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Art Poll - Summer

The heat is oppressive and my flesh begins to sizzle - this means it's time for a new poll!

How about some retro 2D fighting goodness this time around? Something I've never drawn, no less. 2025-08-11 02:42:24 +0000 UTC View Post

3D vs 2D in Anime

Hello!

Here's a rare public video so people can see what kind of things they're missing here on the Patreon! It's a short analysis and I hope supporters here enjoy this topic as much as I do!...

AI Animation - 2 experiments!

Hello there!

I was browsing the official OtaKing discord™®© yesterday and noticed some AI conversation, so I recorded a video to try to see- in real time, no less - is AI capable to help ...

Parallax Scrolling Process.

That 360 degree rotating shot I mentioned a couple of posts ago is taking a little longer than expected, so please enjoy this little process video on parallax scrolling that I put together for you ...

Setting up a 360 shot.

Hello!

I'm progressing on that Dalek animation trailer, and I decided to go a bit crazy and try a rotating 360 degree shot. I love doing background animation and seeing insane background anim...

Mecha Research III

Hello there!

We’re deep in the story development phase of our big mech project, and got some exciting shifts to share with you!

Originally, we planned for an ensemble story: four mech...

2 minutes of Death to the Daleks animation.

Here's 2 mins of that little Dalek trailer I mentioned a couple of posts back. The animation is about halfway through now, I'd say.
It still has no music and only limited sound effects, but ...

Hi-Res Wallpaper Pack 2

As with the last background pack, since Patreon doesn't like showing people full sized images for some bizarre reason, I'll be uploading som

As with the last background pack, since Patreon do...

Prints shipped + update!

Hello, hello!

The Predator prints should be on their way to everyone in the Elite tier now, so please look forward to that!

Meanwhile, I have been slaving away on my little Dalek traile...

Spring '25 print- Predator!

Hello, everyone!

Well, here's the Predator print. This one was a bit of a nightmare, I must admit. Sketching out the individual characters was OK, but I couldn't get a decent composition, I d...

One minute of Death to the Daleks animation.

The Predator print is being inked now!
Meanwhile, here's 50 seconds of that little Dalek trailer I mentioned a couple of posts back. It has no music yet and only limited sound effects, but shoul...

Mecha Pilot's Guide pg. 4-9

Get in the robot!

Here's some more pages that I worked out for the basic mecha operations. Moving, aiming etc. It obviously owes a lot to Steel Battalion for inspiration! There are still quit...

Mecha Pilot's Guide pg. 1-3

AKA Mech Research III- Anyway, thought it would be helpful to ask Otaking to show what the operational experience could be like for a pilot. This is also to gain an understanding of the realistic v...

Predator - Poll Win & Thoughts

Predator won the poll, so I'm drawing up a nice print which will, as always, ship out to everyone in the Elite tier! I'm thinking of a very stylised Masami Obari-style image this time, with lots of...

2025 Animation Roster

Hello all!

Here's an update of the projects we're focused on! For those that missed the announcement- The TIE Fighter animation is, as you can see above, all done visually and the music and S...

Art Poll - Spring

The flowers are blooming, and so we emerge with a new poll! I hope you enjoy these eclectic choices, but as always feel free to throw suggestions for future votes in the comments below.

Mech Research II

Hello!

We're currently nailing down more preproduction details for the mech project. One consideration is making it 3 or 5 acts so we gathered some idea locations that would have battles and/...

How to use 3D to draw massive ships.

Good day and hello!

It is I, Paul Johnson! And today I'd like to share the process I use to draw large spaceships! Or even small spaceships.

Obviously, the TIE Fighter animation require...

Shiny pilot effect.

Hello there everyone!

Here's an exclusive little behind the scenes video for you all, explaining how I animated some dynamic lighting effects.
If there are any particular shots or sequence...

Mech Project planning!

Hello there!

TIE Fighter has gone off for music and SFX, so that's out of my hands for a while. So now it's on to the mech project!

Some of you might not have been around when we first ...

BTS - Emperor's Face

Hello, all!
The shot of the Emperor talking at the start of the recent TIE Fighter animation was one of the trickiest shots in the whole thing!
Here's a behind the scenes (BTS) look when I st...

TFTC Finished - Sneakpeek!

And I believe that's all of the animation completed for Star Wars Tie Fighter Total Conversion (not directly related to my original Tie Fighter animation, but same source material!). The full video...

Title Sequence Animation

I do enjoy animating impact frames, and a title screen is always a good opportunity to put a bunch of them in there.
Maki and I are going to watch the whole TIE Fighter opening today, and check ...

F in Chat for X and A-Wing

Hello again!

 The next focus is the final shot/the title screen, so we're almost there! Saying that, though, I will of course go back and polish some previous scenes up and make sure all...

MACROSS shipment

Well well! I hope you're all having a very nice new year so far!

I'm back from my Christmas trip back to the family home. It's nice to have my PC again and I'm already back to the crunch! The...

TIE Fighter zoom out

Hello!!

Today's my birthday! But also, here's another shot from the TIE Fighter intro cinematic.
The original TIE Fighter short I did all those years ago had some nice shots of the camera ...

Fighter chase and camera trickery!

Well well well!

A very Merry Christmas to you all!! I hope you're having a great time. It's my favourite time of year and I'm here watching my festive UK TV and drinking snowballs.

Here...

Winter '24 print- MACROSS!

After some trial and error, here's the finished Macross image!

As always, layout by me and Maki, colour fixups and colour grading by Maki, final illustration by me. This print will be flying ...

Christmas Poll Winner

Well, Macross won the poll! I am in the process of illustrating a nice space montage of the Macross and assorted Valkyries and obscene amounts of detail.
To help in the composition of the image,...

Christmas poll!

Well well!

The time is upon us! The time of great festivity!
Here's some options we gathered from previous comments, so choose which you'd like the next art print to be and we'll get right...