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Tatsumilky Even More Color Animation Progress, + Magical C Teaser
🕑 Added 2021-08-13 23:21:01 +0000 UTCThe animators were not making things easy for me with this scene. Not only did the keyframes not really match up with the rate of her hovering up and down, but the height to which she alternates between was different with each cycle, so I ended up having to go back and fill in the gaps that ended up appearing when the frames ended up not matching up. On the bright side though, these frames get reused again after the closeup in the next portion, so I shouldn't need to redo anything when we get to there. Also since next week is when the monthly work period would cut off, I'm gonna compile what I was able to get done with the original footage and audio for the video version.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wzyTL6EuaOUiuAVctza3OcpfDPviOV4f/view?usp=sharing
And also I'm ready to announce that I'm starting a new scratch animation. This one is being funded by Corivas and unlike the previous scratch animation I started, this one is already mostly payed for and also much shorter. It's also going to have alot more unique frames to its length, so I'll be able to get alot more dynamic animation than I've been able to do in these previous projects, which is the part that's got me the most excited to get to.
I didn't have much time to work on it this last week other than some preliminary design sketching, but this week I'm expecting to get started on the storyboarding and keyframe sketching.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZDUTesd7pbPqwi4b9F_7tovsyTYU6F55/view?usp=sharing
And lastly I wanted to run by y'all what I think the new voting system will be once I've caught up on everything. I was originally thinking the solution might have been to put an increased monthly gap between when similar species ideas could be submitted, since the one month gap I originally implemented was short enough that it even went unnoticed by some. Having spent so long working on the multi-month project that was the Tatsumaki one and also seeing how many other multi-month projects keep getting submitted, any substantial increase to the gap would make multi-month projects almost unfeasible. So what I think might work is that to still keep up variety, there will be a six month gap before a tf idea that's a similar species can be submitted, with the exception of if it's to continue a project that has already won a vote, in which case it will only be a two month gap. How does that sound?
I've also been suggested to enforce that if a patron's idea wins a vote, then they will need to wait before being able to submit another idea. So far no patron has ever won two votes in a row, so for there to be any change upon that, they would need to wait two months before being able to submit again. Is that something you all would also want to see changed? Let me know whatever you think. I'm willing to take as long as is needed to get this right.
Comments
Deliciously Decadent
One Month would be good enough IMO, cause Im on a patreon that does animation Fridays and puts winners on a month wait.
Mankor Animanktions
I wasn't really sure how necessary that part was either. Hypothetically it would make for slightly less competition each month, but only slightly.
Darkwalker
This seems like a pretty reasonable system. I can 100% get behind this. Although, I don’t really understand why you would need to put a limit on poll winners not being able to submit ideas for two months. I understand why you limit the species type perfectly well, but there’s no real reason to do that for the winners. Maybe they just have ideas that we never really realized that we wanted before, and if no one’s ever won polls back to back I don’t see why you would ever need a system like that.
Finn the Human
That makes me feel a bit better you say I'm like a trial run for that stuff like that I'm the guinea-pig of this occurance
Deliciously Decadent
Sounds all fair so far, hopefully it will be a bit more diverse
Mankor Animanktions
The main takeaway is this provides a frame of reference for future multi-month projects.
Finn the Human
OK looks like I'll have to submit the idea next poll.... I apologise in advance I know some folk are going to be pissed off with me but I just would rather get that idea done then I'm definitely taking a long break from poll submissions and just be voting cuz I know this Tatsumaki idea would be satisfying to finish
Mankor Animanktions
Well yeah, I would have needed two months to color all those frames, but now that half of them have been colored I would now currently only need one more month to color the rest. But since it only has another week to be worked on that means it's not getting entirely colored.
Finn the Human
Idk if I'm reading it right, you say you "would have needed to colour all those frames" as something you would have needed to do but don't anymore. I'm sorry I'm sometimes terrible at reading in and between the lines so I don't know if that means if the project could be finished this month or not. Still I hope optimistically it can be finished this month and I hope I don't get bullied for submitting it for another month, but that's sort of why I hope it gets finished this month cuz I don't want to stress you or make a hassle with whatever ruling you have if I'm breaking any rules.
Mankor Animanktions
I would have needed two months to color all those frames. That's why I labeled it as Long.
Finn the Human
Would the Tatsumaki TF be finished before the next poll or would this another poll extension thing also I appreciate all this work you're doing and I look forward to seeing the finished project which seems inching forward each update
