WIP Party Time & other stuff by DenX

[DenX]

First scene from an animated clip based on the card game B(e)acon Project.
Each step represents: Storyboard / Rough / Clean / Final. All done with TVPaint.

[DenX]

Second scene from an animated clip based on the card game B(e)acon Project.
Each step represents: Storyboard / Rough / Clean / Final. All done with TVPaint.


I also recorded the complete session of the rough animation process on the scene n°3: (part 1/3)

[DenX]

Here the next step: (2/3)


Since the proportions in the rough (last video) were quite off, I had to resize many things, specially the heads.
I used the "behind" brush option to draw blue lines for a quick tie-down and green lines as reference for the initial position of the hair.
Like that I managed to do everything on the same layer wich was pretty handy. ^_^

I'll wrap the scene on the next video.

[DenX]

The final session (3/3):


I started by filling the color layer with red, then I used the bucket tool with "erase" option to clear everything around the character. Like that I'm sure there's no hole under the lines.
After that, I locked transparency on that layer and applied the color of the pants on the whole thing (that's one color I won't have to worry about). The rest is just basic coloring with bucked and brush (for the small or narrow parts).
From 0:58 I add a shadow layer to give some volume.
At 1:51 I start to work on the background, using the Keyframer tool to move the seperated elements along a trajectory.
I also used a script to create the speedlines with a mask so it renders only on the areas I want.
Well, that's all for that scene.
It miss few little things like the FX refining but most of the process is there.

[DenX]

Another couple of scenes:


First time animating an explosion... it's kind of tricky.

[DenX]

I finally completed the clip for the card game Bacon Project:



The character design was done by Lucjan Pakulski (Runshin).
I took care of everything else: storyboard, animation, backgrounds and colors.

Apart from few 3D references (mostly for the guns) everything was done in TVPaint.

The website of the game: http://baconproject.mystrikingly.com/

[Angéline]

Hello,

Your animated clip is really nice!
Congratulations and thank you for sharing your work with us!

[DenX]

Thanks !
I always wanted to try to animate this kind of stylish duel so when Lunchkunn (creator of the game) asked me I gladly accepted.
Specially that I'm a fan of Runshin's designs.

[DenX]

Some scenes I animated for the movie Wolfwalkers using TVPaint:


It was a great project to work on !
After that I had to work with ToonBoom for the next project (I'm not the one who decides wich software is used) and damn, it's really not made for traditional animation !

At least I can continue to use TVPaint on my own projects.
I just opened a Gumroad page where I'm uploading footage and TVPP files animation from my personal works.

Check it out ! https://denx.gumroad.com/

[Dean]

Hello DenX, I think I saw you post an update regarding Party Time on Twitter during the weekend. I didn't know that you worked on Wolfwalkers!

[DenX]

Yes, I also worked on Song of the Sea and The Breadwinner + few others.

Here my older animation reel:

[schwarzgrau]

Really impressive stuff. Thank you for sharing it.

[DenX]

Really impressive stuff. Thank you for sharing it.

Thanks !
I had luck to be supervised by very good animators who pushed me to get the best of myself.
You can see the difference between my professional work and my own projects.

[DenX]

I just finished to upload all the remaining footage from my animated short "Party Time" on my Gumroad page, including making-of and original TVPP files.



Check it out !
https://gumroad.com/denx

[Dean]

So the project is finished now?