FULL ANIMATION ON @smalldraww Heyy guys, been a while since I did some serious art Doing an art challenge where I make a drawing and add something to it every day for the whole month It’s called ARTober So yeah, basically I’ll repost this project every day with the progress! My goal is to have a small, smooth animation by the end of the month,but I’m gonna start out with a still drawing (Yes, I make my sketches on paper. It’s easier for me that way and you will need to know this if you ever see a speedpaint on my yt or something) Day 1- drew the sketch(✨in my math notebook✨) I know it’s kinda bad most of my sketches are. I am aware, it will be better once I digitize it. Day 2- turned it digital and made rough lineart. I honestly hate some parts of it, so the faces and the tails will probably be changed next time when I do the final lineart. Haven’t added the patterns yet and since the first character(ember) has a large face to accommodate all the patterns, it will look weird. Sorry lol. Day 3- redrew the faces and tails, I like it much better now and I feel it fits their personalities more, plus making it easier to animate later. I was going to add patterns, but I had some unexpected extracurricular meetings and didn’t end up having enough time so I’ll do that tomorrow. Day 4- added patterns. This was super easy and fun! I actually enjoyed drawing while not being sleep deprived for once. I think I looks a lot better, too! I don’t like the spots above ember’s nose, and honestly, her whole expression feels uncanny valley-ish to me, so I might end up redoing it later. Day 5- we barely cutting it with this one! Colored everything in, and it looks so much better, even embers creepy face! Ahhh I love it so much just look at it! It took a little longer than expected bc of some issues with embers freckles but otherwise went super smooth cuz I finally figured out how to kleki. I still haven’t removed a couple lines that make it look weird, but otherwise it’s perfect for an unshaded piece! Day 6- removed some of the lines that intersected and added details to the eyes. It looks so cool now! I’m gonna start on shading tomorrow, that’s gonna take a while bc I’m new to it Day 7- added lighting. I’m gonna do the shading tomorrow, so no saying “but Star, where’s the actual shading?” I think it looks pretty good, personally Day 8- added shading. I definitely think it looks a bit better, buts it’s kinda hard to see just because with these two’s color palettes being mainly dark colors, it’s hard to find a darker color that shows up but doesn’t look like the black lineart. What do you guys think about it? Day 9- did the basic sketch for ember’s part of the animation(there are two drawings for today, but three parts of the animation sketch because the still drawing is the first frame.) obviously there will be a lot more frames in the final version, this is just a rough idea of what I want. My final goal is a looking around + tail flicking/waving animation if anyone knows anything about that, I’d love your help! Day 10- did the key frames for small’s part of the animation. I think it looks ok, but I’m starting to realize I may be overestimating myself with this one. Idk if I can make an animation in a month. I can barely even make an ugly choppy one T-T. Pls help me guys I’m begging u Day 11- made some more (secondary) key frames for ember’s part of the animation. I am serious guys, I don’t know why I got myself into this, I need help idk how I’m gonna do this- Day 12- made secondary key frames 4 small’s part of the animation and then once again realized what I got myself into Day 13- yay more frames!(said no one ever). I’ve been putting the animation together in an unshared project, and it looks more complete than I thought, but it’s by no stretch of the imagination smooth, so if anyone knows how to fix that, pls help! Day 14- Small’s frames. I don’t rlly like em but they’re ok. I put yesterday’s frames into my animation project and realized I messed up the tails, so I’m gonna have to fix that. Day 15- fixed the problem with embers tail being in the wrong place in a couple frames. Now the animations test project looks legit amazing, I’m so happy! Now, I have to add the faces into the other’s part… T-T Day 16- added small’s face onto all ember frames, which means u guys get 6 drawings today(now I have to put these into the animation test project T-T) Day 17- added embers face onto small’s frames, I did them all but only have 1 here bc I don’t think y’all want to see all of them lol Day 18- added embers patterns onto her frames(besides the tail, that’s gonna be a lot more complicated) also the face on the last frame is super ugly, I need to fix that soon Day 19- added smalls patterns onto her frames(besides the tail again). Decided to scrap ember frowning on the last frame bc it’s gonna open up a whole new animating thing i do not have time for. I forgot to add her mouth so I’ll do that another time. Continued ↓
Day 20- added embers patterns to smalls frames, + smalls mouth and tears. I know the tears look wonky in some frames, I’m gonna fix them later. Day 21- added smalls patterns to embers frames and fixed embers face in the last frame. I think I’m gonna fix smalls tears and then maybe start coloring tomorrow Day 22- fixed small’s tears. I was busy today, so I couldn’t do much, but I plan on coloring most of the frames tomorrow. Day 23- added colors to small’s frames(besides the animated parts bc that’s gonna be a lot more complicated) Day 24- colored embers frames( except the tail I’ll do that soon). I had a lot of work today so I couldn’t get much done. Day 25- added embers shading to small’s frames. Tomorrow I think I’m gonna add it to embers frames and then start on smalls shading. This took me way too long yall Day 26- didn’t have time for smalls shading so imma do all of that tomorrow. Today I added embers shading to embers frames. Day 27- added smalls shading to all frames. I only put in 6 tho bc I don’t think y’all want to see all of them. Day 28- put patterns on the tails. I only added embers bc small’s aren’t very interesting. This took way longer than it should have, Day 29- everyone is fully colored now! No shading for the animated parts yet tho. I’ll do that eventually. Some of these frames look super cursed and it’s more noticeable now that it’s colored. I hate it so much. Day 30- shaded ember’s frames. It took a while but I don’t think it looks good T-T Day 31- happy Halloween, everyone! I was out trick or treating but managed to sneak my drawing tablet up to my room to finish this in time, so you’re welcome. I’ll be posting the complete animation on @smalldraww, or maybe on here idk. Now that this is over, ATs and VCSR are my top priorities again(Sparky if you’re reading this your AT is almost ready, I’m just finishing up some shading). So, hopefully new chapter coming out soon . Yay! I swear I’m working on violetclan guys(I’m not I’m procrastinating) Art by me, @smallclaww(unfortuantely) Starting to feel like I have a very specific style when designing characters for some reason full animation shared on @smalldraww
