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