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sunfishdreamworld) wrote2024-07-05 03:52 pm
Latest Edits (WIPs/scraps)
I meant to write this entry a couple of weeks ago back when I was actually working on these edits, but you know how it is. -_-; I usually only show my art projects to my friends since I'm kind of a shy person, but I was really happy with how these were coming along and wanted to write a little bit about them!
I started this one on June 13th. I've had this edit idea for soooo long (ie the past 4-6 months maybe) but completely avoided it because I didn't know how I would actually go about it... but I think I figured something out... Ever since I first heard this song, I always wanted to make something for this character since I thought a lot of the lyrics had the subtext of homophobic parents knowing that their son is gay, even though some other lyrics contradict that. This would be my first time making a lyric-styled video, and maybe that's easier than putting together a bunch of panels. I'm just not really sure what to do for the rest of this since I have a minute of the audio left, and I've already used up all of the decent looking panels of the main character's parents. -_-; I also have overly ambitious ideas for how I would stylize the chorus parts. I started working on this mostly because I wanted to take a break from working on other projects, so I'm trying not to pressure myself to work on this. I've been very slowy working on another edit for this series, but I can only share it with my most trusted friends...^^;
I started this one about a week before Hua Cheng's birthday and originally wanted to finish it before then, but I ended up making my TGCF shrine to celebrate instead. I don't really like slowed/pitched down versions of songs, but this is one of my few exceptions... I love Tame Impala a lot and thought this song would be really fitting for Hua Cheng. I started this project right after I got CapCut Pro and got to mess around with all of the locked transitions/effects. I kind of lost the motivation for this one after his birthday passed, but also because I didn't want to go through the donghua for more clips. I was originally only using panels from the manhua, but the more I skimmed through it, the less I enjoyed how it looked in my edit. The art style for the manhua is beautiful, but maybe too beautiful? It's just a couple of nitpicks I have. -_-; I feel like the characters' faces aren't really expressive, or like, the expressions don't match with what's happening. My main nitpick is just how Xie Lian and Hua Cheng look. It's like. Xie Lian's uke-ness and Hua Cheng's seme-ness got cranked up ALL the way, and it's kind of off-putting to me. I really love how the characters look in the donghua, so that's why I wanted to redo parts of this edit, but that's so much work... I also want to include more of the novel illustrations since they're really cute.
This is an edit I scrapped months ago, but I wanted to show it off somewhere so that it doesn't get forgotten... I've been in love with this song for yeeaarss and wanted to make something for it. I reread My Broken Mariko a few months ago, so that's what led me to start this project! I honestly didn't have much of a plan. I was just animating random panels that I thought would look nice. This was a really experimental edit for me and I wish I did more with it, but oh well! ^^;
I'm probably not going to work on these edits or start any new ones this month. I've been having a hard time focusing on my passion projects lately, but I wanted to try spending this month on developing my OCs! I also wanted to try participating in Art Fight again, even though I don't feel really motivated for it. ^^;
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How did Artfight go for you? I ended up taking it pretty easy this year so I didn't create a whole lot of works, but it was still pretty fun! Also, OCs!! Is there anything in particular you do to develop them? Do they have a story behind them?
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Thank you so much! I still always think about going back to it, but I think I almost everything in the project file. I haven't been making any edits at all. Not sure if I should try getting back into editing on my phone, or if I should switch to using my laptop.
I ended up not participating in Art Fight this year, which really sucks! I did make a sketch for my friend, but I never uploaded it or anything since I intended to finish the piece. I've always been struggling with art and my other hobbies, but I think I kind of had a crash and burn these past few months. Sad! As for OC stuff, that's also something I've been struggling with. I've had random ideas for a specific story since 2022, but I don't really have a lot to show for it. I've never really finalized anything and most of them have never even had designs, but I've held onto some traits that I want to keep. One girl wears a kigurumi mask, another girl who is weirdly mysterious, two guys that go through a melodramatic love story, etc etc. I keep telling myself I'll sit down and just work on all of my ideas, but my attention span/motivation levels are so....arrghhh... I'll get it together one day.. Maybe... Ramble aside, I'm glad you had fun with Artfight! I would love to know if you have any OCs/OC ideas too!
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Aw, that's too bad about Art fight... I hope you have better luck with it next year! There's nothing wrong with taking a break and coming back to things later, although it can be troublesome when you want to do something but everything else isn't cooperating... Taking a rest is part of the creative process too, I guess!
Those OC traits sound so cute! I've been thinking about a kigurumi type character recently as well...! And two guys having a melodramatic love story is just a classic! XD
I have... way too many OCs... Mostly because I doodle old ones that I've had forever every once in a while. But this year I started working on an idea for a visual novel about an "island" that eats people and 5 OCs that end up on it and kinda have to figure their way around surviving. It's been fun, although lately I've just been letting everything stew while working on random concepts for a (very vague) story that has a way more "rule of cool" loose-and-easy world building to it. I'll come back around to it eventually! :P