THE WILL OF MONSTERS

85) The Moon / Khamuel of the Lilin

We've got a rough sketch render of how the moon will look in one of our scenes and Im EXTREMELY pleased with how it came out! You lovelies can thank the wonderful Justinas Vitkus for this wonderful work-in-progress.

"Long before recorded history, the Moon became the resting place of Khamuel, an ancient being revered to...

84) JARRAD'S TIME TO SHINE!

Nearly every character has an action-scene just for them and Jarrad is no exception! Jarrad is throwing a bomb to begin his counterattack against the crows!

This shot is coming along nicely and all Ill need to do is install inbetweens towards the end and also animate the bomb flying out of his hand! Hope yall like the f...

83) Rough Animation of Pai & Cham

Cham and Pai get to know each other a little better in this scene! Can't post audio here just yet since I want to keep some things a surprise! But we're moving pretty well thanks to Rosa Cerda now being a part of our crew!

Its been a rough month on m...

82) Razzberry Reference Sheet

LadyGValentine returns for another reference sheet! This time its of Razzberry, our beloved enchanted silkwyrm! Razz took some time getting right for awhile and while he is THE MOST DIFFICULT character to animate, he is also the most fun to problem-solve and figure out.

Razz's design was inspired by old Rareware chara...

81) Time to F**K UP the Moon

Ive been pretty off and on about messing with the Moon in TWOM. Ive been dancing w/ the idea in my head for awhile and when the meme "Fuck up the moon in your fantasy world" started getting traction, I actually decided to keep the moon in TWOM normal, like our moon. 

BUT after watching Escaflowne and seeing how muc...

80) Jarrad The Scarecrow

A (near-finished) animatic of the very first action-scene of TWOM. We've hit the big EIGHT-OH so I figured Id celebrate and give yall a nice, hearty THANKS for sticking with me! There's some finished animation in there as well. Try and guess which ones need updates!

Lots of storyboard revisions by the impeccable LadyGVa...

79) Storyboard Revisions

Cham's trying to win a quick argument with Jarrad and misses a key detail that mucks everything up. These adorable board revisions come from Sara Oliveria as she nears the finish line on her run. We still have a bit more to complete but we are getting to close to having a brand new animatic!

78) Pai's Reference Sheet

Pai's ref sheet has arrived! LadyGValentine has dropped a really extensive reference for our main gal! Since Pai is our only human-looking character, I wanted be sure we were making her look appealing while also fitting her with this world. This also meant making sure we avoided some common stereotypes we found in animation. ...

77) He's Just a Little Guy

I love Cham. He's my good Scarecrow son and a mouthy little smartass and he must be protected at all costs.

LadyGValentine knocked this newest HOW TO DRAW out the park!

Pai's up next!

76) Razzberry Special!

Whats up gang! We've got a special delivery from Jeremy Nixon, roughing out a special attack by Pai and her enchanted silkwyrm, Razzberry! Excellent motion here though I'll probably end up doing soemthing with that dive-bomb before the wind-up to the final punch. Its a very complicated shot and it will need to be revisited bu...

75) Patreon Changes

Hey gang. For the foreseeable future, I have decided to make our Patreon accessible at $1 for all tiers, effectively making the Patreon all or nothing at $1. The reason being is those subbing at the $10 tier require software that is too expensive to view the workfiles I share at that tier. Id rather folks save up for those pr...

74) Happy 2023!!

New year, new animations! The astonishing Jeremy Nixon has joined the team to help with some VERY complicated shots. Some real high-octane energy here and I couldnt be more pleased with where he's taking Cham here.&nbs...

73) How to Draw JARRAD

I wanted to wait a little longer til this was more complete but this a good time to post since LadyGValentine and I are easing up on our work together. She's done such a fabulous job on storyboard revisions that I simp...

72) Cham Test Animation

A special test animation by David Mesina-Magallona! Cham's getting ready to test everything he's learned against an unsuspecting crow! This particular shot I've used to test animators from time to time and you'd be surprised how complicated the poses can be. David was able to break down Cham's shifting stances and alternating...

71) The Boundless Expanded

Christina Gardner continues her exquisite character explorations by revisiting the Boundless. Tino created base designs for this race of people awhile back and while those were good, I felt they needed more extensive, more mysterious designs to help bridge the gap between regular characters and the supernatural of this world....

70) Storyboard Revisions

Happy Halloween everyone! Nearly finished with the storyboard revisions as newcomer NIX joins our squad!

The final sequence of the film had some technical hiccups to iron out but we are nearly there! Theres a few more sequences that require revisions but this was among the most important to figure out since there we b...

69) Nice...

I had to do it and Im not sorry! At the time of this post, I have finished installing all of Pai's new dialogue into the updated animatic. This was a MAJOR box that needed to be checked because of course, animation cannot continue without recorded dialogue. 

Luckily before we moved from our old place, I made carefu...

68) New Incoming Merch!

Happy October everyone. September obviously had places to be and Im glad its gone cuz settling in a new area can be VERY annoying. Yknow, DMV, getting used to the neighborhood and other neighbors, it can be hard in a new place! But in terms of the film itself? Hey, not bad progress actually!

I've been working with a ven...

67) Extremely Tough August

August was one of the toughest months Ive had in a long time. I somehow caught COVID right before the week we managed to close on a house. It was very annoying and debilitating not being able to move things with my wife right away but we managed to get all if not most of our items into a new place. Im feeling much like this n...

66) The Phoenicera

Christina Gardner returns with what might be one of my favorite races in the world of TWOM, the Phoenicera (pronounced fin-NEE-sarah). These Phoenix/Moth hybrids have the uncanny ability to be reborn so long as specific con...

65) BIG UPDATES

I typically dont like waiting until 1/4 of the first month is gone BUT I needed to solidify some important things on my end first before I revealed them!

First up, as of today, my wife and I have FINALLY been approved for a house! We are so relieved and so tired of searching in this unfair and Godforsaken housing marke...

64b) Lots goin on!

Okay! I cant talk because I'm juggling a bunch of production work but I will have something new to share in the next day or so since I need to get to sleep and prep for work.

Just know ALOT happened in June and much of it is VERY exciting for me and my wife as well as TWOM. Keep your eyes peeled either tomorrow or Thurs...

64) New Twitter Banner

Small update but I figured it's about time I update the Twitter banner! Your generous Patreon contributions helped fund this one over the course of a few months so I wanted to thank you all for the help! @DrawingLizzie ...

63) Summer Time Lovin (Lovin In The Summer... Time?)

Its nearly June and we have another shot in the can! This one was fairly tricky to pin down because of Pai's twitchy, painful mannerisms. How did she get hurt? Pai tried to protect her friends naturally! But it seems like its not so easy, is it? 

Pai's always a joy to animate. Like every character, she is her own ...

62) Miasma Hex-Haggle Concepts

I tapped illustration powerhouse Christina Gardener for some designs of Pai's mother recently and to put it lightly, my mind has been blown at her renditions of The Queen of Skies!

Id really like this charact...

61) Ooooof, Hard Week

Been feelin pretty down this week but Pai seems to be fairly depressed too! You're in a movie, girl! What you got to be sad about??

Wife and I lost another bid on a house. Taxes were kind of rough this year since our previous accountant really goofed up last year's returns. Right now we are living w/ family and have be...

60) Pai's Mother

So the film revolves around Pai's need to learn Magic and alot of that comes from the often bigoted lessons she picked up from none other than her own Mother.

I was really happy with how this came out so I thought Id share with you lovelies! Who is the artist? Cant say yet! Is this the final design? Still cant say!
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59) Jarrad Aint Buyin It

Another Extreme Close-Up of Jarrad looking rather intense about something in particular. Who keeps getting under his skin like this?? Who dares to make him THIS suspicious??! You'll find out in the incoming trailer! Maybe Ill have a date for you when you can expect it in the next few months :D

This little shot took me a...

58) Craven-King vs Jarrad

LadyGValentine returns with some solid revisions for when Jarrad goes up against the Craven-King! As the months go by, Ill be inserting these revisions into the film's final aniamtic. We really dont have a lot of time ...

57) Brand New Backgrounds

Happy April, gang! Dont be a fool out there on the interwebs!

We have some new moody backgrounds courtesy of Sarah Gavagan's talents that will be on full display in the upcoming trailer. What yall are seeing here...