September Entry: Glass Ocean

[ravells]

Lol...the good ol' storms of arcane energy!

Well, it's certainly a challenge!

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[ravells]

As I've been quiet for so long, I thought I'd put up a quick wip. I've decided to use this challenge to teach myself animation. So here is my first poor effort. Most of the day was spent drawing Lemis Keep, which is based on the castle in the 'Black Island' from Herge's Tin Tin books.

The animation of the sandstorm looks pretty horrific at the moment (the line weight is too heavy and it's just a straight blend on a line), but it'll look better by the end....if there is an end. I'm a very lazy mapper by nature and one of the things about animation I'm beginning to realise is that it takes a LOT of patience. The other animated features in the map will be a confused compass which will be a lot easier to do and storm clouds making the glass with lightning.

It's an animated gif, you you'll have to click the thumbnail.

Heigh ho! What have I taken on??

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[pyrandon]

Hahahaha!!!! That's awesome! Will you actually be able to finish this in two weeks?

[ravells]

Lol! I think, probably not! This animation stuff is doing my head in!

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[Midgardsormr]

Very brave! What software did you choose to animate with?

[ravells]

Or foolish! I find the monthly challenges are a really good way of learning something new. I'm using Serif Drawplus X2 to draw and animate.

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[ravells]

Here's the next WIP...animation still a little ropey! Hmm it's much faster on my puter...