Here's a sneaky peak an establishing shot from Fallen Star 2.

Backgrounds are not something I've historically been fond of creating but I'm learning to find enjoyment in their simplicity. This is mainly the reason I chose a snowy, frozen planet. I knew I could get away with minimalism. The planet nearly ended up being a sandy desert one, but I felt like I needed to step away from Dune aesthetics. Love Dune by the way. I think if I get bogged down on the fine details then I'm gonna struggle to move on. Luckily reusing some assets and BG's from the first short means I'm actually closing in on BG completion.

It's nearly time to move onto character animation roughs.

Stay tuned.

Heyoooh! Small update!

I've been working away behind the scenes on assets for Fallen Star 2. Namely, a cockpit. Here is some shots of the model without textures. This time round I want to work closer with storyboarding and animatics to help get the pacing right before committing to finals. These renders will help with that. I can use them as placeholder backgrounds for now, so they won't be textured up for a while.

When creating the first Fallen Star, I modelled and textured all 3D stuff before even doing any of the storyboarding or animatics. It was a bit backwards. In fact, a lot of production was backwards. Learning curves and all that.

Anyway, have a look.

Been thinking about a new animation in the Fallen Star universe. I’ve come up with an exciting concept and a new character for it. Here is a look at an early design. What do you think?

The short is up and it's done more than I could have ever expected. I'm overjoyed with the response here on Newgrounds. It's getting views, ratings and people are leaving positive comments. It even placed 1st in the daily charts and got front paged. Got a bloody trophy to prove it! This kind of exposure doesn't usually happen for me. Ecstatic. I'll stick around and connect with more of you folks.

So a massive thank you to everyone who watched, supported, followed me. Feel free to reach out if you wanna connect.

Time to brainstorm ideas for my next production.

Yes you heard that right! It's finally here. Please, check it out and enjoy.

Right here on Newgrounds.

Oh boy!

Last night I tried to do some test renders of the animation with SE and music. I was getting corrupted files. It was late at night and I was getting tired so I just left it. I wonder if it's something to do with the audio. Anyway I will try again later today.

Here is a visual representation of what happened;

I am entering the final stages of production. I have most of the VFX completed. I just need to mix in the SE. I also have some music which I have commissioned. It sounds dope!

I'm hoping to have the thing ready and uploaded by the end of the week.

In the mean time here is a breakdown of a small shot from the animation.

Here we have it. The logo for my animation, Fallen Star. I had a logo idea in my head, inspired by some Japanese logo from a classic anime but it kinda morphed into something else and this is the result.

Gonna try and post some more of my art to fill out my profile. Hopefully get some more eyes looking my way before I premiere the animation project. Please consider leaving a review and hitting those stars.

The project started out as nothing more than exercises in Clip Studio and Blender. It began to grow and grow until it became a whole thing! After an idea and a quick storyboard I decided to put it all to good use and create a debut animated short.

Nova and Ori find themselves in a spot of trouble while travelling in space. Here's some screen shots of the early composition so you can all get a feel for how this thing will look.