THE WILL OF MONSTERS

56) Animation Progress

Jarrad is making a tough decision against his more cautious nature... but yknow what? Life's full of risks. And sometimes you have to risk something or someone to accomplish your objective...

55) Kuki Krumbles Update

I already know Im juggling far too much but this little update to this character is to prep my work for success. Kuki is bar none my favorite character in the TWOM cast and I'd like to use her in t...

54) New Trailer Slate

I've been nursing this little guy for a few months while I produce a rough cut of my film's trailer. I've been steadily building all new footage and animation for the trailer and storyboard revisio...

53) The Boundless

VERY slow and obviously crazy month due to me starting a new job and computer issues (I just needed a new cooling unit but it took a few days to get right). 

Russia (more accurately, Put...

52) Jarrad Ironstride and LadyGValentine

Newcomer LadyGValentine has been busting out storyboard-revisions for the action-packed ...

51) New Trailer Rough Cut

Hey gang! Happy New Year! So the grant money from Maryland's State Arts Council FINALLY came through during new years so I spent a great deal of the week drafting up a rough pass of the newest TWOM...

50) Patreon or Ko-Fi?

Hey gang, as you might have seen from my Twitter post, Im thinking about moving monthly up...

49) Month of Administrative Duties

Hey everyone! One of our good Scarecrow boys has thrown a very SPOOPY bomb!
I wonder what the explosion will look like! 

Im late on this one so I will cut to the chase:

I've sti...

48) Amazing News!!

Hey gang. I've been spending the last few months trying to nail down a grant for this film and I got the word I've been approved for one by the Maryland State Arts Council for $3500! This is incred...

47) Important Update to the cast and Tier-List

Hey gang! I hope you've all been well! I'm trying to think up ways of keeping you guys engaged for this film. I do need to make this Patreon worth your while so I ask:

Would you guys be inter...

46) Compositing Month

Started this month feeling a great deal better about the work being done on the 3D end of that last shot. I felt REINVIGORATED when I got into After Effects and I think working in Blender really he...

45) Chase Scene in Blender

In my hubris, I chose to do a VERY complicated shot requiring a true 3D-camera instead of trying to mimic After-Effects very limited 3D space. This shot will host Pumpk & Cham running for their...

44) Storyboards by Julia Heliou

Julia Heliou is a new bright star in storyboarding and she has been nailing alot of shots I send her way.

The gang above is about to have their first round against the Craven-King and Pumpk...

43) "Let Me See What You Have!" A KNIFE!! :D "NOOO!!"

Who's knife is this?? WHO LEFT THIS HERE??!! FOR WHAT REASON??!!

More than the flash-bombs or even the mean little crows, this little dagger I think holds the most significance to the story t...

42) Finished Leap of Cham

This took me a bit to figure out but I had fun ironing everything out in this shot. Cham's leaping for a bomb that fell and I wonder if he'll be able to catch it in time to counter the incoming cro...

41) GO FOR IT, BOY!!

Its been QUITE a month! Between losing my wallet, the backlight on my Cintiq going dim, my bank information going haywire, the air-conditioner going out for a month and a few health scares with the...

40) Catchin Up To Yall

Ooof.

May was something else. I've worked out three shots last month, including the one yall see above. Im still fighting with some weird picture/image issues with my Cintiq since its been c...

39) Back to the Grind!

This shot is of Cham reacting to a Flash-Bomb going off before someone snatches him off screen! WHO COULD IT BE??? Well its only one of three people.... could it be CHAM'S EVIL TWIN BROTHER.... SAM...

38) Project Management and..... A PITCH??

 I feel like I've been apologizing to ya'll alot lately. The last couple of months have been VERY busy and I've needed a better way to communicate instructions to other artists vs just doing G...

37) March 2021 Summary

Hey fam. Sorry Im late. This has been a pretty hard month since I had to juggle A LOT of tasks in production, specifically on the admin side of things. Animation is going well... a bit... TOO well,...

36) SQ-C Animation 95% Complete

The Cravens are hard as hell to draw out but I really like figuring them out! Its a huge exercise in getting the details correct according to the character models and all.

I adore how this ca...

35) Website Update and Slight Venting

Twitter got to see some preliminary character art of the main trio by the amazing Angela Sprecher BUT yall are getting the i...

34) Cham Chase Progress - SQ-B, Shot 24 Animatic Update

Happy March, fam! Here's to another month of the film looking better and better as time goes on. Casey McDonald has...

33) SQ-B, Shot 1 - 100% Complete

Sarah Gavagan absolutely crushes another background shot for our movie! If you're a TIER 2 Patron, congrats! You'll be seeing a link to the workfile in your messages later today!

This lovely ...

32) SQ-B, Shot 39 Animation Complete!

Look out, Pai!!

Another shot 100% finished! I might come back and make a few adjustments but I'm moving on to a simpler shot! I'll move onto Compositing a little later. I wanna do as much ani...

31) SQ-B, Shot 39 - Pai Waking Up Roughs and Commissions

Who knows what craziness awaits Pai now that she's finally waking up! I posted this on Twitter with the intention of supplying you all with a timelapse of this animation but my editing software wou...

30) Pai and Razz by XongBros

Pai and Razz jump for joy in radically beautiful picture by the XongBros. I've worked with these guys a bunch a long time a...

29) The Crows are ready for battle!

This was a fun one ! I actually enjoyed animating the mean old burbs but I wasn't expecting it to take me as long as it did on the compositing end. I consider this shot 85% complete 2021-01-19 00:50:36 +0000 UTC View Post