Random Rising Storm: Vietnam Bullshittery - Update #3 (Patreon)

Good afternoon dear Patrons. I hope you're having a lovely week and you're all staying safe at the moment. An update for you all on the Youtube editing front.

It's currently editing day 18 of 20 scheduled days for the latest project, Random Rising Storm Vietnam Bullshittery (part 2). I apologise but I'm pretty certain I'm not going to have it finished within that time frame.

This is my bad there. I decided that the ending clip for this compilation needed a bit more panache in order to stand out. Therefore this week I decided to sit down and work on animating it with a cut-away cartoon, which I'll talk about in a moment.

I would normally be well into the quality assurance stage at this point, but I'm afraid that's yet to start. So I'm certainly going to creep over the deadline.

I'll be sure to put in some overtime to try and get this project over the line and deliver it as soon as I can.

Editing wise though things are going well. The scenes are all coming together and the order is looking almost final. With a nice group of additional clips for a later bullshittery after this if you'd like one.

This one also features 4-5 cutaway art commissions in which the various moments of banter are illustrated. I think they're shaping up well.

I mentioned the cartoon thing. About 60 seconds of the video consists of two 30 second segments, in which the banter is animated by about 7 characters - all of whom are ZF members. Below is a coloured and shaded example of what it should look like. Drawn by the very talented BewBewDingo and animated by me.

Each character consists of 2-3 After Effects compositions that are parented together. For things like eye movement and mouth phonemes, exactly like I've done with the Dungeons & Dragons bullshittery. Blinking, raising eyebrows and talking in time with the dialogue on teamspeak.

It is however not a speedy process. With the first 30 second segment taking 4 days to complete.

I'm eager to get your feedback when the episode is done. Whether you think it works and should be done more often or not. I can certainly hang onto the assets for my clan mates. The puppets can be reanimated in a myriad of different ways. I think it's much more interesting to look at than just text over a main menu, etc.

But yes, cracking on as best as I can. And I hope you like it when it's ready. You all stay safe and healthy this month. 

Bests wishes to you all xx