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Mini Morphs have gone HD! (and other changes to come!)
🕑 Added 2021-03-08 18:32:58 +0000 UTCSo the minis have remained more or less the same for about five years and for a few reasons I thought it was time to shake things up. I've wanted to develop the mini morphs for a while now, but the constraints of having to get two pieces of work up a week have left very little time for exploration and development.
After talking to my nearest and dearest about a few things I've decided to go public with some changes that are coming up!
-Three Tiers! Yes I'm going to introduce another tier. The first two tiers will remain roughly the same in terms of content and pledge amount, so don't panic! Tier one for sequences, Tier two for animation and Tier 3 for sketches, writings and other stuff. And possibly access to a discord server if I can figure out how to do all that!
-Going back to my roots! When I first nervously created my deviant art account all those years ago, with no idea how many people would share my bizarre love of morphing dudes, I was particularly interested in animation. Some of you may remember this! But as commissions became my main source of income, I ended up working on sequences all the time as these are much more popular with commissions largely for budget reasons. I've had SO much fun working on this, even though it took much longer than a standard morph, which is why I've decided the following:
I will still be aiming to upload a sequence and an animation a week. HOWEVER, I am not guaranteeing it, as I think the creative process should take priority over keeping time. Patreon has started to feel like a job for me lately rather than a place to explore my creativity with a community who want to be on board. So for this reason I will no longer be letting time constraints get in the way of creative development. I apologise as this means I will no longer be guaranteeing two pieces of work a week *but* I will still be aiming for that as standard.
Last of all - content! And this ties in with the mini animation thing. I'm going to switch between minis and regular stuff from project to project. Each project, whether mini proportions or regular proportions. will consist of an animation and a sequence version. The animations will come first, followed by the sequence version which if I feel necessary will have some added oomph like speech bubbles and more expressions and poses. All sequences will be available for Tier 1 patrons and all animated versions will be available for Tier 2.
I think that about covers it everything I wanted to say. Other than a huge, emphatic thank you to you all for sticking with me through the last crazy year and to those who are coming with me into what I hope will be an exciting new age of exploration and development!
(I decided to share this with everyone, as I'm super pleased with how it turned out and wanted to share it with you all!)
Lots of love to you all, keep safe!
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(I recently decided to take out a loan on new equipment, rather than risk a fundraiser, which has made high quality animation and sequence work possible once more! If you'd like to make a contribution to the equipment fund, please feel free at paypal.me/CNArtist. Any contribution is appreciated! x )
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Comments
TSquared
New beginnings by returning to your roots! What a great way to ground and direct the HD Mini Morphs project! Auguri and best of luck. We will be here to support you and to, as always, enjoy your creative work!
David J. Brick
Great animation and transformation!
James Newland
Lovely work! I do enjoy seeing some shorts reach breaking point.
WorgenRouge
Glad to hear your moving in a direction that makes you happier! The animation here is gorgeous I love the transition from stage to stage, there’s a real feeling of momentum and weight to it that shows just how great an animator you are!
