The Poisoned Rain of Agharti (Animation)

[katakami]

I don't think anyone would remember but I posted here a few months back lookin' for voice actors for my animation project.

Well I'm back for a shameless plug...

The Poisoned Rain of Agharti: Progress Blog

Aiming to finish in February 2008

Here's some pencil test animation (sorry, might take a while to load):

[katakami]

ALSO! Check out Vivienne To's Sketch Blog:

(Click on image)



For updates on the background art. She's an amazing artist... and a generous friend who's volunteered to do the backgrounds to my animation. =)

[Takeru]

That is very cool. Can't wait to see how it ends up!

[innominate]

I don't think anyone would remember but I posted here a few months back lookin' for voice actors for my animation project.

O' I remember =O

Oh, the way you animated it was really cool. The backgrounds are just amazing xD

But I'm still wondering about the script though... Anyway, cookies for your hard work ^^

[ZeRoGravity]

Out of curiosity, how many drawings have you drawn for your animation?

[katakami]

Thanks guys. =D I'm pretty excited about it myself... got really talented people working on it.

innominate: what were you wondering about the script...? As in, the story?

ZeRoGravity: Hmmmmmm I haven't counted how many frames exactly but... if I include the drawings I discarded (as in the ones I had to re-do):

So far I've used almost 2 1/2 reams of paper. So... about 1250 drawings. And looking at the pile of discarded drawings... there's about 500? (my old drawings were really terrible.)

But some of the drawings are... really really tiny figures. Like a dot on the page. I'll make it a point to count it when the project is finished.

[ZeRoGravity]

So far I've used almost 2 1/2 reams of paper. So... about 1250 drawings.

Wow, thats a lot. I'm sure there will a lot more depending on how long your animation will be. How long is your animation going to be? Man, how do find the time doing this kind of personal project and your uni assignments?

[Sephi]

1250... insane ^.^ But the result is well worth it from what i already see now.
Good luck with the rest of the project.

[katakami]

How I get the time? XD hehe... well, apart from a 5000 word paper (which i handed in about 2 weeks ago), it's the only thing I had to do for uni. The honours program doesn't have any subjects (we only have to do a major work project and an accompanying research paper) so... that's what was so good about it. =D I can just stay home like a hermit and animate all day. >.<

1250 isn't.. that much... XD (like I said, sometimes it's just a dot on the page haha....) yeah there'll be at least 500-1000 more drawings... And the running time is about 7 minutes.

[Jyukai.]

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This left me speechless. I liked the pencil drawing animation especially. SO beautiful~

[ZeRoGravity]

Originally Posted by katakami

How I get the time? XD hehe... well, apart from a 5000 word paper (which i handed in about 2 weeks ago), it's the only thing I had to do for uni. The honours program doesn't have any subjects (we only have to do a major work project and an accompanying research paper) so... that's what was so good about it. =D I can just stay home like a hermit and animate all day. >.<

1250 isn't.. that much... XD (like I said, sometimes it's just a dot on the page haha....) yeah there'll be at least 500-1000 more drawings... And the running time is about 7 minutes.

How was the workload prior to your honors program? Yes, I'm asking a lot of questions because I'm sorta in a animation program. My first year is a mandatory visual arts program.

[Crystal_Method]

Wow... holy crap you're an amazing animator. I myself tried to do a little animation cause thats one of many things I want to do, but I never made anything as good as your animation. And with that background art made by your friend it will be even better. Can't wait to see the end result. Good luck!

[katakami]

Thanks for the comments, everyone. It really helps encourage me. Much appreciated.

Originally Posted by ZeRoGravity

How was the workload prior to your honors program? Yes, I'm asking a lot of questions because I'm sorta in a animation program. My first year is a mandatory visual arts program.

Yeah, that's cool. =)

It was pretty full on. The degree I did (Digital Media at College of Fine Arts) is 3 years full time (or 6 years part time) ... and we had to do subjects which involved other areas like film, traditional drawing, sound, multimedia, 3D, typography, lighting, compositing, even art theory... etc. It was only half way through second year that we got to choose electives. At first we'd have about 6 subjects per semester... then they cut it down to 4-5 subjects. (Each subject was worth 3 or 6 units and we'd do a minimum of 18 units per semester - the most units I did was 30 - I think? - in a sem.)

In the final year we have to do a major work (which is also part of one of the subjects per semester.) This was my major work plus we had to make a package for it. Then what I'm doing this year (honours) was optional (but you need a high enough overall mark to qualify).

[shomazta]

nice. haha, that animation you have up on the site so far seems pretty fun

[ZeRoGravity]

This was my major work plus we had to make a package for it. Then what I'm doing this year (honours) was optional (but you need a high enough overall mark to qualify).

Thats awesome, and I really like your package; very professional looking.

Looking forward to seeing the completion of your animation.

[xxmimixx]

Wow, is this gonna be a movie or what because I'm looking at your work and I thought of a movie, or a 1 episode thing airing at Japan? I can't wait until it is completely done .

[katakami]

Originally Posted by shomazta

nice. haha, that animation you have up on the site so far seems pretty fun

Thanks. It was fun to make. I needed something happy and whacky to keep me happy throughout that year. This current one is...... dramatic and sad.

Originally Posted by ZeRoGravity

Thats awesome, and I really like your package; very professional looking.

Looking forward to seeing the completion of your animation.

Thanks! =) I'll post it up on youtube sometime next year.

Originally Posted by mimi_girl

Wow, is this gonna be a movie or what because I'm looking at your work and I thought of a movie, or a 1 episode thing airing at Japan? I can't wait until it is completely done .

Airing in Japan?? :O I wish! haha. Nah, it's an animated short... and a student project. I'm going to submit it to film festivals around the world tho. =) Hopefully it'll get into at least one.

[xxmimixx]

Aww, T_T. But you should work at a anime studio in Japan. Maybe they'll like your work, or that promotion of you little movie, someone would hire you ^^.

[katakami]

Hmm... I think Japan would be quite competitive.

I'm planning on going to America and hopefully eventually work on more productions like Avatar the Last Airbender. =) See, anime is already really developed in Japan but Western animation has heaps potential to grow since a lot of it is still targetted to a young audience. If someone started making animated films or series for older audiences (besides tv satires) - films like Miyazaki's that is - then there'd be a big potential for a new market. 3D animation is really dominant in the West but there's a lot of people who want to bring 2D back. I think with really good stories and new fancy techniques (or hybrid ones borrowed from Japanese anime) we could. =D

[xxmimixx]

^ Yeah, that would be awsome 8D. well good luck <3!