Strawberry Vampire Episode 2 is complete! AVAILABLE NOW ON YOUTUBE! 🍓🦇
Hi everyone! Thanks to the community for successfully funding the Kickstarter, Emily and here team were able to complete Episode 2: "Bat Franny"!
Watch it below on YouTube! If you like it, leave a like and comment to show your support, and share it with others! 💕🥰
Personally, I enjoy the plot in this episode even better compared to Episode 1 (which I still really like)! We get to see another layer of Franny's struggle: she experiences her first transformation into "bat form"! And while it is super adorable, Franny herself is horrified and tries to control it / hide it from the school to avoid being different.
The Kickstarter finished on April 20th, and the episode was released a couple days ago (mid-August). The reason why they were able to turn around this episode so quickly is because this is technically an animatic. In case you don't know, that means the episode is not fully animated but rather has storyboard frames instead. Less frames to draw = faster release time!
This isn't the typical storyboarding you might be thinking of. There are many frames changes (sometimes every second) across each scene to show every little movement and facial expression. The timing of the frames feel so natural, it almost makes you forget that you're watching something that isn't fully animated.
Additionally, this episode has fully finished voice acting, sound effects, and music like Episode 1! The song that Franny sings, "Different" is very sweet and heartfelt. I think Emily and her team did a fantastic job on delivering a quality viewing experience!
Okay, gushing is over! If you've read through all this, thank you for reading. Hope you enjoy watching the new episode! To sign off, here are some frames from the new episode below. 😊
