Oh, how I wish I could just avoid this whole prom thing, keep building my house of cards and be bored out of my mind…
And I’m not even gonna bother asking why the CMC are humans now. Maybe Studio DHX and Hasbro are suffering from budget cuts or something.
Looks like it’s time for another daily helping of oatmeal. Sigh…
(( After getting this question and being followed by a certain follower you might want to stop by and check out, I couldn’t help but make this. Don’t get the reference? Watch this handy video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILIvPzyK_8I
I’ve officially got one year of college out of the way, but ironically I’m apparently even busier than I was at college, thanks to having to try and find a decent (and flexible) job for the summer. I’ll keep you all updated if things go screwy and affect this blog in any way.
Lastly, thanks to the kindness of a good friend for letting me borrow some software, I now have the entire CS5.5 Creative Suite in my arsenal of art tools. No more just using Macromedia Flash 5 and Photoshop Elements 8! However, it’s going to take some getting used to, since I haven’t used any of this stuff since high school, which already feels so long ago, haha. For example, this response was made in Flash CS5.5. Does it look alright to you? ))
Thanks for throwing a little salt on the wound Twi. I think I’ll just hang here on this wall and whimper a little instead…
Maybe I should call an eye doctor and get my eyes looked at. Or, if we don’t have eye insurance, maybe me and Twilight could fix them! There’s probably some sort of book lying around for dealing with a missing iris…
((Another SWF animation: click the small box to watch this if you’re on the Dashboard!
A quick animation for a quick question, because of reasons! Jokes aside, there’s two reasons why I constantly change Spike’s eyes:
1: I can’t decide whether I like the version with irises more than the version without, so I end up putting them both in. XD
2: The other reason actually involves what I learned from my intro to psychology class last semester. From what I learned, whenever a person or even an animal is interested in something, the irises in their eyeballs will get bigger as a result. When they are scared, freaked out, or just NOT interested in something, their irises will shrink. That’s what I try to mimic here, although it’s much more exaggerated in that I shrink the iris so much that it’s just about gone. This is also useful for shots where characters are very far away, since it’s harder to draw the iris completely whenever characters are far from the camera. ))
I think I’ll stick with the full name that I can write down on one piece of paper, thank you very much.
And I have no idea how whatever that is got in here. Maybe someone left the back door open?
Hey, who says I couldn’t be a good salesman? Of course, I’ll probably need some help from a few friends, but I can make it happen!
(( This apparently doesn’t show up on the Dashboard like everything else: click the small box to watch the animation!
Studying for finals is eating up a lot of my free time, but I did manage to find time last weekend to make a 3000 follower animation since I was getting close to that mark anyway. So, thank you everyone for your incredible support: I never EVER thought this blog would accomplish so much in so little time!
Because YouTube was being silly and blocked this video in the USA thanks to this awesome music from this awesome show, I managed to figure out how to bring an SWF file into a Tumblr post as an alternative. And with some help from my friend RecorderDude, there’s a small intro now for these animations! Hopefully it’ll stick around for a while; I personally like it. :D
The main focus I had with this animation was an effort to animate in different art styles from within Flash 5 and try to keep on model, and also practice getting to animate with a song, which I haven’t done for a long while. I like to think it worked out well, and I tried to get in as many Ask Pony Tumblr blogs as I could, even if they didn’t play an active part in the song.
Now, the list of blogs present (in order of apperance):
…and I think that’s all of them! See if you can find everyone in this crazy thing, and also let me know if you liked this small animation and/or are having problems viewing it for some reason.
And with that, I’m going quiet until finals are over and I can get my life settled down again to make more STUFF. Stuff stuff. You know, the stuff that dreams are made of. Or something like that. ))
Maybe I should form some sort of union for myself and these working conditions. I can see it now…
The Spike The Dragon Worker’s Union For The Working Rights Of Those With Fingers! Or TSTDWUFTWROTWF for short. Seems like it has a nice ring to it. Although I think I need to work some more on forming acronyms.
You would think we’d have more books on dragons around here, but we’ve got barely anything on it. Not only that, no one else here will tell me anything about this either; they usually just start blushing and giggling and just sneak out of the room when I ask them. What kind of answer is THAT?!
Meh, I’m sure I’ll find out eventually…
(( Happy Easter! ))
Well, how else could Princess Celestia had known how to teach me that?
(( I’ve been interviewed by those two guys! http://youtu.be/kfcSiye9wm0
Come listen to my beautiful voice and also be a nervous wreck as I take part in my first live interview, where I talk about this blog, my other MLP animations and my adventures in college! And offer advice to those that want to animate and do other crazy stuff like go into game development! Doesn’t that sound EXCITING?!
Also, while I’m at it, here’s another announcement: expect things to slow down around here again, except for a great reason. (Yes, school’s not a good enough reason to slow down this blog anymore. XD )
I decided to chip in and help my friend Flamingo1986 on his gigantic MLP:FiM animation, “Double Rainboom”, where I will be helping to animate some segments of the episode and possibly help with other areas such as storyboarding and other jobs that need done. With how big the project is (it will be roughly the length of an actual MLP:FiM episode), and including the amount I can learn from getting to work near-professionally with such a huge group of people on a Hasbro-approved animation, it’s a learning opportunity I can’t afford to let slip by!
Anyways, thank you all for being so very awesome! And I’m only a little sorry that Spike A Tsoukalos is so scary looking. ))
Party Guest: Spike the Dragon!
Wanna get in on the party action? Contact the artist at questionthemajority.deviantart.com and let him know! Everyone’s invited!
A party where I rummage through questions that are directed to someone else and answer them? And get to meet a whole bunch of new characters? On April 1st? Sounds fine with me!
(( If you’re a Sonic fan like I am, chances are you’ll get some laughs from this Dr. Robotnik blog. Feel free to stop by and check it out! ))
