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Scene 9, shot 5 ~ shot 8

Some more spaceship animation from later on in the film. I really wanted to get that intricate flypast model detail in there, like you'd see in old films like Star Wars, Battle Beyond the Stars, Star Trek; The Motion Picture etc. Lots of tiny lights and windows really help with that, but it takes hours to apply each one by ha...

Spring postcard 2020 !

Whilst we're all stuck inside, the Decepticons are going on a road trip.

Mailing dates will be updated as soon as we hear back from the printer. Then it’s off to the mailboxes! 

I hope you're all staying 50 feet away from other flesh creatures.

-Paul

Art: Paul
Layout edit: Maki

Postcard Shading Layout

The basic shading guide is in place. Next step: colors!

Also, Maki has recorded all March patron names, so fear not! You will get a postcard no matter what happens. She'll notify when they're ready to go out. For now though,  I might color these on my own or I might livestream the coloring... hmmm...

I hope y...

Postcard linework.

Hello all!

I think this should do it for the lines. As you can tell, it's the three big guys, or as Transformers expert Maki calls them, sound cloud, stardust and mega man.

I’ll be colouring in the meantime, but thought to suggest verifying Patreon has processed your details. We’ve had some issues with address...

Scene 3, shot 5 walk animation.

Good lord. Walks are really, really hard to animate.
-Paul. 

Animation & backgrounds, etc: Otaking
Anatomy & timing edits: Maki

The Stream Before Last

If you missed tonight's edition, here's the previous one to keep you company!
It features Zak Rahman, the talented musician who has contributed to most of Otaking's work.

-Maki

Streaming tonight!

I'm streaming again using  s u p e r i o r
t e c h n o l o g y

Join me! 7pm ET time (in like 30 mins from now!) Let's talk about stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/user/OtaKing77077/live

Paul

Spring Postcard Picks

Let's defrost with a good drawing poll! So, what'll it be?
The winning image will be sent out to all in the Elite Pilot Tier.

- Maki

The 6hr Replay

Now this is a story all about how
Otaking streamed for 6 hours in a row like a badass.
And never got his straws.
We still don't know what happened to them.

Big [F] for straws.

-Maki

Scene 6, shot 7 progress.

It's a quick one, but quite a bit of work went into it as you can see! It still needs colour, shading, and a shadow under the character to connect her visually to the floor.
I hope you're all having a good week!

Animation & backgrounds, etc: Otaking

Anatomy & timing edits: Maki

Assorted Scene 5 progress shots.

It has been a bounty of streams lately!

I think I saw some of you there. Thanks again for joining me on my odd schedule. For those that couldn’t make it, here’s a summary of what I’ve been inbetweening. I don’t plan when I stream but I do hope the notifications have been helpful.

Animation & background...

Now Streaming

https://www.youtube.com/user/OtaKing77077/live

Streamageddon

Take your seats, it's gonna start real soon!  
-Maki

Another one!

Welcome to more in-between animation and conversations about movies and more. 

Streaming in 10min

Lurkers are welcomed to stop in:
https://www.youtube.com/user/OtaKing77077/live

Scene 5, shot 8 to Scene 6, shot 1 (rough).

Love will soon be in the air, or is it fear? Here's a progress shot, and some additional elements are yet to be added (a door slamming down when she hits the button, for instance) but here's how most of it is coming together.

Hope you’re having a great week... and take advantage of those sweet chocolate discounts the ...

Background dump for Jan 2020.

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Scene 5, shot 4 (rough and inked)

Hello, all!

I have a bunch of new backgrounds to show you, but first up here's a quick shot of our our intrepid heroine looking around a dark room and smelling something rather nasty.

Cheerio for now, and I hope you don't smell anything unpleasant in your home.

Paul

Art: Paul
Anatomy edits: Maki&nb...

Venturing into 3D

But only as reference! Don't worry - I'll always be a 2D guy!

For the current and future projects, I have all the sets and locations built in (rather crude) 3D, as you may know. I made 3D ships for the R-Type film, but I've never been able to model people. Since it would be pretty useful to have 3D standins on my sets s...

Jim Power in Mutant Planet!

Happy 2020, everyone!

Do any of you know the game Jim Power?

I never played it, but someone else must have because it was on the SNES, Megadrive, PC and Amiga back in the day. I only heard of it recently as a studio had approached me to do a cover image based on it. Unfortunately this studio never paid me and it�...

Scene 3, shot 10 (rough)

Happy weekend after Christmas, everyone!

Here's a work in progress shot from scene 3 of the Monday project. It's currently unfinished at 138 frames at 12 frames per second, still needing inbetweens, facial expressions, pacing, etc.

So I expect she'll look better and more fluid in the finished 15 fps.

I hope ...

Scene 3, shot 7 (inked & inbetweened)

Happy weekend before Christmas, everyone!

Here's a rough and inked shot from scene 3 of the Monday project. It's 142 frames at 20 frames per second!

I'll be heading home for Christmas in a couple of days and back to anima...

( の 3 の )

Prints have arrived tonight and I gotta ship them out fast! Follow these instructions or Patreon will not show me your address. (crucial if I have extras)

Thanks!
Maki 

Finished Christmas postcard, 2019.

An early and heartfelt merry Christmas to you all!

There’s been a need to put on more than one sweater lately so I think it’s a good time to share the Winter poll pic. Thanks to each of you for supporting what we all love and remember best about ye olde classic anime.  I've included the .psd file with initial s...

John Boyega Shout-Out?

I saw a comment today about Star Wars actor, John Boyega, mentioning he likes a TIE Fighter short on his Hot Ones interview. Though he doesn't name it, which anime short do you guys think he was talking about at 8:57?

- Maki 

Gundam postcard Linework

A wild Zaku has appeared! I'm going to work on colouring this now at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9IHQZoolmA if you're awake and would like to join me.
If not, I'll keep the stream archived and post the link later for those who want to...

The Tripods

In another "let's look at obscure TV shows that impressed OtaKing when he was growing up," it's the special effects tour de force, The Tripods from 1984, using all of the BBC's special effects skills developed up until then. I used to watch this every Saturday!

The Tripods S1.E1-7:  2019-11-27 22:05:55 +0000 UTC View Post

Scene 3, shot 6 (inked & inbetweened)

Happy turkey day, to those of you in the States! And a happy... normal day to everyone else.

Here's scene 3, shot 6 of the Project Monday film. This was a nightmare to do as there were so many actions to animate in this one; (walk in, pick up bowl, fill the bowl, put the bowl down, pick up coffee pot, pour coffee, put p...

Quick shirt poll

Hello, 

I'm wrangling some last few images to announce some shirts and discounts this Black Friday. Do you like the VHS tape label or non-label version? 

Decide for me, patrons! 

-Paul

Scene 4, shot 1 background.

Hello, you lot!

I thought I'd share a background I just finished. It's a slow panning shot down from a corridor ceiling to the floor (hence why the aspect ratio is so tall). A close up of a pair of boots will then walk through the puddle on the ground. I've gotten loads of scenes animated this past couple of weeks, so I...