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Description Almost finished ver: [link]

Animatics: [link]

Anime for this manga: [link]

6 MB file, it might take a while for some.

PS: If you are using wireless, the sound is likely to be mis-matched to the sequence. i hope not...

Progress recording:
[link]



Updated with sound. Not everything match up the way I wanted, but this gives a better idea how it will look.



I like sharing unfinished animation.... because each of them takes so freakish long to finish. (This is almost like... sharing my comic sketches before they become official pages, but oh well, it's got very little story to it, no spoiler.)


Note: Some parts of the animation will feel too fast or too slow, that's because it's a WIP, the timing is still in progress too, trust me the finished version will be properly timed.


Flash 8-CS3

Time: 1 min 30 seconds rough out

Wip 1: 12/23/07 ---3 hours so far

WIP 2: 6-8 hours?

WIP4: 9/17/08--- lost count...

WIP5: 9/23/08- gah, I didn't know how to do missiles fire, had to research on youtube. I didn't feel like I accomplished much. Thankfully I finished None's 270 degree turn plus zoom out! (There's some stuff to fix, I will clean it up with pencil and paper.)


WIP6: 9/27/08- I finished 90% of the missile firing scene, (its still a bit too fast but) yay~~ Thank you Zoids. T_T It was easier than I thought though... so few drawings yet the speed can make it look so cool easily..... erm. I am not bragging. I hope.
None's cannon energy gathering and firing is a lot more trouble-some. I over animated.... right now it's.... barely working, I think that scene needs to be longer.
The hard part is a lot of the animation is too smooth...


WIP7: Animated a few of the last scenes before I ran out of steam....




WIP10: 10/18/08 Skipped a week, now it's WIP 10.
Animated the most troubling sequence this weekend.... Sc 09 where Ko grow his wings, and Sc 17 where None's arm gets cut.
Then fixing up more timing and subtle areas... There's still alot to work on.
GAWD they were HARD! It's not just the drawing, it took me a while to get the timing too. T_T

Right now I can say I am fairly satisfied with those two scenes, I still want to rework into Ko's growing wing sequence. (Flash rendered the sound off for some reason, but its WIP so i'll let it go.)




Music inspiration source:
God knows, Lost my music, from Hirano Aya
Hero, by Nickel Black
and Edepth theme composed by



Lyrics by


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"Don't Linger"

[piano]
I found your footsteps etched in the sand
and followed them here to a dry, thirsty land

I call your name, but (still) you turn away
Please, don't forget what I told you today

Open your eyes and awake to sunrise
Don't linger in (your) empty dreams

[guitar]
I traced your path to a dead, barren sea
and found a storm brewing all around me

The wind tears our voices away
You cannot hear what I say

[flute/lesley guitar]
f 10 Deeper and deeper, the whirlpool draws down
lg10 You, fallen prince, with your broken crown
f 10 Open your eyes and awake to sunrise
lg11 See me here calling, reaching for you (oh)

f 11 Where are you now? your image fades to black
lg 10 The world burns around us; the clock won't turn back
f 11 I've carried my words across all these years
lg 10 Look up and listen; tell me what you hear

[flute - closing]
f 9 open your eyes, awake to sunrise
f 9 let me see you reach out now for me
f 9 (oh) don't linger in empty dreams

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Comments: 315

mayshing In reply to ??? [2008-10-03 01:50:35 +0000 UTC]

ohhh right, that little moment of still right after the missiles are fired, yeah, that will be fixed. that's why it's only 90% done. I am unsure whether i need to slow down the settling with the explosion though.

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Gingashi In reply to mayshing [2008-10-03 03:02:12 +0000 UTC]

yeah- you should slow the settling at the end- hold the shot a big longer (and let koLei fly off- but show the explosion still growing for another beat). Also about the spin once again- the shoot in a direction part would make the scene just a bit longer, but it should be ok. If you want something to initiate why/how they fly off, you can do a nice jetpack blast and the trail line will look cool as they soar off into the sky.

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mayshing In reply to Gingashi [2008-10-03 04:51:55 +0000 UTC]

i just hope i have enough time to steal from other scenes i wanted to edit for this few shots. T_T

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mayshing In reply to ??? [2008-10-03 01:47:09 +0000 UTC]

I didn't know what to do with that spinning scene, you just helped me solve my problem! XD
I will have them fly off the screen. Thank you!

Gosh, more studies to do.

Hmmm.... there isn't supposed to be a frozen moment at all in the keyframe on the missile scene... i will check, but i am thinking it's DA's lagging... it does that to this one.

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Gingashi In reply to mayshing [2008-10-03 02:54:10 +0000 UTC]

glad I could help with the spin one! You can keep the background spinning and have them fly off screen, but I was more thinking not just None and Kolei moving off, but the whole camera moves with them first (but isn't fast enough and they zoom off). So the camera does a spin, and then up(fast, but in a graceful manner with sway, as seen in the Eureka 7 amv mech battle shots). the background will have to be a larger image to allow for the second part of the pan in the direction they fly off to.

man- that will be such a cool shot when it's finessed!

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mayshing In reply to Gingashi [2008-10-03 04:52:44 +0000 UTC]

to add the camera following.... hmmmm. I am guessing that needs about 2-3 seconds, and that's a time I don't know if I will have..... -_-bb
I will see.

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Yunsildin In reply to ??? [2008-10-03 01:29:03 +0000 UTC]

You know what such a fan I can be with any of your work. I've been quiet lately but I just could not just watch this and not say a thing.
I love this! The animation is coming along wonderfully. I love the music and the lyrics. I've been trying to sing with the music correctly but haven't quite gotten it.
I look forward to the finished product.

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mayshing In reply to Yunsildin [2008-10-03 01:37:05 +0000 UTC]

thank you.
Yesh, you have been quiet lately. XD

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Yunsildin In reply to mayshing [2008-10-05 21:02:54 +0000 UTC]

College, is the only word I have for you on my silence. >.>

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mayshing In reply to Yunsildin [2008-10-05 21:11:15 +0000 UTC]

i see. I completely understand. u.u Best of wishes for your adaptation.

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adi91 In reply to ??? [2008-09-29 18:39:15 +0000 UTC]

aaaaaaaaaaawesooooooooooome....

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neosuicune In reply to ??? [2008-09-29 18:26:42 +0000 UTC]

Preeeety!

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Skiri-ki In reply to ??? [2008-09-29 16:52:53 +0000 UTC]

It has an awesome flow already. I'm very curious of how this will turn out ^^

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Bittersweet-Kat In reply to ??? [2008-09-28 18:11:07 +0000 UTC]

The animation was better in some parts more than others, i liked the back flip personally. I'm feeling kinda meh about the way angel's presented as a character in the short animation, it kinda seems like she's one of those annoying girls who only cry and follow the male protagonist constantly, which she isnt, she actually has a mind and does stuff (that what makes her sooo cute ^^). but that's just my opinion, i dont try to be offencive byt that

Still longer animations than i can do it looks really awesome, i might look back to this to try and get ideas for t animation i want to do for a project in my media class ^.^ lots of nice angels and shots here

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mayshing In reply to Bittersweet-Kat [2008-09-28 20:14:46 +0000 UTC]

well, I did draw her save him from the "black death area" but i can't really go more in depth in it.
As of now I am not changing the content,
if you have given me this suggestion during animatic phase maybe i will be able to consider changing some content.
It's a good point nevertheless.

The whole sequence of the opening is an expression of an larger arc I haven't yet told my audience,(though I did hint it)
once the story is done you will probably understand why I illustrated it this way better.

Animation is really not about length,
length is not really the best thing to use to compare your own work to others.
I can easily whip out a 2-3 minute animation if there's only mouth movements. lol~

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Bittersweet-Kat In reply to mayshing [2008-09-30 23:18:47 +0000 UTC]

lol good point there. sorry about being late on the "making a point" front. Dont get me wrong, i love the work you have here ^^

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mayshing In reply to Bittersweet-Kat [2008-10-01 00:29:55 +0000 UTC]

np, thank you for your support. I will keep your suggestion in mind when I do the ending theme and the sample episode.

Just to explain why its too late to change anything at this point:

Animation is not like manga, its like a train that starts running, it can not stop and rethink it's process or it will miss the deadline.
For manga its easy to switch out a few pages or sequence, but still harder to correct than a novel, where the author just need to take out a few words or retype a few paragraphs.
For animation, once it's passed animatic stage, it's a train on the run, if one tries to stop it, it needs to either come to a halt, a near complete redo, or it will crash.

That's why Disney and other company takes upto 1 year to decide on the story content per feature,
given it they actually worked or not... when weekly manga artists are only given 2 weeks to come out with their next chapter.

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Bittersweet-Kat In reply to mayshing [2008-10-02 21:52:18 +0000 UTC]

I understand that completely. I've done experiments with animation and i've found its best to test the stick men first, then the rough draft, inked and so on that way. God changing it all would just be hell... storyboards are super important i know

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wishmakerz In reply to ??? [2008-09-28 16:50:53 +0000 UTC]

Awesomeness... o.o it looks hard D: GOOD JOB <33

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Musical-Wolf In reply to ??? [2008-09-28 16:15:36 +0000 UTC]

Woah!!! It's sooo cool! The animation is just too cool! I love to see the music go with it too XD

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Mistchiff In reply to ??? [2008-09-28 10:16:30 +0000 UTC]

hehe i could definetly give you some good directives for some scenes to make them that much more powerful.

animation wise that is.

the music.. sorta lacks in the power department.

i dunno.

hit me up on msn.

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mayshing In reply to Mistchiff [2008-09-28 20:18:44 +0000 UTC]

you can just note me or reply me here, i won't be on msn that often during school time.

Ideas on how to make it more powerful is welcomed, my bro is also trying to help me push up the bar,
but in the end is how well I can adopt and use the ideas of others, I find if I can't see their vision,
I just can't animate accordingly as well.

The music, the girl will be working on it, i already told her it needs to pump up more,
but currently I can work with this tempo.

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Mistchiff In reply to mayshing [2008-09-28 21:38:29 +0000 UTC]

its an anticipation push and also arch pushes.

its basic stuff really..

like the wing flap make it AS if it actually is pushing. air and create anticipation on it.

its alot like those things just pushing that stuff. hehe

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mayshing In reply to Mistchiff [2008-09-29 03:34:43 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the info. I will add in the anticipation and the push for as much as i can.

I really don't like how the wings are breaking out of his body right now, I plan to rework into it.

Some scenes... is a little tough to play around the timing because i need to match to the music, it will come down to counting frames, the tedious math, I will try though.

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Musical-Wolf In reply to Mistchiff [2008-09-28 16:13:42 +0000 UTC]

hehe don't worry about the music, I'm still editing it.

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kidokaproject In reply to ??? [2008-09-28 05:39:35 +0000 UTC]

AAAAAAAAAAH, what happened to angel at the end o_O? that was so absolutely amazing!!!!!! I seriously can't wait till it's finished. it's so awesome ;_; the action packedness of it, and everything. oh my god... so awesome... *speechless*

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UntitledSpy In reply to ??? [2008-09-28 03:50:28 +0000 UTC]

Woot! Randy! This is going to look fantastic when you're done! Noticed the music cuts short though. :S It would look great to see the whole story animated.

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mayshing In reply to UntitledSpy [2008-09-28 20:23:32 +0000 UTC]

if someone gives me a couple of million dollars,
I can get a team to get it done.... that's for sure.
But to get that.... i have to prove that my idea will work here, and have connections.
Money really doesn't come easy.

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UntitledSpy In reply to mayshing [2008-09-29 01:54:19 +0000 UTC]

No, no it doesn't.

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bluedrgnMethy In reply to ??? [2008-09-28 02:57:10 +0000 UTC]

This is so cool! Very inspiring for those of us that want to go into animation too^^. I like how the new stuff came out .

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LossingFeathers In reply to ??? [2008-09-28 02:08:04 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Your animation is looking great! I know this is just the beginning stage, but I look forward to seeing the end product. Much more complex then your last one.

Do you use different colors for a reason? Just curiosity. I know I use different color inks before watercolor for different reason. Just wondering your reasoning ^.^;;

~Becca

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mayshing In reply to LossingFeathers [2008-09-28 02:19:06 +0000 UTC]

using different colors is just for being able to tell what is from what easier. lol~

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LossingFeathers In reply to mayshing [2008-09-29 14:36:33 +0000 UTC]

ah, I see ^.^ makes since to me.

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Desertfire In reply to ??? [2008-09-28 02:07:05 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing!! I look forward to the finish product!!! I hope to be able to do all of this someday! Just amazing.....

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Sk3tchit In reply to ??? [2008-09-28 02:05:40 +0000 UTC]

wow I'm really astonished,
Its so obvious the ammount of work and effort you put into it!
thanks and congrats!

=O!

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EclairDuVerite In reply to ??? [2008-09-25 05:08:02 +0000 UTC]

this is really good defiantly much better than my first one its a long hard process but keep it up ur doing a great job and i cant wait to see this completely finished ^^

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mayshing In reply to EclairDuVerite [2008-09-26 03:42:43 +0000 UTC]

its not really my first animation, don't need to compare it to yours. I got trained by artistic military school for this after all. T_T

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EclairDuVerite In reply to mayshing [2008-09-26 09:56:22 +0000 UTC]

damn an artistic military school, i just did mine at TAFE. it may not b ur first but its still damn good

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Seiya15 In reply to ??? [2008-09-25 00:42:05 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is gonna be great when finished. I liked the part where None shot the missiles.

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bluedrgnMethy In reply to ??? [2008-09-24 11:45:54 +0000 UTC]

It's coming along so nicely! It's so inspiring to see the wip.

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upload-image-here In reply to ??? [2008-09-24 04:13:33 +0000 UTC]

Sweet, the little bit where Jeremy and Mosa stand with the planes flying over them is nice. So when you do the timing, I take it that all of this animation will match the track part that we hear?

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mayshing In reply to upload-image-here [2008-09-24 14:41:36 +0000 UTC]

yeah, the WIP5 version is off by like... half a sec.
The idea is to time this to the music piece loosely, but right now it's definitely off. lol~
I made one scene go too long. I already adjusted it in my offline version.

At first Jeremy and Mosa kind of just stand there, it didn't make any sense...
but with the air planes at least one will sense something is happening to the city. XD

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Laleira-Granite In reply to ??? [2008-09-24 03:00:59 +0000 UTC]

It's getting so extremely cool...

Do you think and would mind if I voiced the lyrics to the song? And if not, do you think I should send the finished voice clip to musical-wolf or you?

All I need is a program that can record as an MP3 and I'm set... and my friend has one.

It's tricky matching the lyrics to the melody at 'and found a storm...'

But yeah. What do you think?

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mayshing In reply to Laleira-Granite [2008-09-24 14:46:36 +0000 UTC]

hmm, the music is still being editing, and has a friend who can voice it as well. But I don't want to stop you from trying. You can send a note to to talk to her about this interest. i want to let her handle that part.

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Laleira-Granite In reply to mayshing [2008-09-25 02:44:18 +0000 UTC]

I see. That's fine then - I look forward to hearing the finished version.

It's been stuck in my head - it's really fun.

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mayshing In reply to Laleira-Granite [2008-09-26 03:41:01 +0000 UTC]

lol, she would be pleased to know your interest, you can contact her about it anyway whether you end up helping or not. ^_^

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Laleira-Granite In reply to mayshing [2008-09-26 03:58:25 +0000 UTC]

Okay. Thanks.

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Adrian-MalSeraph In reply to ??? [2008-09-24 01:43:03 +0000 UTC]

Hot damn! this looks awesome! Great angles and designs. I'd love to see this finished!

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mayshing In reply to Adrian-MalSeraph [2008-09-24 01:45:06 +0000 UTC]

scheduled to finish next year spring.

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Adrian-MalSeraph In reply to mayshing [2008-09-24 16:09:20 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! I'll make sure to check it out.

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