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animation update! mixed news, but i'm getting somewhere!
🕑 Added 2024-12-09 01:24:10 +0000 UTCso the bad news first, it is going to take at minimum 1 more month, likely 2 or more depending on the circumstances until i'm able to be on adderall again. the good news though! is that i found a good way to still be productive during this time, and it's for something meaningful: nothing for nothing! the one i've been working on since may of last year that takes place in the future, specifically.
i think i've come back around on animation in terms of what i actually want to do with it, i think i've ultimately realized again that i don't really want to make a music video right now and any attempts have been fairly fruitless, and that i do want to go back to my original plan of getting 'nothing for nothing' episode 1 out some time next year! so what i've been doing in specific is writing out all of the episodes, where currently the script for episode 1 is nearly 100% complete! meaning 'nothing for nothing' will be more writing-driven than strictly storyboard-driven, because i'm very bad at coming up with lines in the moment. writing a script first has been a big help in general for getting ideas down and making things seem more interesting and natural!
the second part to my plan is i want to make an Extremely rough animatic for the episodes once the script is finished, where the drawings would just be thumbnailing-level quality with really rough voice acting just to get a feel for the episode in action plus get all the timings down. my general thought is that i'll leave some scenes like action scenes up to storyboard-driven planning, while the rest will be writing-driven! it's probably not gonna end up that binary, but it's a good baseline to work off of!
it's weird to think its almost been 2 years since this iteration of 'nothing for nothing' has been formulated, i think the first draft of the first episode came to be in april 2023, but the vision now is more clear than ever and i have better confidence that i can finish it! my partner wants to help with animation as well, so that should expedite the process a good bit once it's time for that! though they have their own physical health issue that affects their drawing stamina so we don't want to push them too hard.
i think i mentioned it before, but i also want to play my cards a lot smarter when it comes to animating a full ~10 minute episode mostly by myself, i wanna practice a more limited style of animation for scenes that don't really need anything more elaborate, saving the big guns for where it really counts! so more like what you'd expect from a tv production, just with more focus on animation direction so it still looks cool when the animation is more limited. episode 1 is going to be my test, and episode 2-4 will be the true pedal to the metal with a proper team established!
given that writing and doing simple drawings right now has proven to be effective during this medication-less time, i really want to focus and stick to this idea instead of jumping around so much. i think it helps that this is something i'm truly passionate about and want to put out into the world, it's easily been the thing i stick to the most and have been developing in the background this entire time!
Comments
Dextar
I'm completely sure this animation will be amazing
Máx
I hope everything turns out well in the end. I'm sure your animation will be a success. Good luck with all your aimkid projects!
100something
Love to see you making your own series. I already know it’s gonna end up looking awesome, no matter how long the wait. If it ends up ever being an option in the future, I’d love to help you on the animation end. Can’t wait to see the progress!
