#the roundtable

Honestly, the iffy aspects of indie animation was always part of the charm.

When I engage with it, I do so understanding that this is somebody without the support of professionals or the studio system. In fact, it’s without the numbers focused studio system that lets them be unapologetically themselves.

No studio notes, no editorial mandates, no "fitting the Disney Brand." Of course, that means a lot of the faults that you mentioned yet I could never hate them.

After being made court sorcerer or something or other, Merlin has a lot of tasks away from Camelot as well as within it. Today in particular he was to meet up with some Druids for something he wouldn’t yet disclose.

Merlin always with the secrets…. Although Arthur understood this time — it was Druid business and if there were anyone more secretive than Merlin then it was them.

It just couldn’t have come at a worse time….

them being a "gemini" series skin. gemini in atrology being referred to as the two faced sign, or two natured. because thats what the skins offer you, a second face to the original frame model. then their actual astrological sign (june 15th) IS a gemini as well. AND they are nonbinary, which in some cultures is a very real and acknowledged third gender where people believe a person was born with two spirits—the masculine and the feminine—inhabiting one vessel. after the infestation mumbo jumbo comes lizzie, a second soul sharing one vessel.

and once/if you manage to make them understand and trust eachother they become like ying and yang, pulling in two opposite directions but able to find middle ground where they are able to fill eachothers gaps.

I've had this concern ever since they added the Roundtable protoframes, but at least back then, the Hex still got more conversations added for them since it didn't require any voice acting or animations, so I figured the KIM was a neat, cost-effective way of keeping us Hex enjoyers fed. But in this update, aside from the 'consent conversation', the Hex basically received 0 content (the Roundtable don't even get mentioned), which is honestly kinda sad lol.

This was less of an issue for me back when syndicates were more or less just vendor/bounty NPCs with relatively self-contained stories, but the Hex is the first syndicate I've actually gotten emotionally invested in so it's become a little harder to move on so soon. Aside from their main story relevance, I think the KIM conversations did a lot to humanize them and their predicament also made them unique. But now it feels like everyone's getting a protoframe these days as if Albrecht was handing the strain out like candy.

I haven’t watched the video but I’d like to argue with this title

It’s not that 2D is better than 3D, it’s that artistic animation will always be better than photo-realistic animation

For example, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish is a better film than its predecessor Puss In Boots in terms of it’s animation. While the original spinoff leaned into the realistic style of Shrek, the sequel embraced its artistic value and created something more animated and beautiful

And both those movies are 3D animated! There is nothing wrong with CGI animation, it’s just another form of the medium. 2D animation comes with a lot of nostalgic fondness, but it’s also valued greatly for its smooth movement in hand-drawn works and the authenticity of it being drawn directly by people. This does not invalidate the use of 3D animation, however

The problem with the “live action” Lion King films is that they lack the artistic value the original films had, not that they’re three-dimensional. Animation is animation, and claiming that one form is superior than another is canonically a form of racism in The Amazing World Of Gumball (there’s a scene where “drawn” people are mentioned being from a “flat country” and that claim is “2D-ist”)

I don't do much interior/exterior/landscapes in my art and was accordingly advised to practice it. This has so far been my only practice.

Thoughts:

Watercolour is great and easy to use for bright colours and character colouring, but I need way more practice if I'm going to use it to colour environments, especially those as dark as the Roundtable;

Forgot the "lighter to darker shades" methodology in this one and instead started doing the darkest bits first;

Ink is great for adding details post-paint, but I ought to use a thinner quill (similar problem as with my first Melina sketch); would also allow me to add a greater amount of details;

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