The World Hero Race Series

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahaha--It looks like I can't do comics. I can do the characters, story, and maybe dialogue, but...I have no idea what layouts to use to tell the story. Storyboards are definitely easier because the layouts are just a bunch of rectangles.

I've been relying on that "This is Fine" dog meme for the past 2+ years as that perfectly sums up my feels. But lately, I've had this image in my head of Amy bundled up in a weighted blanket and trying to cope with all the crap going on in the world that she's seeing from inside my head.

I really relate to that feeling of wanting to crawl into a quiet corner somewhere, huddle under a blanket, and just wait until the world stops being stupid and f *cked up....Almost like I want to join her.

(As if these 2 would let me kick the bucket before I publish...)

Physically, I'm fine....On the inside though, I'm about ready to start screaming like a banshee because I don't understand wtf is going on in the world and how tf do I cope with it. :D I was kinda hoping after a pandemic, the world would try to chill out and take it easy for a couple years. LOL NOPE. The decade started out cramming 5 years into one, then it got a little better for a few months where there was much celebrating...And then it went back to absolute shit again.

...I thought the whole point of learning about history was that the bad stuff in history is suPPOSED TO STAY IN HISTORY??? WHY ARE THEY REPEATING??? ಠ_ಠ

OMG, I DID FANART! 😳 Or…Half-fanart. I don’t normally do fanart because I get nervous drawing characters that aren’t mine.

But I wanted to do a piece on why I’m 3x more excited for the #artemisfowlmovie . Artemis himself was a huge inspiration in helping me create my own brainiac villain, Ludevec (“Ludey”), who’s now one of my most cherished characters for my series. I remember reading the first AF book and seeing the line “evil but highly intelligent” and the lightbulb went on: “THAT’S IT! That’s the kind of character I need! 😮” 16 years later, I have a hot-headed, evil yet likeable smart-ass. 💕

If the two of them had a battle of wits…Ludey would do pretty well…Unless Arty pisses him off. And I can imagine Arty exploiting Ludey’s temper to his advantage. 😆 (Sorry, Ludey~)

noPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

I DON’T DESERVE IT

I’M DEEPLY HONORED, SIR

BUT YOU REALLY DIDN’T HAVE TO

--Ludevec

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I know, that’s just making me more anxious. ಥ_ಥ

I’m flattered but also frEAKING OUT AND I DUNNO WHY. This is the first time someone I’ve admired has noticed me, and I’ve always wanted that, but at the same time...I’m feeling incredibly shy and terrified by the random attention and I dunno how to deal with that. ಠ~ಠ

>uses online frame rate calculator to see how many frames it’ll take:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

AND THAT’S ONLY FOR ONE SENTENCE

HAHAHAHAhehehehehehehehhhh~ ಥ_ಥ

--Amy

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About 2,250 frames/drawings. And I only have 1 key frame done.

...2,249 frames to go. ಥ﹏ಥ

And my lip-sync guide is done. @__@

The reason it takes a bit for each page is because I have to stay focused on how my mouth is moving when I’m sounding out the words. That’s the trick; don’t get distracted by the spelling. You might notice that a lot of my mouths look very similar to another (the “a’s”)…That’s fine, since I’ll be making adjustments during the actual drawing process anyway. This is just to help me get a general idea as to what the mouth-shape should be.

First page of the most painfully tedious part of the animation process for my Ludey lip-sync thingy. This is part of what is known as the “pre-production” of a film.

Do I like drawing these little tiny mouths? No. ب_ب But it must be done anyway…And at least it’s better than doing backgrounds. (Srsly, fuck backgrounds. ¬_¬)

AND I JUST REALIZED THE LAST “THE” AT THE BOTTOM IS WRONG. D:< The “-e” part should be all teeth, like the T’s and S’s. But I was kinda rushing through that last bit before work, so no wonder I put the wrong mouth...BAD WORLDY! :<

In order to correctly lip-sync, mapping out the mouths is crucial...Or else I’ll be drawing blindly when I try to animate the mouth, which I hate doing and is an incredibly careless thing to do.

ALWAYS HAVE HANDY GUIDES AND REFERENCES WHEN ANIMATING~ This part is boring and tedious, but my lip-sync will be shit if I don’t have a guide like this.

A quick doodle before work.

Amy and I shared the same reactions to GoT S8E4 last night.

I DID IT~ I finally have a working storyboard for my bf’s tongue-tied audio clip.

Technically, my sketches should be much rougher and simpler. o_o But I’ve always had this kinda bad habit of making them too sketchy like this. And to be honest, Ludey’s hard to simplify, even in sketches. This is the best I can do with him.

I decided to make it funnier by adding Amy into the background. Just have her randomly peek into the frame when he gets tongue-tied, like “WTF?,” then smother a giggle, and disappear again, all without him noticing…Until the last 2 frames. She peeks back in, and the camera pans to the left to focus on her…He glares at her, and Amy avoids eye contact, like “WHAT? I’M NOT DOING ANYTHING. I TOTALLY WASN’T LAUGHING~”

(I would record some lines for her, but…I’m not really good at voice-acting. I can only do her voice in a whisper. It also sounds better in my head, and I don’t know how to get it to sound that way IRL. o_o

And CRAP~ I forgot the action notes for the first page, for when he shrugs, rubs his nose, and looks at his watch. D:<

Even though I’m animating it and I know what I drew, but still...I gotta stick to the rules. (I try to take animation-rules very seriously. >:T )

-- Worldy

EHEHEHE I LOVE ME IN THE BACKGROUND~ :D

Late doodle for Earth Day. :D

Doodled this on my new XP-Pen display tablet, after upgrading to Mojave OS and Adobe CC 2019 apps. c:

So nice to be able to draw directly onto a screen, just like I did on the Cintiqs in college~

GUESS WHO GOT A NEW DRAWING TABLET WITH HER TAX REFUNDS? :D

(As well as a Switch)

It’s just like a Wacom Cintiq, only cheaper! ($270 vs $800 for a same-size Cintiq) I found out about this brand when I went to an animation expo last spring and heard some good things about it. One of them being much more affordable.