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Some well deserved rest.

Bonus:

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The addictive terror of putting yourself out there

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Literally cannot get enough of this fool by @kittick-art, they have been microwaving in my brain for months

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@kittick-art does it again with the amazing interpretation of Djo's music.

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Royai art dump from the past few months :)

Last drawing is based on this iconic tweet

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With Djo getting so much attention for End of Beginning, I felt the need to share this because Gloom is one of my fav songs of his and this video is just fabulous.

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November Song

Big piece based on a quiet song from an even bigger playlist

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It’s been a little bit! I hope everyone is doing well as the year comes to a close.

I’ve been fighting some pretty bad art block, and like an angel descending from the heavens, Royai managed to drag me out of it. So I present to you a redraw of one of the shots from my Royai animatic! I’m hoping to do three more of these if I have time. Cheers!

Original animatic can be found here!

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please click for better quality!

redraw of this scene from the first episode, but made it warmer and comfier :)

inspired by this wonderful video by @kittick-art!!

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Watching your back

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For the past 13 weeks, I've been redrawing one shot from every episode of Mob Psycho 100 (season 1). But that's not all - I've also been recording my process for each drawing, and I'm happy to share this video where I put all of the speedpaints together!! This project has been extremely fun so far, and I'm really excited to see where seasons 2 & 3 take me.

As a small bonus, because I know I've missed out on posting some of the later drawings these past few weeks, under the break are all of the redraws in one post!

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Roy Mustang may be pathetic, but Riza Hawkeye is just as whipped as he is

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It's time for another Animatic Deep Dive!!

For those of you who haven't seen me do this before, I always like to do a massive post digging into my animatics after they get uploaded. This'll include a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff, HD stills, and a whooole lot of insight into shot choices and cinematic storytelling. All my rambling is under the 'keep reading' break!

Before I say anything, here's the link to the animatic, if you haven't watched it yet or want easier access to it while reading through this post:

I always love showing my shot sheets, and I'm really thankful for them because they manage to somehow keep me sane throughout the entire project. So here are some snip-its of that:

I also want to include my value sheet, because getting the lighting right for this project was very important to me. A bit of a fun fact: the backgrounds for the very first shot (top left) and the entire sequence where Serizawa goes outside are just barely the same value.

Now, the part where I share HD stills & go into shot composition will be meshed together here because it's a little more organized that way. One thing you should know about me is that I'm a sucker for cinematic storytelling. It's why I love doing parallel shots and other little things that help propel the story even further than just "he picks up his umbrella here."

One big example of this is the first & final shots of the video. They both feature Serizawa and his umbrella (which could honestly be considered a character in its own right for this animatic). But the umbrellas in these shots are not the same, and you also get a sense that neither is Serizawa. Where he's all alone and clutching to what's basically his lifeline during the first shot, in the final shot he's surrounded by people who love him and is able to leave his umbrella behind.

And going into a more glaring parallel, and my favorite personally, I want to talk about the two over-the-shoulder shots. They are literally mirror shots of each other, with everything including the framing. But they couldn't be more different, in order to show how much Serizawa has grown. Even the lyrics parallel each other. ("And I wandered through the house like a little boy lost at the mall" // "And I stood there like a businessman waiting for a train")

And while I'm talking about lyrics, one sequence that honestly broke my heart while working on this was the first time we hear that repeated question of "what do I do?"

This whole bit was meant to read like Serizawa was asking that question aloud. And well, if this sequence is his question, then the second time we hear those same words are certainly the answer. As if to say, "This. This is what you did."

Now. I'm a sucker for camera movement. I had a ton of it in my Royai animatic, and it was a lot of fun to figure out. But I really wanted this animatic to read as snapshots from life, like photographs on a wall. And well, photos don't have camera movements. But there is one scene in the entire animatic that does have a camera move, and it's the one where Serizawa gets dressed and the camera pans to reveal his past self staring back at him from the mirror. I think saving the one camera move for this scene really helped, because I wanted it to be as jarring as possible.

And just as a little note, because I had to include them somewhere in here, I was so happy with the two shots of Serizawa and the character I've lovingly dubbed Scaryzawa. I just really wanted to convey the fear that Serizawa had that he was reverting back to how he used to be, and I'm so glad that a lot of people enjoyed these shots as much as I did.

And now, there's one glaring scene that I've avoided talking about til now because it's my absolute favorite, and this whole section is gonna get pretty ramble-y. I'm talking about the scene where Serizawa finally goes outside. Just like I mentioned earlier, the animatic was mainly still shots, and any animation was extremely limited. But going into this scene, I knew I needed to make it special. And the best way, in my opinion, was to make it full of motion.

I just really think there's something beautiful about someone like Serizawa stepping outside and really being introduced to nature again, even if it's unintentional. I put this line in the shot sheet, and I think I've said it to a few people already, but I really enjoyed the idea of Serizawa looking up through the skeleton of his umbrella and seeing the view it never allowed him when it was intact. And trying to capture that beauty and emotion is extremely hard, and something I don't really think is possible in my style. But I'm still so happy with how those two shots turned out.

And connecting myself to this a little bit because I'm selfish...I actually finished these shots and the animatic as a whole on my birthday. It's the day before Serizawa's, and while my own birthday is always a time of reflection for me, I really enjoyed being able to to reflect on someone else's growth for their birthday. Even if he's just a fictional character, Serizawa is very important to me and a lot of other people. I think I really connect myself to fictional characters because it helps me rationalize my own growth and journey. So, all of that to say that this animatic also felt like a birthday gift to me.

ANYWAYS. Wow. This was long. The Royai deep dive was long, but this is long. Thank you if you managed to read this far, seriously. And thank you to everyone who has shown their love for this thing I spent the past month on. I don't think I'll ever get used to having people seriously enjoy the work I do. Just really, truly, thank you. And happy birthday to Serizawa!

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I am SO excited to finally be able to share the Serizawa animatic I've been working on throughout March!! His character means a lot to me, and I wanted to do something nice for his birthday. I hope you all enjoy!

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Week 8 is here! This redraw was really fun because I got to focus more on shading, which has quickly become my favorite stage of drawing. Thanks for all the love on these! Can't believe there are only 4 more episodes til the end of season 1

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This is how it feels whenever I show one of my friends the playlist I made for my OCs

Here's the playlist btw hehe: [An Entire Relationship in Two Hours on Spotify]

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would you be down to crosspost your OC playlist comic from twitter to here because it’s seriously my favorite thing rn and I neeeeed to reblog it 😭😭

Of course!! I'll post it in the morning hehe