Aight so....

Both of my pieces are almost at the finish line of completion, one of them's actually done now! Up to you to guess which one that'll be!

(Kidding, I'll post the preview for one of them later.)

Sorry for not posting a blog yesterday. Was busy resting the whole day and sketching.

Got some more WIPs done for both fanart posts. Both have their character shading/highlights almost done, just need to start working on backgrounds.

Chris Yukine Birthday Image (Senki Zesshou Symphogear XV)

Cure Supreme (PreCure All Stars F)

The Chris image is set to be done by next week, whilst the Cure Supreme image will hopefully be done in time for Christmas (debating on whether or not I should do Beta Supreme variant).

Stay tuned for (hopefully) tomorrow 's blog post!

Currently, I'm thinking of a few things to do for fanart.

Firstly, I'm making a birthday image for an anime character from the anime Senki Zesshou Symphogear (cause it's one of my current favourite anime), and am now close to the final stages (tho the date of upload is still about a week or so away).

Here's a WIP preview of just the inked image:

I'm also currently thinking of doing a couple other bits of fanart, one of the most recent movie-exclusive PreCure (Cure Supreme).

I'll likely do Supreme as a test for colouring and shading test (more of a traditional anime cel-shaded style).

So yeah. That's that for today! :D

Heyo folks. This post is to go over some of the things relating to my latest art and animation posts, specifically for both the background and character design!

CHARACTER DESIGN:

Fun fact: this is the first rig I have made which is drawn using brush tools instead of just using the line tools and stroke styles!

This greatly gives the lines a lot more of a "natural" look rather than the kinda sometimes cheap and too equal/even Line Tool strokes. It also make it much quicker to edit and change asset appearances (probably not much of a surprise for people who have used the Brush tools for a while, but it's certainly a fresh feeling to me!)

I didn't use too many variation of parts like the hands and eyes for this animation, as the body movements were the larger focus. Although I did use a closed eye variant for Ghostie when she was blinking.

BACKGROUND:

When I made an earlier version of this particular test animation: I didn't have a background suitable for this animation, so I quickly made a very rushed classroom background, with a different colour scheme.

(The desk was simply a brown box off-screen, just something as a guide point to where Ghostie's hands needed to be resting on. The plan was for her to be searching through things inside the shelf, not on top.)

This prompted a major redesign of the classroom BG, one that would fit the tone of the character (and any other future ones).

I started by doing an overall sketch of what I wanted for the room, including design, background items and props.

For clearer context:

Red - background

Blue - items (not usually interacted or animated)

Green - items meant to be animated

Yellow - lights

Cyan - notes

I then established the base colours for everything.

(Shelf and paper stack were not made by this point, but just imagine them being the same colours as the desks and posters.)

I then add the lights and started messing with gradients and colours to get the colours to match.

(Went for a greenish deco to make the room more eerie.)

Added in some pins to make it look like the posters were stuck onto the board by something.

One of my Discord friends commented on using a special brush for the boards, since they're supposed to be more of a fuzzy fabric texture.

And voila! The background is complete! Now you have an awesome looking worn classroom background for your characters to vacate! :D

And that's about it for this update! Thanks for listening through about me discussing stuff about animation!

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Heyo everyone! It's been a bit of a while since my last post, and I want to apologize for that. But I now have some big news regarding 2023 projects.

First, I wish to get the bad stuff out of the way and announce some cancelled projects and projects that will not be going forward with development.

The first will be for my new concept Prism rig that I've been working on for the majority of December. The reason for this project's cancellation will be that of limitations. While the asset warp tool could help in animating a lot of this character's movements, it's clear a lot of extra animation will be needed for the arms and other part of the character, and truth be told, it'd be a major hassle for me to do. Also being a representation of myself, it isn't perhaps the best or most inoffensive look. So yeah. this one's out.

But a new project will come in to replace this one for this year. More of that in a bit.

Next project: the cancelled Christmas project. Back at a few months ago on Twitter, I teased a timeline of projects I had planned for the end of last year, and in the December section, I stated that a Christmas animation (at around 1 minute) would be made. Welp, it's January now, and it's nowhere to be seen. You probably guessed by now that it's been cancelled. I was simply too busy at the time due to college work piling up and me wanting to rest during the winter season.

Even if I didn't have all those drawbacks, it probably still wouldn't have been completed to satisfactory standard. I didn't even really have any plans for what it was going to be about, what the story was, or even who was gonna feature in it. So plans were pretty much shelved. I only have one bit for the animation actually worked on, and it isn't really complete. That part would be one of the backgrounds.

As you can see, it's still rather barren and dull.

Perhaps one day I may improve upon this and make it better, but for now, this project will be indefinitely shelved and isn't likely to see the day of light any time soon.

Now that the tears have been dried, it's time to look forward to brighter prospects and see what is ahead of us!

First of all, to compensate for the cancellation of the Prism rig (which I have now affectionally called "Gloopboi"), a new Prism rig is in the works! I'll share more details about this when I will share pics of the rig. The progress is coming along steadily, and will be used for future animations.

Speaking of animations, that is one of the major things I wish to continue diving into the new year. While last year's wasn't a bad collection, they were...rather short. Too short for my tastes. I want to expand out into more skit-like shorts, featuring characters in more wacky situations, perhaps with voices if I can ask some people to voice cast some of my characters. What type of things would you guys like to see for these animations? Let me know down in the comments!

One final thing: I'm working on a 'production bible' for two of my universes and sets of characters! These bibles will contain general plots, full character bios and other parts of the two worlds these characters live in! Though I am probably not gonna share it publicly, as I do want this to be for when I may eventually develop these two series. It may take quite some time before both will be completed, let alone have series to show, but I'll strive to create these two! These worlds have heroes that need supporting!

Actually one more thing, if you wish to see more constant updates on projects, including WIPs, sketches, and snippets of animated projects, consider joining my Discord server! I also offer exclusive emotes! However, to access it at the moment, I must please ask that you either DM me through Twitter or Discord. This is done mainly for security reasons, such as not having hackers in the server. I may also be checking through your accounts to ensure you're not a fraud. If you're validated, have fun!

Welp that's it for now. Again, sorry for the somewhat sporadic update schedule, sometimes it's kinda hard to keep up with these. But I'll ensure updates will be more thorough and regular going into the new year.

See ya! :D

Heyo everyone. Been a while since the last update.

Today. I want to address something important regarding Twitter.

With the recent events going on with Twitter's management (especially since the whole original Twitter team being kicked out), I feel like it is time for me to address this.

Starting today, the activities on Twitter will be DRAMATICALLY reduced.

Simply, put I don't feel safe doing stuff on Twitter anymore.

I won't be deleting my account on Twitter, but I won't be posting regularly on there anymore (not that I ever really did to begin with).

So what's next, and more importantly, where can you find me?

For animations and GIFs, this will be the place for me. I will try to continue to come up with new content for this place as much as I can. It's hard, but I'll manage!

As for art, whilst this place will still updated with it, the main platform will be Pixiv. Whilst I know Pixiv has gotten into a bit of trouble recently, my art generally falls in line with their guidelines anyway so nothing will change.

I know this may be hard to wrap for some people, but I promise; I will make it work! :D

• Prism Star

Heyo everyone! I have some news to share with you!

My Ko-Fi page has some brand new memberships! 2 tiers are now available for you to choose from! If you wish to, please considering going for one of the tiers and supporting me financially! I'd really be grateful! You'll get some cool stuff depending on the tier you go for!

Again, please consider supporting me on these! That'd really be sweet! :D

LINK: https://ko-fi.com/kiraprismart/tiers

Hello everyone! I know I haven't been communicating in here as much as I should've been, but I'm back with another update, this time regarding a new character I've been working on!

These teaser images are you will be having to go off of....unless you wish to follow my Ko-FI!

If you wish to see more detailed WIP shots of the character, please consider supporting me on Ko-Fi! Final pics and/or animations will also be released there early before any social sites! Please help to donate! Every little bit helps!

Heyo everyone! Sorry for the silence for a few weeks. I have been caught up in other stuff and haven't been able to post. But now I come back with amazing news! An official Ko-Fi page for me is now open!

If you wish to support me financially to keep up with Adobe Animate costs, then please donate to me here! Every little bit helps! Thanks!

Link: https://ko-fi.com/kiraprismart#

• Prism

Heyo all!

I decided I wanted to give a weapon to one of my OCs, Sunny Sketch. I came up with a few different ideas as such. What I need help from you is to decide which one you think is the best one!

I also have posted this on Twitter where there is a poll for you to decide! https://twitter.com/KiraPrismArt/status/1508708526629306370

Can't wait to see what you all want to arm him with! :D