Song" as the background for this song. I'm going to write out a plot containing a begining, middle and end, along with a climactic moment, and I'm going to flesh out the characters until they have as much depth as the ones in Legend of Luik.
He looks like a girly little goth punk, but he's only like 7 or so, and he's surrounded by girls in his family.
Ug, I've been really torchering myself for the past week, debating between myself to the point that it's come to this. It hasn't gotten unhealthy, but it's still pretty annoying.
Blue has becoming a Fun character. My only Problem with her right now is her appearance is just Katharina from legend of Luik in slightly different dress. I've been thinking up some great scenes for her though, that I really want to animate in the future.
